Li Tongxuan (635-730) An important lay scholar of Huayan 华严 Buddhism, a contemporary of Fazang 法藏. Initially not well-recognized, but later appreciated by masters of the Yangqi line of Linji 临济 Ch'an. His writings, most important of which was his forty-fascicle commentary on S/iks!a^nanda's translation of the Huayan jing (the Xin huayan jing lun 新华严经论) made a profound influence on later Korean Hwaom and Son, where it received a lengthy commentary by Chinul 知讷. It also had an impact on Japanese Kegon.