Chu bamboo slips
E184518
Chu bamboo slips are ancient Chinese bamboo manuscripts from the Warring States–era State of Chu, preserving early texts on philosophy, history, and administration.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Chu bamboo slips canonical | 1 |
| Guodian Chu Slips | 1 |
| Guodian bamboo slips | 1 |
| Shanghai Museum Chu Slips | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1625134 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chu bamboo slips Context triple: [State of Chu, associatedWith, Chu bamboo slips]
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A.
Guoyu
Guoyu is the official standardized form of the Chinese language used in mainland China and other Chinese-speaking regions.
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B.
Records of the Grand Historian
Records of the Grand Historian is an influential ancient Chinese historical text by Sima Qian that systematically chronicles Chinese history from legendary times through the early Han period.
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C.
Book of Han
The Book of Han is an official Chinese historical text that chronicles the history, politics, and culture of the Western Han dynasty.
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D.
Mawangdui Han Tombs
Mawangdui Han Tombs is an archaeological site near Changsha in Hunan, China, famous for its exceptionally well-preserved Western Han dynasty tombs, artifacts, and the mummified body of Lady Dai.
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E.
Daozang
Daozang is the vast canonical collection of Taoist scriptures, rituals, and commentaries compiled over centuries as the primary literary foundation of Taoist religious and philosophical tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chu bamboo slips Target entity description: Chu bamboo slips are ancient Chinese bamboo manuscripts from the Warring States–era State of Chu, preserving early texts on philosophy, history, and administration.
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A.
Guoyu
Guoyu is the official standardized form of the Chinese language used in mainland China and other Chinese-speaking regions.
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B.
Records of the Grand Historian
Records of the Grand Historian is an influential ancient Chinese historical text by Sima Qian that systematically chronicles Chinese history from legendary times through the early Han period.
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C.
Book of Han
The Book of Han is an official Chinese historical text that chronicles the history, politics, and culture of the Western Han dynasty.
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D.
Mawangdui Han Tombs
Mawangdui Han Tombs is an archaeological site near Changsha in Hunan, China, famous for its exceptionally well-preserved Western Han dynasty tombs, artifacts, and the mummified body of Lady Dai.
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E.
Daozang
Daozang is the vast canonical collection of Taoist scriptures, rituals, and commentaries compiled over centuries as the primary literary foundation of Taoist religious and philosophical tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Chinese text corpus
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archaeological artifact ⓘ bamboo manuscripts ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chu culture
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Warring States scholarship ⓘ |
| bindingMethod | cords threading through slips ⓘ |
| contain | previously unknown early Chinese texts ⓘ |
| country | Ancient China ⓘ |
| culture | State of Chu ⓘ |
| dateRange | circa 4th–3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| discoveryContext | tomb excavations ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Chinese intellectual history
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Sinology ⓘ paleography ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| genre |
administrative documents
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historical texts ⓘ philosophical texts ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Warring States period ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
reconstruction of early Chinese classics
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study of early Chinese administrative practice ⓘ understanding of pre-Qin philosophy ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| material | bamboo ⓘ |
| medium | bundled bamboo strips ⓘ |
| methodOfInscription | brush and ink ⓘ |
| preservationCondition | waterlogged tomb environments ⓘ |
| region | middle Yangtze River valley ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Chu bamboo slips
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Guodian Chu Slips
Chu bamboo slips self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Shanghai Museum Chu Slips
Tsinghua bamboo slips ⓘ |
| repository |
Chinese museums
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Chinese research institutions ⓘ |
| scriptType | ancient Chu script ⓘ |
| significance |
contribute to study of early Chinese bureaucracy
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illuminate intellectual history of the State of Chu ⓘ preserve early versions of Chinese classical texts ⓘ provide evidence for textual variants in early Chinese literature ⓘ |
| use |
recording administrative information
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recording texts on history ⓘ recording texts on philosophy ⓘ |
| writingOrientation | vertical columns ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chu bamboo slips Description of subject: Chu bamboo slips are ancient Chinese bamboo manuscripts from the Warring States–era State of Chu, preserving early texts on philosophy, history, and administration.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Guodian bamboo slips
this entity surface form:
Guodian Chu Slips
this entity surface form:
Shanghai Museum Chu Slips