# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wonhyo
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:54:24.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wonhyo"
name: "Wonhyo"
slug: "wonhyo"
description: "Wŏnhyo was one of the most important philosophers and commentators in East Asian Buddhism and the most prolific scholar in Korean Buddhism. As one of the most eminent scholar-monks in East Asian history, his extensive literary output runs to over 80 works in 240 fascicles. His most influential commentaries are those on buddha-nature texts like the *Vajrasamādhisūtra, the Awakening of Faith, and the Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra. These works became classics widely respected throughout Korea, China and Japan."
tagline: "Korean Buddhist monk and commentator (617–686)"
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gender: "male"
birthDate: "617"
deathDate: "686"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump