Modern studies of Chinese prue land teaching tend to focus on the Pure Land School. However, interest in the subject of pure land was in actuality not confined to this School. Time and again，we come across detailed discussions on the question of pure land in writings of various Chinese Buddhist traditions, such as the Ti-lun, She-lun，San-lun，Ti'en-ta'i and Hua-yen traditions. This essay examines the pure land thought of Ching-ying Hui-yu an (523 ~ 592) ，a well-known Ti-lun master and a pioneering figure in Chinese pure land teaching. The essay comprises two parts. The first part discusses Hui-yuan's definition of the term "pure land"，his classifications of pure lands into different types, and his attempt to connect various types of pure lands with various forms of Buddha-bodies, Part two describes Hui-yuan's opinions on a number of questions connected with the pure land of the Buddha Amita bha, and compares them with those held by the Pure Land School.
