In this paper, I consider the coexistence of purity and impurity in Buddha-lands in Jingyingsi Huiyan’s (浄影寺慧遠) Chapter on the Pure Land (浄土義) of his Dasheng yizhang (大乗義章). In the literature of Chinese Buddhism from the Eastern Jin dynasty 東晋 until the Northern and Southern dynasties period, it was an important issue why purity and impurity could co-exist in Buddha-lands, based on the theory of the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra (法華経) and the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa (維摩経). I point out that Jingyingsi Huiyan was trying to solve this problem by presenting the original theory based on the understanding that Buddha and sentient beings each had their own Buddha-lands.
