Huiguang

Huiguang (C. 慧光) has the following meanings in Chinese:

• Light of wisdom, rays of wisdom (Skt. jñāna-prabha, jñānôlkā). 〔法華經 T 262.9.39b19〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Hirakawa, JEBD]
• Huiguang (468–537), a monk of the Northern Wei dynasty, a key figure in the establishment of the Vinaya school in China, as well as the founder of the southern branch of the Dilun zong, in the capacity of leading disciple of Ratnamati.
• Huiguang, a Chan monk from the Yunmen zong during the Song dynasty. 〔續傳燈錄卷二十四, 五燈會元卷十六#〕 [Charles Muller]
• Huiguang, a Linji monk of the Song dynasty, whose dates are not clear, but he lived around the same time as the famous Linji monk Dahui 大慧 [Charles Muller]
• He is the author of the Huianguang chanshi yuyao 晦菴光禪師語要 (1 fasc.). 〔聯燈會要卷十八, 嘉泰普燈錄卷二十, 五燈會元卷二十、續傳燈錄卷三十三、五燈嚴統卷二十〕 [Charles Muller]