Wang Yangming
E122336
Wang Yangming was a prominent Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, statesman, and general best known for his influential doctrine of the unity of knowledge and action and the innate moral knowledge of the mind.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wang Yangming canonical | 7 |
| Wang Shouren | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1007420 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Wang Yangming Context triple: [Confucianism, associatedWith, Wang Yangming]
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Zhu Xi
Zhu Xi was a 12th-century Chinese philosopher and scholar whose synthesis of Confucian thought became the foundation of Neo-Confucianism and dominated East Asian intellectual life for centuries.
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He Zizhen
He Zizhen was a Chinese revolutionary and early Communist Party member best known as one of Mao Zedong’s wives and a participant in the Long March.
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Yu Chengwan
Yu Chengwan was a Chinese military commander best known for leading Nationalist forces during the World War II-era Battle of Changde against the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Mao Yuanxin
Mao Yuanxin is a Chinese political figure known as Mao Zedong’s nephew who briefly held influential positions during the final years of the Cultural Revolution.
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Kun Huang
Kun Huang was a prominent Chinese physicist and crystallographer known for his influential work in solid-state physics and lattice dynamics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Wang Yangming Target entity description: Wang Yangming was a prominent Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, statesman, and general best known for his influential doctrine of the unity of knowledge and action and the innate moral knowledge of the mind.
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A.
Zhu Xi
Zhu Xi was a 12th-century Chinese philosopher and scholar whose synthesis of Confucian thought became the foundation of Neo-Confucianism and dominated East Asian intellectual life for centuries.
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B.
He Zizhen
He Zizhen was a Chinese revolutionary and early Communist Party member best known as one of Mao Zedong’s wives and a participant in the Long March.
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C.
Yu Chengwan
Yu Chengwan was a Chinese military commander best known for leading Nationalist forces during the World War II-era Battle of Changde against the Imperial Japanese Army.
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D.
Mao Yuanxin
Mao Yuanxin is a Chinese political figure known as Mao Zedong’s nephew who briefly held influential positions during the final years of the Cultural Revolution.
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E.
Kun Huang
Kun Huang was a prominent Chinese physicist and crystallographer known for his influential work in solid-state physics and lattice dynamics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese calligrapher
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Ming dynasty person ⓘ Neo-Confucian philosopher ⓘ general ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| artName | Yangming ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1472-10-31 ⓘ |
| birthName |
Wang Yangming
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Wang Shouren
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| burialPlace | Yuyao, Zhejiang, China ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
innate knowing (liangzhi)
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the mind is principle (xin ji li) ⓘ unity of knowledge and action (zhi xing he yi) ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Bo'an ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1529-01-09 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| era | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
education
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ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Neo-Confucianism
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surface form:
Japanese Neo-Confucianism
Neo-Confucianism ⓘ
surface form:
Korean Neo-Confucianism
Modern New Confucianism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Confucius
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Lu Jiuyuan ⓘ Mencius ⓘ Zhu Xi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
School of Mind (xinxue)
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critique of purely bookish learning ⓘ doctrine of the unity of knowledge and action ⓘ theory of innate moral knowledge ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| legacy | founder of the Yangming school of mind ⓘ |
| militaryAchievement | suppression of the Prince of Ning rebellion ⓘ |
| name | Wang Yangming self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| notableWork | Instructions for Practical Living (Chuanxilu) ⓘ |
| occupation |
military commander
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official ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| officeHeld |
Grand Coordinator of Southern Jiangxi
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Minister of War of the Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Neo-Confucianism
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School of Mind ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Yuyao, Zhejiang, China ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Nanchang
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surface form:
Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
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| religion | Confucianism ⓘ |
| studentOf | Zhu Xi tradition of Neo-Confucianism ⓘ |
| taught |
Qian Dehong
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Wang Ji ⓘ |
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Subject: Wang Yangming Description of subject: Wang Yangming was a prominent Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, statesman, and general best known for his influential doctrine of the unity of knowledge and action and the innate moral knowledge of the mind.
Referenced by (8)
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