Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring
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Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring is a classic Chinese utopian tale depicting a secluded, idyllic village hidden from the outside world, symbolizing harmony with nature and escape from societal turmoil.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2863822 — 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: Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring Context triple: [Miho Museum, inspiredBy, Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring]
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A.
Du Fu Thatched Cottage
Du Fu Thatched Cottage is a historic museum and memorial site in Chengdu dedicated to the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu, built around the location where he once lived and composed many of his famous works.
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B.
Sesame and Lilies
"Sesame and Lilies" is a collection of influential Victorian-era lectures by John Ruskin that explore education, gender roles, and the moral responsibilities of men and women in society.
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C.
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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D.
The Glory of Tang Dynasty
The Glory of Tang Dynasty is a Chinese historical romance television drama set in the Tang dynasty, known for its lavish production and starring Jing Tian in a leading role.
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The Plum Blossom
"The Plum Blossom" is a track from the 1989 album *China* by electronic music composer Vangelis, known for its atmospheric, synthesizer-driven evocation of East Asian themes.
- 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: Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring Target entity description: Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring is a classic Chinese utopian tale depicting a secluded, idyllic village hidden from the outside world, symbolizing harmony with nature and escape from societal turmoil.
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A.
Du Fu Thatched Cottage
Du Fu Thatched Cottage is a historic museum and memorial site in Chengdu dedicated to the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu, built around the location where he once lived and composed many of his famous works.
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B.
Sesame and Lilies
"Sesame and Lilies" is a collection of influential Victorian-era lectures by John Ruskin that explore education, gender roles, and the moral responsibilities of men and women in society.
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C.
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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D.
The Glory of Tang Dynasty
The Glory of Tang Dynasty is a Chinese historical romance television drama set in the Tang dynasty, known for its lavish production and starring Jing Tian in a leading role.
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E.
The Plum Blossom
"The Plum Blossom" is a track from the 1989 album *China* by electronic music composer Vangelis, known for its atmospheric, synthesizer-driven evocation of East Asian themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese literary work
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prose narrative ⓘ utopian tale ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Daoist retreat
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pastoral ideal ⓘ reclusion of scholar-officials ⓘ |
| author |
Tao Chi’en
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surface form:
Tao Qian
Tao Qian ⓘ
surface form:
Tao Yuanming
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| centralCharacter | fisherman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
adapted in Chinese opera and drama
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inspired numerous landscape paintings ⓘ term 桃花源 used in Chinese to denote utopia ⓘ |
| genre |
pastoral literature
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utopian fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Peach Blossom Source
Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Peach Blossom Spring
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| hasMotive | desire for escape from chaos ⓘ |
| historicalContext | written amid political instability ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese painting themes
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Chinese utopian thought ⓘ concept of 桃花源 (Peach Blossom Spring) as ideal retreat ⓘ later Chinese poetry ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| literaryForm | short prose tale ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Eastern Jin dynasty ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Chinese classical prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person frame narrator ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
桃花源記
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| plotElement |
fisherman discovers hidden village
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fisherman marks path but cannot find village again ⓘ village isolated from outside world ⓘ villagers unaware of later dynasties ⓘ |
| preservedIn | collections of Tao Yuanming’s works ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Tao Yuanming’s pastoral poems ⓘ |
| setting |
hidden valley
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secluded village ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
timeless peace
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utopian community ⓘ withdrawal from corrupt politics ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of war
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escape from societal turmoil ⓘ harmony with nature ⓘ ideal society ⓘ seclusion ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring Description of subject: Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring is a classic Chinese utopian tale depicting a secluded, idyllic village hidden from the outside world, symbolizing harmony with nature and escape from societal turmoil.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring
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originalTitle
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Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring
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this entity surface form:
桃花源記
Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring
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Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring
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this entity surface form:
The Peach Blossom Spring
Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring
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hasEnglishTitle
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Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring
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this entity surface form:
The Peach Blossom Source
this entity surface form:
Peach Blossom Spring
this entity surface form:
"Peach Blossom Spring"
this entity surface form:
Taohuayuan (Peach Blossom Spring) fable
this entity surface form:
Tao Yuanming’s "Peach Blossom Spring"