Gyōki
E266796
Gyōki was an influential Japanese Buddhist monk of the Nara period known for his public works, social welfare activities, and role in promoting Buddhism among the common people.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gyōki canonical | 6 |
| Kōgyō Daishi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2441054 — 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.
Target entity: Gyōki Context triple: [Nara period, notableMonk, Gyōki]
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A.
Heiga Zen
Heiga Zen is a researcher in speech synthesis and machine learning, known for helping develop Google's WaveNet neural network for generating raw audio.
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B.
Saigyō
Saigyō was a renowned late Heian and early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature, impermanence, and spiritual longing.
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C.
Benzaiten
Benzaiten is a Japanese Buddhist and Shinto goddess of music, eloquence, knowledge, and the arts, closely associated with water and often identified with the Hindu goddess Saraswati.
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D.
Kobo Daishi
Kobo Daishi, also known as Kukai, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, scholar, and founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism who became one of Japan’s most revered religious figures.
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E.
Nakae Chōmin
Nakae Chōmin was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese political thinker, journalist, and translator who helped introduce Western liberal ideas to Japan and became a leading advocate for democracy and civil rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Gyōki Target entity description: Gyōki was an influential Japanese Buddhist monk of the Nara period known for his public works, social welfare activities, and role in promoting Buddhism among the common people.
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A.
Heiga Zen
Heiga Zen is a researcher in speech synthesis and machine learning, known for helping develop Google's WaveNet neural network for generating raw audio.
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B.
Saigyō
Saigyō was a renowned late Heian and early Kamakura period Japanese Buddhist monk and poet celebrated for his deeply reflective waka poetry on nature, impermanence, and spiritual longing.
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C.
Benzaiten
Benzaiten is a Japanese Buddhist and Shinto goddess of music, eloquence, knowledge, and the arts, closely associated with water and often identified with the Hindu goddess Saraswati.
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D.
Kobo Daishi
Kobo Daishi, also known as Kukai, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, scholar, and founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism who became one of Japan’s most revered religious figures.
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E.
Nakae Chōmin
Nakae Chōmin was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese political thinker, journalist, and translator who helped introduce Western liberal ideas to Japan and became a leading advocate for democracy and civil rights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese Buddhist monk
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Nara period person ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| activePeriod | Nara period ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Emperor Shōmu
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Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara ⓘ
surface form:
Great Buddha project at Nara
Tōdai-ji ⓘ |
| commemoratedIn |
Japanese Buddhist temple traditions
ⓘ
local legends and folklore in various regions of Japan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | one of the most influential monks of the Nara period ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Bodhisattva of the Future
ⓘ
surface form:
Daibosatsu (Great Bodhisattva)
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| influenced |
development of socially engaged Buddhism in Japan
ⓘ
spread of Buddhism among peasants ⓘ |
| knownFor |
itinerant preaching
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organizing lay believers ⓘ promoting Buddhism among common people ⓘ public works projects ⓘ social welfare activities ⓘ |
| legacy |
model for later public-works monks in Japan
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venerated as a bodhisattva-like figure in later tradition ⓘ |
| movement |
Japanese Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
Buddhism in Japan
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| name | Gyōki self-link ⓘ |
| nativeName | 行基 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
construction of bridges
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construction of reservoirs ⓘ construction of roads ⓘ organization of irrigation projects ⓘ support for the poor and sick ⓘ |
| occupation |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
religious leader ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Kansai region
ⓘ
surface form:
Kinai region
Nara ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Hossō school ⓘ |
| roleInSociety |
leader of lay Buddhist groups
ⓘ
mediator between state and commoners ⓘ provider of social services ⓘ |
| socialContribution |
aid to travelers
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improvement of rural infrastructure ⓘ organization of community labor ⓘ support for marginalized populations ⓘ |
| teachingFocus |
bringing Buddhist teachings to commoners
ⓘ
practical application of Buddhist compassion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Gyōki Description of subject: Gyōki was an influential Japanese Buddhist monk of the Nara period known for his public works, social welfare activities, and role in promoting Buddhism among the common people.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.