The correlation between Chan and Doctrinal Buddhism has been one of the main threads in the development of Buddhism since Song Dynasty. Against the background of the integration of Chan and Doctrinal Buddhism during the period between Ming and Qing Dynasties, although the creative advancement of Buddhism in respect of its philosophical aspect has led to a few remarkable breakthroughs in comparison with that of the previous periods--e.g., Sui and Tang Dynasties--the active involvement of Buddhist by means of poetry also reflects the efforts of eminent monks to interpret the Buddhist doctrine and publicize Buddhism at that time. Xuelang Hong’en is one of the representatives of Huayan school in the late Ming Dynasty, who is also famous for the creation of poems. He built up contacts extensively both inside and outside the Buddhist community, showing an active attitude towards the civil lives, but his poems also revealed the tendency to admire the literary style of Wei and Jin Dynasties. This paper holds that Xuelang, as a monk and poet, not only actively applies Huayan thought to the creation of poetry, but also develops the hermeneutics of Huayan school through poetry composition.
