Ganjin (Jianzhen)
E270956
Ganjin (Jianzhen) was a Chinese Buddhist monk renowned for his arduous journey to Japan and his pivotal role in establishing orthodox Buddhist precepts during the Nara period.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ganjin | 2 |
| Jianzhen | 2 |
| Ganjin (Jianzhen) canonical | 1 |
| 鑑真 | 1 |
| 鑒真 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2441055 — 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: Ganjin (Jianzhen) Context triple: [Nara period, notableMonk, Ganjin (Jianzhen)]
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A.
Gyōki
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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B.
Ma Lin
Ma Lin is a retired Chinese table tennis player renowned for his Olympic gold medals and exceptional skill in doubles and penhold play.
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C.
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.
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D.
Ma Si-tsang
Ma Si-tsang was a prominent Cantonese opera performer renowned for his influential roles and contributions to the development of the art form in the early 20th century.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ganjin (Jianzhen) Target entity description: Ganjin (Jianzhen) was a Chinese Buddhist monk renowned for his arduous journey to Japan and his pivotal role in establishing orthodox Buddhist precepts during the Nara period.
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A.
Gyōki
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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B.
Ma Lin
Ma Lin is a retired Chinese table tennis player renowned for his Olympic gold medals and exceptional skill in doubles and penhold play.
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C.
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.
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D.
Ma Si-tsang
Ma Si-tsang was a prominent Cantonese opera performer renowned for his influential roles and contributions to the development of the art form in the early 20th century.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ |
| arrivalYearInJapan | 753 ⓘ |
| associatedWithTemple |
Daming Temple
ⓘ
surface form:
Daming Temple in Yangzhou
|
| birthPlace |
Tang dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Tang dynasty China
Yangzhou ⓘ |
| birthYear | 688 ⓘ |
| causeOfBlindness | illness during voyages ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| culturalDepiction | subject of statue at Tōshōdai-ji ⓘ |
| deathYear | 763 ⓘ |
| discipline | Vinaya ⓘ |
| era |
Nara period
ⓘ
Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| founded |
Risshū school in Japan
ⓘ
Tōshōdai-ji ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Ganjin Wajō-den
ⓘ
surface form:
Ganjin Wajō
|
| influenced |
Japanese Buddhism
ⓘ
Japanese Buddhism ⓘ
surface form:
Nara Buddhism
|
| introducedDiscipline | Chinese Vinaya tradition to Japan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
establishing orthodox Buddhist ordination in Nara period Japan
ⓘ
founding the Risshū school in Japan ⓘ introducing Buddhist precepts to Japan ⓘ journey from China to Japan ⓘ |
| legacy |
standardization of Buddhist ordination in Japan
ⓘ
strengthening Sino-Japanese religious exchange ⓘ |
| madeMultipleAttemptsToReachJapan | true ⓘ |
| monasticOrder | Risshū ⓘ |
| name |
Ganjin (Jianzhen)
self-link
ⓘ
surface form:
Ganjin
Ganjin (Jianzhen) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Jianzhen
|
| nativeName |
Ganjin (Jianzhen)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
鑑真
Ganjin (Jianzhen) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
鑒真
|
| numberOfVoyagesAttemptedToJapan | six ⓘ |
| occupation |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
religious teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Nara
ⓘ
Tōshōdai-ji ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| role |
founder of Japanese Risshū
ⓘ
precepts master ⓘ |
| suffered | blindness ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Japanese Buddhist monks ⓘ |
| traveledFrom | China ⓘ |
| traveledTo | Japan ⓘ |
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.
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: Ganjin (Jianzhen) Description of subject: Ganjin (Jianzhen) was a Chinese Buddhist monk renowned for his arduous journey to Japan and his pivotal role in establishing orthodox Buddhist precepts during the Nara period.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.