원효대사
By 이광수
Wonhyo, the great monk of seventh-century Silla, struggles with the world he has renounced, above all his love for Princess Yoseok, and the novel follows him from his trials of faith through his breaking of the monastic vows to his wandering among ordinary people. Yi Kwang-su's own note on why he chose this scholar-monk as his hero is left out of the chapters.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.