Guandi
E213077
Buddhist protector deity
Chinese deity
Chinese folk religion deity
Taoist deity
deified historical figure
tutelary deity
war deity
Guandi is a revered Chinese deity, often identified with the historical general Guan Yu, who is worshipped as a god of war, loyalty, and righteousness in Chinese folk religion and beyond.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Guandi canonical | 4 |
| Guan Di | 1 |
| Guandi Dadi | 1 |
| Kantei-byō (Guan Gong) | 1 |
| Kuan Ti | 1 |
| 關聖帝君 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1877929 — 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: Guandi Context triple: [Chinese folk religion, hasDeity, Guandi]
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A.
Chenghuangshen
Chenghuangshen is a traditional Chinese city god deity believed to protect and oversee the affairs, justice, and welfare of a specific city and its inhabitants.
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B.
Mazu
Mazu is a revered Chinese sea goddess and patron deity of sailors and coastal communities, especially venerated in southern China and Taiwan.
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C.
Zhenwu
Zhenwu is a powerful Taoist deity associated with the north, martial protection, and spiritual cultivation, especially revered in Chinese religious and martial traditions.
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D.
Xuan Dieu
Xuan Dieu is a popular street and neighborhood in Hanoi’s Tay Ho District, known for its lakeside views, expatriate community, and vibrant mix of cafes, restaurants, and shops.
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E.
Enlai
Enlai is the given name of Zhou Enlai, the prominent first Premier of the People's Republic of China and a key figure in Chinese Communist history.
- 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: Guandi Target entity description: Guandi is a revered Chinese deity, often identified with the historical general Guan Yu, who is worshipped as a god of war, loyalty, and righteousness in Chinese folk religion and beyond.
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A.
Chenghuangshen
Chenghuangshen is a traditional Chinese city god deity believed to protect and oversee the affairs, justice, and welfare of a specific city and its inhabitants.
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B.
Mazu
Mazu is a revered Chinese sea goddess and patron deity of sailors and coastal communities, especially venerated in southern China and Taiwan.
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C.
Zhenwu
Zhenwu is a powerful Taoist deity associated with the north, martial protection, and spiritual cultivation, especially revered in Chinese religious and martial traditions.
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D.
Xuan Dieu
Xuan Dieu is a popular street and neighborhood in Hanoi’s Tay Ho District, known for its lakeside views, expatriate community, and vibrant mix of cafes, restaurants, and shops.
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E.
Enlai
Enlai is the given name of Zhou Enlai, the prominent first Premier of the People's Republic of China and a key figure in Chinese Communist history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (91)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist protector deity
ⓘ
Chinese deity ⓘ Chinese folk religion deity ⓘ Taoist deity ⓘ deified historical figure ⓘ tutelary deity ⓘ war deity ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Guandi
ⓘ
surface form:
Guan Di
Guangong ⓘ
surface form:
Guan Gong
Guandi ⓘ
surface form:
Guandi Dadi
Guangong ⓘ Guanyu ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
brotherhood
ⓘ
justice ⓘ loyalty ⓘ martial valor ⓘ oaths ⓘ protection ⓘ righteousness ⓘ war ⓘ wealth protection ⓘ |
| basedOn | Guan Yu ⓘ |
| considered |
symbol of loyalty in Chinese culture
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symbol of righteousness in Chinese culture ⓘ symbol of sworn brotherhood ⓘ |
| cultDevelopedFrom | posthumous veneration of Guan Yu ⓘ |
| cultFlourishedDuring |
Ming dynasty
ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
bravery
ⓘ
incorruptible loyalty ⓘ sense of justice ⓘ unwavering righteousness ⓘ |
| hasFeastDay |
13th day of the 5th lunar month (some regions)
ⓘ
24th day of the 6th lunar month ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Guangong
ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Guan
Guan Yu ⓘ
surface form:
Lord Guan
Martial Sage ⓘ Saintly Emperor Guan ⓘ |
| iconographyIncludes |
green robe
ⓘ
Green Dragon Crescent Blade ⓘ
surface form:
guan dao
long beard ⓘ military armor ⓘ red face ⓘ |
| invokedFor |
enforcement of oaths
ⓘ
protection from injustice ⓘ protection in battle ⓘ success in business ⓘ |
| linkedToHistoricalPeriod | Three Kingdoms period ⓘ |
| linkedToText | Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| oftenDepictedWith |
Guan Ping
ⓘ
Zhou Cang ⓘ |
| patronOf |
businesspeople
ⓘ
martial artists ⓘ police ⓘ secret societies ⓘ soldiers ⓘ sworn brotherhoods ⓘ traders ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | imperial Chinese state ⓘ |
| roleInBuddhism | Dharma protector ⓘ |
| roleInFolkBelief | household protector ⓘ |
| roleInTaoism | martial deity ⓘ |
| templesDedicatedTo | Guandi miao ⓘ |
| templesFoundIn |
China
ⓘ
Chinatowns worldwide ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form:
Hong Kong
Macau ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
Thailand ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
|
| veneratedIn |
Chinese Buddhism
ⓘ
Chinese diaspora communities ⓘ Chinese folk religion ⓘ Confucian folk practice ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ
surface form:
Hong Kong
China ⓘ
surface form:
Mainland China
Southeast Asia ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form:
Taiwan
Taoism ⓘ |
| worshippedAs |
god of loyalty
ⓘ
god of righteousness ⓘ god of war ⓘ protector of the people ⓘ protector of the state ⓘ |
| worshipPracticeIncludes |
burning incense
ⓘ
oath-taking rituals ⓘ offering meat ⓘ offering wine ⓘ votive plaques ⓘ |
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: Guandi Description of subject: Guandi is a revered Chinese deity, often identified with the historical general Guan Yu, who is worshipped as a god of war, loyalty, and righteousness in Chinese folk religion and beyond.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Guan Di
this entity surface form:
Guandi Dadi
this entity surface form:
Kuan Ti
this entity surface form:
Kantei-byō (Guan Gong)