Partition of Jin
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The Partition of Jin was a pivotal 5th-century BCE event in ancient China in which the powerful Jin state was divided into the rival states of Han, Zhao, and Wei, reshaping the political landscape of the Warring States period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Partition of Jin canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1647461 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Partition of Jin Context triple: [Warring States period, significantEvent, Partition of Jin]
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Wars of the Three Kingdoms
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were a series of interconnected civil conflicts across England, Scotland, and Ireland in the mid-17th century, driven by struggles over monarchy, religion, and governance.
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B.
War of the Brothers
War of the Brothers is a major internal conflict phase within the broader Lebanese Civil War, marked by intense factional fighting among rival Lebanese militias.
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C.
Rebellion of the Seven States
The Rebellion of the Seven States was a major 2nd-century BCE uprising by powerful regional princes against the central authority of China’s Han dynasty, which led to the strengthening of imperial control and the curbing of feudal power.
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D.
Devolution War
The Devolution War was a 1667–1668 conflict in which France, under Louis XIV, fought Spain over claims to the Spanish Netherlands, testing French military strength and European diplomatic alliances.
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E.
War of the Reunions
The War of the Reunions was a short conflict (1683–1684) in which Louis XIV’s France fought Spain and its allies to consolidate territorial gains in the Spanish Netherlands and along France’s eastern frontier.
- 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: Partition of Jin Target entity description: The Partition of Jin was a pivotal 5th-century BCE event in ancient China in which the powerful Jin state was divided into the rival states of Han, Zhao, and Wei, reshaping the political landscape of the Warring States period.
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A.
Wars of the Three Kingdoms
The Wars of the Three Kingdoms were a series of interconnected civil conflicts across England, Scotland, and Ireland in the mid-17th century, driven by struggles over monarchy, religion, and governance.
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B.
War of the Brothers
War of the Brothers is a major internal conflict phase within the broader Lebanese Civil War, marked by intense factional fighting among rival Lebanese militias.
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C.
Rebellion of the Seven States
The Rebellion of the Seven States was a major 2nd-century BCE uprising by powerful regional princes against the central authority of China’s Han dynasty, which led to the strengthening of imperial control and the curbing of feudal power.
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D.
Devolution War
The Devolution War was a 1667–1668 conflict in which France, under Louis XIV, fought Spain over claims to the Spanish Netherlands, testing French military strength and European diplomatic alliances.
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E.
War of the Reunions
The War of the Reunions was a short conflict (1683–1684) in which Louis XIV’s France fought Spain and its allies to consolidate territorial gains in the Spanish Netherlands and along France’s eastern frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
ⓘ
political event ⓘ territorial partition ⓘ |
| cause | internal power struggles among Jin aristocratic clans ⓘ |
| countryAffected | Jin ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Records of the Grand Historian
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Zuo Zhuan ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
marked transition from Spring and Autumn period to Warring States dynamics
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reshaped the political landscape of northern China ⓘ |
| involvedClan |
Han clan
ⓘ
Wei clan ⓘ Zhao clan ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| longTermImpact | contributed to multi-state rivalry of the Warring States period ⓘ |
| occurredInCentury | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| occurredInPeriod | Spring and Autumn period ⓘ |
| politicalConsequence |
end of Jin as a major unified power
ⓘ
rise of Han as an independent state ⓘ rise of Wei as an independent state ⓘ rise of Zhao as an independent state ⓘ |
| predecessorState | Jin ⓘ |
| region | Ancient China ⓘ |
| relatedDynasty | Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
State of Han
ⓘ
state of Wei ⓘ
surface form:
State of Wei
state of Zhao ⓘ
surface form:
State of Zhao
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| shapedPeriod | Warring States period ⓘ |
| successorState |
Han
ⓘ
Wei ⓘ Zhao ⓘ |
| typeOfChange | feudal fragmentation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Partition of Jin Description of subject: The Partition of Jin was a pivotal 5th-century BCE event in ancient China in which the powerful Jin state was divided into the rival states of Han, Zhao, and Wei, reshaping the political landscape of the Warring States period.
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