Qing
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Qing was the courtesy name of Xunzi, a prominent Confucian philosopher of the Warring States period known for his influential and often contrasting views to Mencius on human nature and ritual.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qing canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5696149 — 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: Qing Context triple: [Xunzi, courtesyName, Qing]
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A.
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 and overseeing a vast multiethnic empire before its collapse led to the founding of the Republic of China.
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B.
Ming
Ming is the given name of Yao Ming, the retired Chinese basketball star and former NBA All-Star center for the Houston Rockets.
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C.
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty established by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan that ruled China as part of the vast Mongol Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries.
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Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty (1368–1644) known for its strong centralized government, flourishing arts and literature, maritime expeditions, and the construction and restoration of major works like the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.
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E.
Gao Kingdom
The Gao Kingdom was an early West African state centered on the city of Gao that laid the foundations for the later expansion and dominance of the Songhai Empire.
- 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: Qing Target entity description: Qing was the courtesy name of Xunzi, a prominent Confucian philosopher of the Warring States period known for his influential and often contrasting views to Mencius on human nature and ritual.
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A.
Qing dynasty
The Qing dynasty was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 and overseeing a vast multiethnic empire before its collapse led to the founding of the Republic of China.
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B.
Ming
Ming is the given name of Yao Ming, the retired Chinese basketball star and former NBA All-Star center for the Houston Rockets.
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C.
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty established by the Mongol leader Kublai Khan that ruled China as part of the vast Mongol Empire in the 13th and 14th centuries.
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D.
Ming dynasty
The Ming dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty (1368–1644) known for its strong centralized government, flourishing arts and literature, maritime expeditions, and the construction and restoration of major works like the Great Wall and the Forbidden City.
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E.
Gao Kingdom
The Gao Kingdom was an early West African state centered on the city of Gao that laid the foundations for the later expansion and dominance of the Songhai Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Confucian philosopher
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Warring States period person ⓘ courtesy name ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese philosophy
ⓘ
Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithState |
Qi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Mencius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Qing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyNameOf | Xunzi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiquedSchool |
Daoism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mohism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiquedThinker |
Mencius
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhuangzi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizedConcept |
deliberate effort (wei)
ⓘ
education ⓘ fa (standards, models) ⓘ li (ritual) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethicalFocus |
cultivation of virtue through practice
ⓘ
ritual propriety ⓘ social order ⓘ |
| hasCourtesyName | Qing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late Warring States period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Han Feizi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Li Si NERFINISHED ⓘ later Confucian thought ⓘ |
| influencedTradition |
Han dynasty Confucianism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Legalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Xunzi (text)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
critique of Mencius ⓘ emphasis on ritual (li) ⓘ theory of human nature as bad ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainWork | Xunzi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInChinese | 荀子 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameType | zi (courtesy name) ⓘ |
| personalName | Kuang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalPositionOnHumanNature |
human nature is bad (evil) and must be reformed by ritual and education
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human nature is good ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtAt | Jixia Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textualTradition | received text Xunzi of 32 books (pian) ⓘ |
| usedIn | Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| viewOnHeaven | naturalistic, non-anthropomorphic conception of Heaven ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Qing Description of subject: Qing was the courtesy name of Xunzi, a prominent Confucian philosopher of the Warring States period known for his influential and often contrasting views to Mencius on human nature and ritual.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.