Hui Neng (638-7 13), whose common name is Lu, was born in Xinzhou, Lingnan (now Xinxing County, Guangdong Province) in the Tang Dynasty. Hong Ren, the founder of Zen Buddhism and the fifth ancestor of Huangmei, taught him the mantle and inherited the Dongshan method. He is the sixth ancestor of Zen, and is called the sixth ancestor of Zen in the world. Tang Zhongzong chased the great Zen master. He is one of the most influential Buddhist monks in the history of China. Chen Yinque praised the six ancestors: "It is a great event in the history of Buddhism in China to put forward the purpose of pointing directly at people's hearts and treating nature as Buddha, sweeping away the tedious knowledge of monks and nuns, destroying the trap and cleaning it up!"

The name of the sixth ancestor has always been "Huineng" or "Huineng". It is said that Liuzu himself can't read, but according to Fahai, a disciple of Liuzu, "... was designed for the name of An, but it can be used to benefit others. Father said, what is Huineng? The monk said that the beneficiaries. Wisdom is given to all beings to receive the law; In addition, the South China Zen Temple, where the body of the six ancestors was placed, is also based on Huineng, which shows that Huineng is a mistake.

In the square of the National Library of Great Britain in London, England, there are statues of the world's top ten thinkers, among which Confucius, Laozi and Huineng, the sages representing oriental thoughts, are listed as the "three saints of the East". As one of the thinkers with great influence in the history of our country, Huineng's thought contains philosophy and wisdom, which still gives people useful enlightenment and attracts more and more attention.