Guan Hsiu was an eminent monk who was active in late Tang dynasty. His poems with world-engaged concerns were thought to be influenced by Confucianism. However, this paper is about why Guan Hsiu was proficient in different doctrines and artistries, and we can see what their meanings to him on salvation. The following is a discussion on his literary expression of ＂Burning house＂, that it not only possibly influenced Guan Hsiu's thinking but his expression on his frontier fortress poems. The last part focuses on the inheritances and the innovation of Guan Hsiu's social realism poems, that were not merely deeply influenced by ＂Lotus Sutra＂, but also inherited from Confucian poetic education and ＂Sao-Ya style＂. He used both of them to compose his social realism poems and made them different from other poets. Adding ＂Lotus Sutra＂ into this paper is for discussing Guan Hsiu's self-cultivation, poems and world-engaged behaviour, and all of which were originated from the sutra's spirit, thoughts and literary expressions. After clarifying and solving those issues step by step, we can see that Guan Hsiu had never gotten rid of the consciousness of his identity as a monk, and always went on practising on ＂Lotus Sutra＂.
