Korea Journal of Buddhist Studies ISSN:1598-0642(Print) 불교학연구

This report will discuss the movement of the Huayan doctrine in Huiyinyuan temple 慧因院 (also called Gaolisi temple 高麗寺) at Hangzhou, which was regarded as the center of the Huayan doctrine in the Song Dynasty, after Jingyuan 淨源the reviver of Huayan entered as the chief priest. At Huiyinyuan temple, many Huayan commentaries, studied and written according to literatures brought by Uich’on義天 of Koryo高麗 during the Northern‐Song Dynasty, were collected. The temple also had a symbolic meaning for the revival of Huayan, since it was the first temple in Hangzhou to be admitted as Shifang jiaoyuan 十方教院 for bringing down the Huayan teachings. Moreover, the majority of existent Huayan literatures of the Song Dynasty were written by monks, related with Huiyinyuan in the Southern‐Song. This shows how doctrinal discussions and teachings were extraordinarily active at the temple.In the Southern‐Song Dynasty, Shihui師會 the monk of Huiyinyuan, had doctrinal dispute with Guanfu觀復 the chief priest of Huayansi temple at Chengjiang, over the interpretation of Tongjiao 同教 and Biejiao 別教. Soon many appeared at Huiyinyuan to succeed Shihui’s school, such as Shanxi善熹 and Xidi希迪. They emphasized the superiority of the Huayan doctrine and were quite different from the so‐called Synthetic Buddhism developing around at the time. They adopted Jingyuan’s Theory of Seven Patriarchs of Huayan華嚴七祖説and showed common sectarian characteristics. The interesting point, as seen clearly from Shanxi’s case, is that Shihui’s doctrinal system received much recognition after they moved to Huiyinyuan. But we may not be able to say that this trend of doctrinal system, made by Shihui’s school, was traditional to the Huiyinyuan temple. Monks later on in Huiyinyuan, did not exactly bring down the same doctrinal system. Therefore, it was unique to Shihui’s group, and was a trend that created a sensation at Huiyinyuan at one time. It is difficult to make clear the origin of their doctrinal system, but several facts show the possibility that Huayan doctrine was brought into Huiyinyuan temple from Koryo, or Liao遼 via Koryo.