Daoxuan was the forefather of the Vinaya school of the southern mountain who wrote many Buddhism works. Guang hongmingji is a work of Buddhism thoughts document collections compiled by him. It includes more than 30 volumes, 180 articles written by more than 130 authors. These articles give us the first hand materials for studying society, history, religion and culture from Wei through earlier Tang dynasty. But Guang hongmingji, came into a book in the period of Gaozong when the dispute between Buddhis...
