Palace of the Heavenly King (Taiping Heavenly Kingdom)
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The Palace of the Heavenly King was the main royal residence and political center of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Nanjing during the mid-19th century Taiping Rebellion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Palace of the Heavenly King (Taiping Heavenly Kingdom) canonical | 1 |
| Taiping Heavenly Kingdom palace | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7635948 — 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: Palace of the Heavenly King (Taiping Heavenly Kingdom) Context triple: [Presidential Palace (Nanjing), formerName, Palace of the Heavenly King (Taiping Heavenly Kingdom)]
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Palace of Virtuous Longevity
The Palace of Virtuous Longevity is a historic royal residence in Seoul, South Korea, known for its blend of traditional Korean and Western-style architecture and its role as one of the main palaces of the late Joseon dynasty.
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Palace of Heavenly Purity
The Palace of Heavenly Purity is a principal imperial hall within Beijing’s Forbidden City that historically served as the residence and audience chamber of Ming and early Qing dynasty emperors.
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Palace of Earthly Tranquility
The Palace of Earthly Tranquility is a historic hall within Beijing’s Forbidden City that served as the residence and later ceremonial space of Chinese empresses during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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D.
Yunlu Palace
Yunlu Palace is a historic Taoist temple complex situated on Yuelu Mountain in Changsha, China, known for its traditional architecture and religious significance.
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Imperial Vault of Heaven
The Imperial Vault of Heaven is a historic Ming and Qing dynasty ceremonial hall within Beijing’s Temple of Heaven complex, used to store sacred tablets for imperial rites.
- 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: Palace of the Heavenly King (Taiping Heavenly Kingdom) Target entity description: The Palace of the Heavenly King was the main royal residence and political center of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Nanjing during the mid-19th century Taiping Rebellion.
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A.
Palace of Virtuous Longevity
The Palace of Virtuous Longevity is a historic royal residence in Seoul, South Korea, known for its blend of traditional Korean and Western-style architecture and its role as one of the main palaces of the late Joseon dynasty.
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B.
Palace of Heavenly Purity
The Palace of Heavenly Purity is a principal imperial hall within Beijing’s Forbidden City that historically served as the residence and audience chamber of Ming and early Qing dynasty emperors.
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C.
Palace of Earthly Tranquility
The Palace of Earthly Tranquility is a historic hall within Beijing’s Forbidden City that served as the residence and later ceremonial space of Chinese empresses during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
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D.
Yunlu Palace
Yunlu Palace is a historic Taoist temple complex situated on Yuelu Mountain in Changsha, China, known for its traditional architecture and religious significance.
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E.
Imperial Vault of Heaven
The Imperial Vault of Heaven is a historic Ming and Qing dynasty ceremonial hall within Beijing’s Temple of Heaven complex, used to store sacred tablets for imperial rites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
palace
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political center ⓘ royal residence ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom government
NERFINISHED
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Taiping Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | traditional Chinese palace architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Qing–Taiping military conflict in Nanjing
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Taiping religious-political ideology ⓘ |
| capitalFunction | main palace of the Taiping capital Tianjing ⓘ |
| cityCurrentName | Nanjing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cityDuringTaipingRule | Tianjing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Taiping Heavenly Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentUse | tourist attraction ⓘ |
| endUse | 1864 ⓘ |
| formerFunction | imperial palace of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ⓘ |
| function |
residence of the Taiping royal household
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site of major Taiping governmental ceremonies ⓘ |
| governingBodyDuringTaiping | Heavenly King’s court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasExhibition |
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom historical artifacts
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documents related to the Taiping government ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | key cultural relics protection unit of China ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Taiping Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
China
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Jiangsu NERFINISHED ⓘ Nanjing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
brick
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wood ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Hong Xiuquan
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role as main royal residence of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ⓘ role as political center of the Taiping regime ⓘ |
| occupant | Hong Xiuquan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupantTitle | Heavenly King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Nanjing Taiping Heavenly Kingdom History Museum complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protection | state-protected cultural site of China ⓘ |
| roofType | traditional Chinese tiled roof ⓘ |
| significance | symbol of Taiping sovereignty in their capital ⓘ |
| startUse | 1853 ⓘ |
| tourism | popular historical site in Nanjing ⓘ |
| usedAs |
administrative center of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
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political headquarters of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ⓘ royal residence of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Palace of the Heavenly King (Taiping Heavenly Kingdom) Description of subject: The Palace of the Heavenly King was the main royal residence and political center of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Nanjing during the mid-19th century Taiping Rebellion.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Presidential Palace (Nanjing)
subject surface form:
Presidential Palace (Nanjing)
this entity surface form:
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom palace