Wang Yuanlu (Traditional Chinese: 王圓籙; Simplified Chinese: 王圆箓; pinyin: Wáng Yuánlù) (c.a. 1849 - 1931) was a Taoist priest acting as an abbot of the caves in Dunhuang at the beginning of the 20th century, the discoverer of the Dunhuang manuscripts.
He discovered ancient Buddhist scriptures in a temple there. He first offered the manuscripts to local officials, in an attempt to gain funding for their conservation.[1] He would later sell numerous manuscripts to archeologist Aurel Stein, who took a largely random selection of the works. Later Paul Pelliot would come to purchase the most valuable among them.