Taoism
E23977
Taoism is an ancient Chinese philosophical and religious tradition centered on living in harmony with the Tao, emphasizing naturalness, simplicity, and spiritual cultivation.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taoism canonical | 339 |
| Daoism | 43 |
| Neo-Daoism | 2 |
| Chinese Taoism | 1 |
| Daoism (as favored religion) | 1 |
| Tao | 1 |
| Taoism (influential) | 1 |
| Taoism (religious and philosophical influence) | 1 |
| Taoism (syncretic forms) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T188744 — 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: Taoism Context triple: [Singapore, majorReligion, Taoism]
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A.
Confucianism
Confucianism is an ancient Chinese philosophical and ethical system based on the teachings of Confucius, emphasizing moral virtue, social harmony, and proper conduct in personal and political life.
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B.
Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the path to enlightenment.
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C.
Shinto
Shinto is the indigenous religion of Japan centered on the worship of kami (spirits or deities) and the veneration of nature and ancestors.
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D.
Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
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E.
Vedanta
Vedanta is a major Hindu philosophical tradition that interprets and systematizes the teachings of the Upanishads, focusing on the nature of ultimate reality (Brahman) and the self (Atman).
- 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: Taoism Target entity description: Taoism is an ancient Chinese philosophical and religious tradition centered on living in harmony with the Tao, emphasizing naturalness, simplicity, and spiritual cultivation.
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A.
Confucianism
Confucianism is an ancient Chinese philosophical and ethical system based on the teachings of Confucius, emphasizing moral virtue, social harmony, and proper conduct in personal and political life.
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B.
Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion and philosophical tradition founded on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha), emphasizing the Four Noble Truths and the path to enlightenment.
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C.
Shinto
Shinto is the indigenous religion of Japan centered on the worship of kami (spirits or deities) and the veneration of nature and ancestors.
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D.
Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
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E.
Vedanta
Vedanta is a major Hindu philosophical tradition that interprets and systematizes the teachings of the Upanishads, focusing on the nature of ultimate reality (Brahman) and the self (Atman).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese philosophy
ⓘ
Chinese religion ⓘ philosophical tradition ⓘ religious tradition ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
harmony with nature
ⓘ
longevity ⓘ spiritual cultivation ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Tao Te Ching
ⓘ
surface form:
Laozi
Liezi ⓘ Zhuangzi ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
Taoism
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tao
|
| cosmologicalConcept |
qi
ⓘ
yin and yang ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
living in harmony with the Tao
ⓘ
naturalness ⓘ non-action ⓘ simplicity ⓘ spontaneity ⓘ |
| hasBranch |
esoteric Taoism
ⓘ
philosophical Taoism ⓘ religious Taoism ⓘ ritual Taoism ⓘ |
| hasClergy | Taoist priest ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Sinosphere
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surface form:
Chinese culture
|
| hasDeityType |
immortals
ⓘ
nature spirits ⓘ stellar deities ⓘ |
| hasInstitution | Taoist temple ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | China ⓘ |
| hasSacredText |
Tao Te Ching
ⓘ
surface form:
Dao De Jing
Daozang ⓘ Tao Te Ching ⓘ Tao Te Ching ⓘ
surface form:
Zhuangzi
|
| historicalPeriodOfFormation | Warring States period ⓘ |
| includesPractice |
breath control
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dietary practices ⓘ divination ⓘ external alchemy ⓘ feng shui ⓘ internal alchemy ⓘ meditation ⓘ qigong ⓘ rituals ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chan Buddhism
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Chinese literature ⓘ Chinese martial arts ⓘ Chinese medicine ⓘ Chinese poetry ⓘ Chinese visual arts ⓘ |
| languageOfScripture | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| relatedTradition |
Chinese folk religion
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Confucianism ⓘ |
| teaches |
acceptance of change
ⓘ
alignment with natural processes ⓘ relativity of values ⓘ |
| usesConcept | wu wei ⓘ |
| values |
flexibility
ⓘ
humility ⓘ non-contention ⓘ softness ⓘ |
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: Taoism Description of subject: Taoism is an ancient Chinese philosophical and religious tradition centered on living in harmony with the Tao, emphasizing naturalness, simplicity, and spiritual cultivation.
Referenced by (390)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Changhua
subject surface form:
Queen Mother of the West
subject surface form:
God of War (Chinese folk religion)
subject surface form:
Cao Wei
subject surface form:
Emperor Xuānzong of Tang