shendao
E358503
Shendao is a term referring to the "Spirit Way," the sacred, often statue-lined ceremonial path leading to imperial or royal tombs in Chinese architecture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| shendao canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3453201 — 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: shendao Context triple: [Spirit Way, alsoKnownAs, shendao]
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A.
Shandao
Shandao was a prominent 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and commentator whose writings systematized and greatly influenced the development of Pure Land Buddhism.
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B.
Shitou Xiqian
Shitou Xiqian was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master, renowned for his poetic teachings and as a key figure in the development of the Caodong/Sōtō Zen lineage.
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C.
Da Yuan
Da Yuan is the official Chinese name for the Yuan dynasty, the Mongol-ruled imperial dynasty that governed China from the late 13th to the mid-14th century.
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D.
Sanbao
Sanbao, better known in the West as Zheng He, was a famed 15th-century Chinese admiral and explorer who led the Ming dynasty’s great maritime expeditions across the Indian Ocean.
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E.
Daochuo
Daochuo was a prominent Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar whose writings and teachings greatly shaped the development of Pure Land Buddhism.
- 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: shendao Target entity description: Shendao is a term referring to the "Spirit Way," the sacred, often statue-lined ceremonial path leading to imperial or royal tombs in Chinese architecture.
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A.
Shandao
Shandao was a prominent 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk and commentator whose writings systematized and greatly influenced the development of Pure Land Buddhism.
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B.
Shitou Xiqian
Shitou Xiqian was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master, renowned for his poetic teachings and as a key figure in the development of the Caodong/Sōtō Zen lineage.
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C.
Da Yuan
Da Yuan is the official Chinese name for the Yuan dynasty, the Mongol-ruled imperial dynasty that governed China from the late 13th to the mid-14th century.
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D.
Sanbao
Sanbao, better known in the West as Zheng He, was a famed 15th-century Chinese admiral and explorer who led the Ming dynasty’s great maritime expeditions across the Indian Ocean.
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E.
Daochuo
Daochuo was a prominent Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar whose writings and teachings greatly shaped the development of Pure Land Buddhism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural element
ⓘ
ceremonial pathway ⓘ funerary architecture feature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
imperial mausoleums
ⓘ
royal mausoleums ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Chinese imperial culture ⓘ |
| designPrinciple |
axial symmetry
ⓘ
hierarchical spatial sequence ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
ceremonial gates
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human guardian statues ⓘ paired animal sculptures ⓘ spirit towers ⓘ stone statues ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
axis of approach for visitors
ⓘ
ritual processional route ⓘ symbolic path for spirits of the dead ⓘ |
| hasNotableExample |
Ming Tombs
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surface form:
Ming Tombs Spirit Way
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties ⓘ
surface form:
Qing imperial tombs Spirit Ways
|
| hasSection |
inner approach near tomb mound
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outer ceremonial approach ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
Sacred Way
ⓘ
Spirit Way ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chinese ancestor worship
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state ritual ideology ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Chinese funerary architecture
ⓘ
Chinese ritual landscape ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Chinese ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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earthworks ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| orientation | often aligned on a north–south axis ⓘ |
| periodOfUse | imperial China ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
spirit road
ⓘ
tomb avenue ⓘ |
| relatedDiscipline |
Chinese architectural history
ⓘ
archaeology of China ⓘ funerary studies ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
connection between the living and the dead
ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ imperial authority ⓘ |
| typicalLocation | approach to a tomb complex ⓘ |
| useContext |
Chinese imperial tombs
ⓘ
Chinese royal tombs ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
commemorative ceremonies
ⓘ
funerary rites ⓘ |
| writtenForm |
Shinto
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surface form:
神道
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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: shendao Description of subject: Shendao is a term referring to the "Spirit Way," the sacred, often statue-lined ceremonial path leading to imperial or royal tombs in Chinese architecture.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Spirit Way