Sui–Tang period
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The Sui–Tang period was a formative era in Chinese history (late 6th to early 10th century) marked by imperial unification, major administrative reforms, and flourishing culture that laid the foundations for later dynasties.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| High Tang period | 1 |
| Sui–Tang period canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8174748 — 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: Sui–Tang period Context triple: [Six Ministries, originatedIn, Sui–Tang period]
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Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty was a powerful and culturally flourishing imperial era of China (618–907 CE) renowned for its advances in art, literature, technology, and cosmopolitan trade along the Silk Road.
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Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was a time of political fragmentation and rapid dynastic change in China between the Tang and Song dynasties, marked by short-lived northern regimes and multiple concurrent southern kingdoms.
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C.
Northern and Southern dynasties period
The Northern and Southern dynasties period was an era of political fragmentation and cultural flourishing in China (roughly 4th–6th centuries CE), marked by rival northern and southern regimes before the country’s reunification under the Sui dynasty.
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Song dynasty
The Song dynasty was a major Chinese imperial dynasty (960–1279) known for its economic prosperity, urbanization, technological innovation, and flourishing arts and culture.
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Sui dynasty
The Sui dynasty was a short-lived but pivotal Chinese imperial dynasty (581–618 CE) that reunified China after centuries of division and laid the foundations for the subsequent Tang dynasty through major administrative and infrastructural reforms.
- 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: Sui–Tang period Target entity description: The Sui–Tang period was a formative era in Chinese history (late 6th to early 10th century) marked by imperial unification, major administrative reforms, and flourishing culture that laid the foundations for later dynasties.
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A.
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty was a powerful and culturally flourishing imperial era of China (618–907 CE) renowned for its advances in art, literature, technology, and cosmopolitan trade along the Silk Road.
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B.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period was a time of political fragmentation and rapid dynastic change in China between the Tang and Song dynasties, marked by short-lived northern regimes and multiple concurrent southern kingdoms.
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C.
Northern and Southern dynasties period
The Northern and Southern dynasties period was an era of political fragmentation and cultural flourishing in China (roughly 4th–6th centuries CE), marked by rival northern and southern regimes before the country’s reunification under the Sui dynasty.
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D.
Song dynasty
The Song dynasty was a major Chinese imperial dynasty (960–1279) known for its economic prosperity, urbanization, technological innovation, and flourishing arts and culture.
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E.
Sui dynasty
The Sui dynasty was a short-lived but pivotal Chinese imperial dynasty (581–618 CE) that reunified China after centuries of division and laid the foundations for the subsequent Tang dynasty through major administrative and infrastructural reforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
era in Chinese history
ⓘ
historical period ⓘ |
| capitalDuringPeriod |
Chang’an
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luoyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| endTime | early 10th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Northern and Southern dynasties period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalCenter |
Chang’an
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luoyang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicFeature |
growth of long-distance trade
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monetized economy with widespread use of coinage ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLegalCode | Tang Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMajorDynasty |
Sui dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMilitaryFeature | frontier garrisons and fubing militia system (early Tang) ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Five Dynasties period (early phase)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sui dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Wu Zhou period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReligion |
Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ Daoism NERFINISHED ⓘ Islam (late Tang) NERFINISHED ⓘ Manichaeism NERFINISHED ⓘ Nestorian Christianity (Jingjiao) NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| influenced |
East Asian state formation
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Korean kingdoms ⓘ Song dynasty institutions ⓘ early Japanese state (Asuka and Nara periods) ⓘ later imperial Chinese bureaucracy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Buddhism flourishing in China
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Confucian revival and institutionalization ⓘ Grand Canal construction and expansion ⓘ advances in printing technology ⓘ centralized bureaucratic state ⓘ codification of legal codes ⓘ cosmopolitan urban culture ⓘ development of the equal-field land system ⓘ expansion of the Silk Road trade ⓘ expansion of the imperial examination system ⓘ flourishing culture ⓘ imperial unification of China ⓘ large-scale public works ⓘ major administrative reforms ⓘ multiethnic imperial administration ⓘ poetic and literary achievements ⓘ |
| precededBy | Northern and Southern dynasties period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | late 6th century ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sui–Tang period Description of subject: The Sui–Tang period was a formative era in Chinese history (late 6th to early 10th century) marked by imperial unification, major administrative reforms, and flourishing culture that laid the foundations for later dynasties.
Referenced by (2)
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