Zongmi
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Zongmi was a prominent Tang dynasty Buddhist scholar-monk known for synthesizing Chan (Zen) and Huayan thought into a comprehensive doctrinal system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zongmi canonical | 3 |
| Chan masters of the Tang dynasty | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2563042 — 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: Zongmi Context triple: [Chan Buddhism, associatedMonk, Zongmi]
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A.
Shan Zuchang
Shan Zuchang is a Chinese businessman best known for serving as chairman of English football club West Bromwich Albion.
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B.
Yunmen Wenyan
Yunmen Wenyan was a renowned 10th-century Chinese Chan master and founder of the Yunmen school, celebrated for his terse, enigmatic teaching style and influential role in Zen koan literature.
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C.
Qi Xin
Qi Xin is a Chinese revolutionary and former Party official best known as the mother of China’s paramount leader Xi Jinping.
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D.
Yan Zhenqing
Yan Zhenqing was a renowned Tang dynasty statesman, general, and one of China’s most celebrated calligraphers, famed for his vigorous and upright regular script.
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E.
Yu Chengwan
Yu Chengwan was a Chinese military commander best known for leading Nationalist forces during the World War II-era Battle of Changde against the Imperial Japanese Army.
- 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: Zongmi Target entity description: Zongmi was a prominent Tang dynasty Buddhist scholar-monk known for synthesizing Chan (Zen) and Huayan thought into a comprehensive doctrinal system.
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A.
Shan Zuchang
Shan Zuchang is a Chinese businessman best known for serving as chairman of English football club West Bromwich Albion.
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B.
Yunmen Wenyan
Yunmen Wenyan was a renowned 10th-century Chinese Chan master and founder of the Yunmen school, celebrated for his terse, enigmatic teaching style and influential role in Zen koan literature.
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C.
Qi Xin
Qi Xin is a Chinese revolutionary and former Party official best known as the mother of China’s paramount leader Xi Jinping.
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D.
Yan Zhenqing
Yan Zhenqing was a renowned Tang dynasty statesman, general, and one of China’s most celebrated calligraphers, famed for his vigorous and upright regular script.
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E.
Yu Chengwan
Yu Chengwan was a Chinese military commander best known for leading Nationalist forces during the World War II-era Battle of Changde against the Imperial Japanese Army.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
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Buddhist scholar ⓘ Chan master ⓘ Huayan patriarch ⓘ Tang dynasty person ⓘ |
| approach |
emphasized scriptural study and meditative practice together
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sought reconciliation of different Buddhist schools ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chan school
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Huayan / Kegon ⓘ
surface form:
Huayan school
|
| birthYear | 780 ⓘ |
| critiqued | certain Hongzhou Chan positions ⓘ |
| deathYear | 841 ⓘ |
| doctrinalPosition |
advocated a hierarchy of teachings (panjiao)
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affirmed inherent Buddha-nature of all beings ⓘ combined sudden enlightenment with gradual cultivation ⓘ criticized antinomian interpretations of sudden enlightenment ⓘ |
| dynasty | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| era |
8th century
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9th century ⓘ |
| fullName | Guifeng Zongmi ⓘ |
| honorific | Guifeng ("Turtle Peak") ⓘ |
| influenced |
Song-dynasty Chan
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surface form:
Song dynasty Chan
later Korean Buddhism ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
Confucian thought
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Daoist thought ⓘ |
| knownFor |
harmonizing meditation and doctrine
ⓘ
synthesizing Chan and Huayan thought ⓘ systematic doctrinal classification ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| name | Zongmi self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
East Asian Buddhism
ⓘ
surface form:
East Asian Mahayana Buddhism
|
| placeOfActivity |
Chang'an
ⓘ
surface form:
Chang’an
Sichuan Province ⓘ
surface form:
Sichuan region
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| schoolOfBuddhism |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Heze Chan school ⓘ Huayan / Kegon ⓘ
surface form:
Huayan Buddhism
|
| studied | Confucian classics in his youth ⓘ |
| teacherOf | students of both Chan and Huayan traditions ⓘ |
| title | Fifth Patriarch of the Huayan school ⓘ |
| viewOnEthics | moral discipline is necessary after enlightenment ⓘ |
| viewOnMind | mind is originally pure but obscured by defilements ⓘ |
| wrote |
Chan Prolegomenon
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Commentary on the Avataṃsaka Sūtra (Huayan Jing) (partially preserved) ⓘ Commentary on the Sutra of Perfect Enlightenment ⓘ Inquiry into the Origin of Humanity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Zongmi Description of subject: Zongmi was a prominent Tang dynasty Buddhist scholar-monk known for synthesizing Chan (Zen) and Huayan thought into a comprehensive doctrinal system.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Chan masters of the Tang dynasty
subject surface form:
Huayan