Huiguang (468–537)

For other monks with the same name, see Huiguang.

Huiguang (C. 慧光) (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 Di lun zong, in the capacity of leading disciple of Ratnamati.

He composed a number of commentaries on texts that were being newly translated by monks such as Ratnamati and Bodhiruci, among these the Sifenlü shu 四分律疏, Huayanjing shu 華嚴經疏, Niepanjing shu 涅槃經疏, Weimojing shu 維摩經疏, Shidilun shu 十地論疏, Shengmanjing shu 勝鬘經疏, Renwangjing shu 人王經疏 and so forth. 〔續高僧傳卷二十一, 華嚴經傳記卷二, 律苑僧寶傳卷三、佛祖統紀卷二十八〕 [Charles Muller]