Zhou state
E204097
The Zhou state was an ancient Chinese polity that rose to prominence in the 11th century BCE, founding the Zhou dynasty and establishing a long-lasting feudal order in early Chinese history.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zhou state canonical | 3 |
| Zhou (state) | 1 |
| Zhou feudal states | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1695805 — 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: Zhou state Context triple: [Shang dynasty, overthrownBy, Zhou state]
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A.
State of Chu
The State of Chu was a powerful and culturally influential ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, known for its distinctive art, rituals, and major role in the Warring States period.
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B.
State of Qi
The State of Qi was a powerful ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, noted for its economic strength, political reforms, and cultural influence among the Warring States.
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C.
state of Wei
The state of Wei was a major Chinese polity during the Warring States period, known for its early military strength, legalist reforms, and rivalry with other powerful states like Qin, Zhao, and Han.
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D.
state of Qin
The state of Qin was an ancient Chinese kingdom in the western region of China that rose to power during the Warring States period and ultimately unified China, laying the foundation for the Qin dynasty.
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E.
state of Yan
The state of Yan was an ancient Chinese kingdom located in the northeastern region of China, which played a significant role as one of the major powers during the Warring States period.
- 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: Zhou state Target entity description: The Zhou state was an ancient Chinese polity that rose to prominence in the 11th century BCE, founding the Zhou dynasty and establishing a long-lasting feudal order in early Chinese history.
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A.
State of Chu
The State of Chu was a powerful and culturally influential ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, known for its distinctive art, rituals, and major role in the Warring States period.
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B.
State of Qi
The State of Qi was a powerful ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, noted for its economic strength, political reforms, and cultural influence among the Warring States.
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C.
state of Wei
The state of Wei was a major Chinese polity during the Warring States period, known for its early military strength, legalist reforms, and rivalry with other powerful states like Qin, Zhao, and Han.
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D.
state of Qin
The state of Qin was an ancient Chinese kingdom in the western region of China that rose to power during the Warring States period and ultimately unified China, laying the foundation for the Qin dynasty.
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E.
state of Yan
The state of Yan was an ancient Chinese kingdom located in the northeastern region of China, which played a significant role as one of the major powers during the Warring States period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Chinese state
ⓘ
founding state of the Zhou dynasty ⓘ vassal state of the Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| battle | Battle of Muye ⓘ |
| capital |
Fenghao
ⓘ
Haojing ⓘ Zongzhou ⓘ |
| centeredOn | Qishan area ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culture | Zhou culture ⓘ |
| dynasty | Ji clan ⓘ |
| enemy | Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Zhou people ⓘ |
| event | overthrow of the Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| followedBy | Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Gugong Danfu
ⓘ
Ji clan ⓘ
surface form:
Ji family
King Wen of Zhou ⓘ |
| governmentType |
feudal state
ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Bamboo Annals
ⓘ
Book of Documents ⓘ Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ
surface form:
Shiji
|
| introducedConcept | Mandate of Heaven ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of feudal hierarchy
ⓘ
early articulation of the Mandate of Heaven doctrine ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| ledByInBattle | King Wu of Zhou ⓘ |
| legacy |
foundation of Western Zhou dynasty
ⓘ
model for later Chinese feudal order ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Guanzhong region
ⓘ
surface form:
Guanzhong plain
Shaanxi Province ⓘ
surface form:
Shaanxi region
Wei River ⓘ
surface form:
Wei River valley
|
| movedCapitalTo |
Feng
ⓘ
Hao ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Duke of Zhou
ⓘ
King Wen of Zhou ⓘ King Wu of Zhou ⓘ |
| partOf | Shang dynasty tributary system ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | feudal enfeoffment system ⓘ |
| predecessor | Shang dynasty regional administration in the west ⓘ |
| regionType | western frontier state of Shang ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ |
| roseToProminence | 11th century BCE ⓘ |
| rulingClan | Ji clan ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 2nd millennium 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: Zhou state Description of subject: The Zhou state was an ancient Chinese polity that rose to prominence in the 11th century BCE, founding the Zhou dynasty and establishing a long-lasting feudal order in early Chinese history.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Zhou feudal states
this entity surface form:
Zhou (state)