He Ping (film director)
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He Ping was a Chinese film director and screenwriter best known for his visually striking "Chinese Western" historical epics such as "Swordsmen in Double Flag Town" and "Sun Valley."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| He Ping (film director) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4975637 — 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: He Ping (film director) Context triple: [He (surname), hasNotableBearer, He Ping (film director)]
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A.
Luo Ping
Luo Ping was an 18th-century Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty, renowned for his imaginative and eerie ghost-themed works and association with the Yangzhou school.
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B.
Zhu Zhanping
Zhu Zhanping was a Ming dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of the Hongxi Emperor of China.
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C.
Wu Han
Wu Han was a prominent Chinese historian and politician whose critical play about a Ming dynasty official became a key trigger for the Cultural Revolution.
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D.
Chiang Hsiao-wu
Chiang Hsiao-wu was a Taiwanese politician and businessman, notable as a member of the influential Chiang family that dominated mid-20th-century Chinese and Taiwanese politics.
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E.
Ye Zhengping
Ye Zhengping is one of the children of the prominent Chinese military leader and politician Ye Ting.
- 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: He Ping (film director) Target entity description: He Ping was a Chinese film director and screenwriter best known for his visually striking "Chinese Western" historical epics such as "Swordsmen in Double Flag Town" and "Sun Valley."
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A.
Luo Ping
Luo Ping was an 18th-century Chinese painter of the Qing dynasty, renowned for his imaginative and eerie ghost-themed works and association with the Yangzhou school.
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B.
Zhu Zhanping
Zhu Zhanping was a Ming dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of the Hongxi Emperor of China.
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C.
Wu Han
Wu Han was a prominent Chinese historian and politician whose critical play about a Ming dynasty official became a key trigger for the Cultural Revolution.
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D.
Chiang Hsiao-wu
Chiang Hsiao-wu was a Taiwanese politician and businessman, notable as a member of the influential Chiang family that dominated mid-20th-century Chinese and Taiwanese politics.
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E.
Ye Zhengping
Ye Zhengping is one of the children of the prominent Chinese military leader and politician Ye Ting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film director
ⓘ
human ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ |
| activeYearsInFilm | 1980s–2010s ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Rooster Award
NERFINISHED
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Tokyo International Film Festival award ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1957 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2023 ⓘ |
| directed |
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sun Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Swordsmen in Double Flag Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Warriors of Heaven and Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Xi’an Film Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cinema
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screenwriting ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
Chinese Western
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historical epic film ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Western genre cinema ⓘ |
| knownFor | visually striking Chinese Western historical epics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Chinese ⓘ |
| movement | Chinese Western ⓘ |
| name | He Ping NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 何平 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | blending Western genre tropes with Chinese historical settings ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sun Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Swordsmen in Double Flag Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Warriors of Heaven and Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
film director
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screenwriter ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Shanxi, China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Beijing, China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriterOf |
Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sun Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Swordsmen in Double Flag Town NERFINISHED ⓘ Warriors of Heaven and Earth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Zhou Xiaowen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: He Ping (film director) Description of subject: He Ping was a Chinese film director and screenwriter best known for his visually striking "Chinese Western" historical epics such as "Swordsmen in Double Flag Town" and "Sun Valley."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
He (surname)