Guan Xiu is the famous Buddhist monk in Five Dynasty. His descendants valued him the same as Jiao Ran in Middle Tang and Qi Ji in Five Dynasty. Si Ku Quan Shu· Tang Dynasty Monk Hong Xiu's Peotry Anthology Abstract said：“Though there are a large number of monks who can make poems in Tang Dynasty, the most famous three are Jiao Ran Guan Xiu and Qi Ji.” From this word we can see how high estimate people have given to Guan Xiu. Guan Xiu have redacted his peotry anthology by himself named Xi Yue Anthology in Jing Zhou. Wu Rong made its significant in The Second Year of Guang Hua. After Guan Xiu dead, Tan Yu added some contents and reorganized the anthology. He also changed its name to the Chan Yue Anthology and then carved and published it. Quan Tang Shi saved his poetries for a total of 735. The number was second only Qi Ji's. From this number we can conclude the important position of Guan Xiu in Tang Dynasty. This paper can be roughly divided into two parts: the first part discussed about the author's thinking, including social history and life values as part of the two. The social history values include the poet's sense of concern and the social and historical views. The author's values of life include his life, ethics, aesthetic awareness and his concept of religious respect. The second part of article explores Guan Xiu's poetry features. This part focus on Guan Xiu's poetry theme which includes arioso, chant, zen, nostalgic tone, Frontier, rewarding, Streams and hermit of the eight trends. This part also includes Guan Xiu poetry's four characteristics as natural colloquial, monk flavor, strange rare and beautiful mild.
