Master Zhiyuan of the Song dynasty Off-Mountain school holds the position that "Rupa does not contain the three thousand." This is in opposition to the Mountain school's position as held by Zhili, that "Rupa contains the three thousand." These two schools have obvious differences in their theories of nature of mind and methods of contemplation; those differences also support their respective positions of rupa containing or not containing the three thousand. So far, Zhiyuan's position that rupa does not contain the three thousand has not been researched in depth. The focus of this article lies in discussing the specific contents of Zhiyuan's idea, as well as the underlying support on which it depends: the theory of nature of mind and method of contemplation.