Former Ode on the Red Cliffs
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Former Ode on the Red Cliffs is a renowned prose-poem by the Song dynasty writer Su Shi that reflects on history, nature, and the transience of life during a moonlit boat trip on the Yangtze River.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Former Ode on the Red Cliffs canonical | 1 |
| Latter Ode on the Red Cliffs | 1 |
| Ode to the Red Cliff | 1 |
| 东坡赤壁 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7998258 — 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: Former Ode on the Red Cliffs Context triple: [Su Shi, notableWork, Former Ode on the Red Cliffs]
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Red Cliffs
Red Cliffs is a rural town in Victoria, Australia, known for its irrigated agriculture—particularly grape and citrus production—and its location near the Murray River in the Sunraysia region.
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B.
Du Fu Thatched Cottage
Du Fu Thatched Cottage is a historic museum and memorial site in Chengdu dedicated to the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu, built around the location where he once lived and composed many of his famous works.
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C.
Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring
Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring is a classic Chinese utopian tale depicting a secluded, idyllic village hidden from the outside world, symbolizing harmony with nature and escape from societal turmoil.
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D.
The Leaping Horse
The Leaping Horse is a celebrated 1825 landscape painting by English Romantic artist John Constable, depicting a horse jumping a barrier along the River Stour in rural Suffolk.
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E.
Chronicles of Huayang
Chronicles of Huayang is an ancient Chinese regional history text that records the geography, culture, and historical events of the Sichuan and surrounding areas, including the Shu region associated with Shu Han.
- 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: Former Ode on the Red Cliffs Target entity description: Former Ode on the Red Cliffs is a renowned prose-poem by the Song dynasty writer Su Shi that reflects on history, nature, and the transience of life during a moonlit boat trip on the Yangtze River.
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A.
Red Cliffs
Red Cliffs is a rural town in Victoria, Australia, known for its irrigated agriculture—particularly grape and citrus production—and its location near the Murray River in the Sunraysia region.
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B.
Du Fu Thatched Cottage
Du Fu Thatched Cottage is a historic museum and memorial site in Chengdu dedicated to the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu, built around the location where he once lived and composed many of his famous works.
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C.
Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring
Tao Yuanming’s Peach Blossom Spring is a classic Chinese utopian tale depicting a secluded, idyllic village hidden from the outside world, symbolizing harmony with nature and escape from societal turmoil.
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D.
The Leaping Horse
The Leaping Horse is a celebrated 1825 landscape painting by English Romantic artist John Constable, depicting a horse jumping a barrier along the River Stour in rural Suffolk.
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E.
Chronicles of Huayang
Chronicles of Huayang is an ancient Chinese regional history text that records the geography, culture, and historical events of the Sichuan and surrounding areas, including the Shu region associated with Shu Han.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese literary work
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Song dynasty literature ⓘ prose-poem ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
First Ode on the Red Cliff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qian Chibi Fu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 1082 ⓘ |
| author |
Su Dongpo
NERFINISHED
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Su Shi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralImage | river and moon ⓘ |
| ChineseTitle | 前赤壁賦 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
dialogue
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philosophical discourse ⓘ poetic imagery ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Song dynasty China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequentlyAnthologizedIn | Chinese literature collections ⓘ |
| genre |
fu prose
ⓘ
lyrical prose ⓘ |
| hasCommentariesBy | later Chinese scholars ⓘ |
| historicalAllusion |
Battle of Red Cliffs
NERFINISHED
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Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
East Asian literary tradition
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later Chinese poetry ⓘ later Chinese prose ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose-poem ⓘ |
| literaryStatus |
classic of Song prose
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masterpiece of Su Shi ⓘ |
| narrativeFrame | moonlit boat trip ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| pairedWith | Latter Ode on the Red Cliffs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Northern Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcern |
eternity versus change
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relationship between man and nature ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Huangzhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Red Cliffs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yangtze River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| studiedIn | Chinese literature curricula ⓘ |
| theme |
Buddhist impermanence
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Daoist thought ⓘ friendship ⓘ history ⓘ nature ⓘ philosophical reflection ⓘ transience of life ⓘ |
| writtenDuring | Su Shi’s exile in Huangzhou ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Former Ode on the Red Cliffs Description of subject: Former Ode on the Red Cliffs is a renowned prose-poem by the Song dynasty writer Su Shi that reflects on history, nature, and the transience of life during a moonlit boat trip on the Yangtze River.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Latter Ode on the Red Cliffs
this entity surface form:
Ode to the Red Cliff