Lu Jiuyuan
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Lu Jiuyuan was a Song dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher whose idealist thought and emphasis on the innate goodness and unity of mind profoundly shaped later thinkers, especially Wang Yangming.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lu Jiuyuan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lu Jiuyuan Context triple: [Wang Yangming, influencedBy, Lu Jiuyuan]
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Wang Yangming
Wang Yangming was a prominent Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, statesman, and general best known for his influential doctrine of the unity of knowledge and action and the innate moral knowledge of the mind.
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Cheng Hao
Cheng Hao was an influential 11th-century Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Song dynasty, known for developing the School of Principle alongside his brother Cheng Yi and shaping later thinkers such as Zhu Xi.
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Cheng Yi
Cheng Yi was a prominent Song dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher whose metaphysical and ethical ideas helped lay the foundations for later thinkers such as Zhu Xi.
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Zhu Xi
Zhu Xi was a 12th-century Chinese philosopher and scholar whose synthesis of Confucian thought became the foundation of Neo-Confucianism and dominated East Asian intellectual life for centuries.
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Zhang Zai
Zhang Zai was an influential 11th-century Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Song dynasty, known for his metaphysical ideas about qi and the moral nature of the universe.
- 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: Lu Jiuyuan Target entity description: Lu Jiuyuan was a Song dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher whose idealist thought and emphasis on the innate goodness and unity of mind profoundly shaped later thinkers, especially Wang Yangming.
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Wang Yangming
Wang Yangming was a prominent Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, statesman, and general best known for his influential doctrine of the unity of knowledge and action and the innate moral knowledge of the mind.
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B.
Cheng Hao
Cheng Hao was an influential 11th-century Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Song dynasty, known for developing the School of Principle alongside his brother Cheng Yi and shaping later thinkers such as Zhu Xi.
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C.
Cheng Yi
Cheng Yi was a prominent Song dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher whose metaphysical and ethical ideas helped lay the foundations for later thinkers such as Zhu Xi.
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Zhu Xi
Zhu Xi was a 12th-century Chinese philosopher and scholar whose synthesis of Confucian thought became the foundation of Neo-Confucianism and dominated East Asian intellectual life for centuries.
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Zhang Zai
Zhang Zai was an influential 11th-century Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Song dynasty, known for his metaphysical ideas about qi and the moral nature of the universe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confucian scholar
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Neo-Confucian philosopher ⓘ Song dynasty person ⓘ |
| artName |
Xiangshan
NERFINISHED
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象山 ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1139 ⓘ |
| chineseName | 陸九淵 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | School of Principle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
liangzhi (innate knowing)
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original mind ⓘ unity of the ten thousand things in the mind ⓘ xin (mind-heart) ⓘ |
| courtesyName |
Zijing
NERFINISHED
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子靜 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticized |
overemphasis on investigation of external things
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purely scholastic learning divorced from moral practice ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1193 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Southern Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasized |
inner moral reflection
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self-cultivation through rectifying the mind ⓘ |
| heldOffice | imperial official of the Southern Song ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ming dynasty Neo-Confucians
NERFINISHED
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Wang Yangming NERFINISHED ⓘ Yangming school of Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Cheng Hao
NERFINISHED
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Cheng Yi NERFINISHED ⓘ Confucius NERFINISHED ⓘ Mencius NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhou Dunyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the idealist School of the Mind in Neo-Confucianism
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inspiring later Yangming learning ⓘ stressing the unity of mind and principle ⓘ |
| legacy |
recognized as one of the key figures of Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism
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regarded as a major precursor of Wang Yangming’s philosophy ⓘ |
| name | Lu Jiuyuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| occupation |
educator
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philosopher ⓘ scholar-official ⓘ |
| philosophicalCurrent | Idealist Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalDoctrine | School of the Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalOpponent | Zhu Xi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalView |
innate goodness of human nature
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knowledge and action are rooted in the mind ⓘ mind is principle ⓘ the mind and li are one ⓘ unity of mind and universe ⓘ |
| positionOnHumanNature | human nature is originally good ⓘ |
| region | Jiangxi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Xiangshan Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Lu Jiuyuan Description of subject: Lu Jiuyuan was a Song dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher whose idealist thought and emphasis on the innate goodness and unity of mind profoundly shaped later thinkers, especially Wang Yangming.
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