Yuánxiǎo 元曉 (Korean: *Wǒnhyo; 617–686 CE), Silla 新羅 / Korean Buddhist master, the most influential Buddhist philosopher of pre-modern Korea and the principal philosophical founder of Korean Buddhism. According to the Sònggāosēng zhuàn 宋高僧傳 (T2061, juan 4) and the Samguk Yusa 三國遺事 (Korean source), Wǒnhyo was born in the southern Silla region and was a contemporary of Ǔisang 義湘 (625–702); the famous narrative of their joint pilgrimage to Tang China — interrupted when Wǒnhyo, drinking water from a skull, achieved enlightenment-on-the-spot and turned back — is the foundational hagiographic episode of Korean Buddhism.
His commentarial output is among the largest of any pre-modern East-Asian Buddhist author: he wrote on virtually every major Mahāyāna sūtra and śāstra, and his works synthesise Yogācāra, Madhyamaka, and Tathāgatagarbha doctrine. Surviving works include the Dà-shèng qǐ-xìn lùn shū 大乘起信論疏 (commentary on the Awakening of Faith), the [[KR6c0008|Dà huì-dù jīng zōng-yào 大慧度經宗要 (T1697)]], the Jīn-gāng sān-mèi jīng lùn 金剛三昧經論 (T1730, the Vajrasamādhi-sūtra commentary, his masterpiece), and many others. Per DILA Buddhist Person Authority A001056.
Works in the Kanripo corpus: KR6c0008 Dà huìdù jīng zōngyào; and many others (Wǒnhyo’s commentarial corpus is extensive throughout the KR6 division).