Huayan School is also referred as Dharmadhatu School, Xianshou School and Qingliang School. However, there is no actual record of the School in the relevant documents in Sui and Tang Dynasties. Huayan patriarches Dushun and Fazang had no intention to establish denomination. The terms ＂School＂, ＂Teaching＂ and ＂Approach＂ all have different meanings in relation to the Lineages and Doctrines. The establishment of Huayen School was originated by Master Jingyuan in the Northern Song Dynasty, and named it as ＂XianShou＂. Later in the Ming and Qing dynasty, among four dharma lineages of Huayen - Gaoyuan, Baotong, Xuelang, and Yunqi, only Yunqi referes itself as ＂Huayen School＂, while the rest continued as ＂XianShou School＂. Present academic circle primarily uses the term ＂Huayen School＂ instead of ＂XianShou School＂. This was influenced by Ningran's [Eight Schools Outlines] in the Southern Song Dynasty, Yunxi School in the Ming Dynasty and the studies of modern Japanese Buddhism. In the end of Ming Dynasty, there was attempt to change the name of Xianshou School to Qingliang School. Master Taixue in Republic of China also advocated this proposal. Patriarch Fazang's work are scattered and lost. ＂The eighty Huayen＂ (80 Rolls) translated in the Tang Dynasty was complete, comprehensive and broadly circulated. The main doctrine of Huayan School was Chenguan's ＂Huayan JingShu＂. Because of all of these, it had its base to change name to ＂Qingling School＂. Xianshou and Qingliang complimented each other and both of them propagated Huayan, therefore they were the same school. According to [Five Sets of theory in Xianshou School] by Xufa, the difference between ＂Xianshou＂ and ＂Qingliang＂ were due to the different definitions of ten teachings by Fazang and Chenguan, rather than different schools.
