Huiguang (487-536), surname Yang, was born in Dingzhou (the present Ding county of Hebei province). He, aged 13, moved to Luoyang and then was accepted as a disciple by Buddhabhadra, becoming a monastic of Shaolin Temple before long.  Buddhabhadra was not only great at dharma of Hinayana but also quite had research to the Vanaya school, the Huayan school and so on, being a great master of the Vinaya school. Huiguang died in the Ye town (the present Anyang city), aged 70.