state of Zhao

E185649

Warring States period polity ancient Chinese state

The state of Zhao was a major Chinese feudal kingdom during the Warring States period, known for its powerful cavalry, military reforms, and role in the political fragmentation preceding the Qin unification.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
State of Zhao	21
state of Zhao canonical	2
State of Zhao (neighbor)	1
Zhao (state)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Warring States period polity ⓘ ancient Chinese state ⓘ
ally	State of Han ⓘ state of Wei ⓘ surface form: State of Wei
borderedBy	State of Han ⓘ State of Qin ⓘ state of Wei ⓘ surface form: State of Wei state of Yan ⓘ surface form: State of Yan nomadic tribes to the north ⓘ
capital	Handan ⓘ
causeOfEnd	conquest by Qin ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
conventionalLongName	state of Zhao self-link ⓘ surface form: State of Zhao
currency	Chinese knife money ⓘ round coins ⓘ
enemy	State of Qin ⓘ state of Wei ⓘ surface form: State of Wei state of Yan ⓘ surface form: State of Yan
era	Warring States period ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Zhou Chinese ⓘ
fellTo	state of Qin ⓘ surface form: Qin (state)
formedFrom	partition of Jin ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Eastern Zhou ⓘ surface form: Eastern Zhou dynasty
knownFor	battles against Xiongnu and northern nomads ⓘ conflicts with Qin ⓘ military reforms ⓘ powerful cavalry ⓘ role in political fragmentation before Qin unification ⓘ
language	Old Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn	Chinese Central Plains region ⓘ North China ⓘ
majorBattle	Battle of Changping ⓘ Battle of Changping ⓘ surface form: Battle of Handan
militaryInnovation	adoption of cavalry ⓘ policy of “wearing Hu clothing and shooting from horseback” ⓘ
nativeName	趙 ⓘ
notableRuler	King Daoxiang of Zhao ⓘ King Huiwen of Zhao ⓘ King Wuling of Zhao ⓘ King Xiaocheng of Zhao ⓘ King Youmiu of Zhao ⓘ
partOf	Warring States period ⓘ surface form: Seven Warring States
predecessor	State of Jin ⓘ surface form: Jin (state)
presentLocation	modern Hebei ⓘ modern Inner Mongolia ⓘ modern Shanxi ⓘ
reform	King Wuling of Zhao’s military reforms ⓘ
rulingHouse	House of Zhao ⓘ
successor	Qin dynasty ⓘ surface form: Qin dynasty’s unified empire
timeEnd	228 BCE ⓘ
timeStart	5th century BCE ⓘ

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

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: state of Zhao
Description of subject: The state of Zhao was a major Chinese feudal kingdom during the Warring States period, known for its powerful cavalry, military reforms, and role in the political fragmentation preceding the Qin unification.