Emperor Xuānzong of Tang (Li Chen)
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Emperor Xuānzong of Tang (Li Chen) was a mid-9th-century Chinese emperor whose relatively stable reign briefly revitalized the declining Tang dynasty through administrative reforms and efforts to curb eunuch power.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emperor Xuānzong of Tang (Li Chen) canonical | 2 |
| Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (9th century) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9640662 — 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: Emperor Xuānzong of Tang (Li Chen) Context triple: [Emperor Yizong of Tang, predecessor, Emperor Xuānzong of Tang (Li Chen)]
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Emperor Shunzong of Tang
Emperor Shunzong of Tang was a briefly reigning Tang dynasty emperor in the early 9th century, known for his poor health, reliance on court eunuchs and officials, and the political shifts that followed his short rule.
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Emperor Xizong of Tang
Emperor Xizong of Tang was a late Tang dynasty ruler whose troubled reign was marked by powerful eunuch influence, widespread rebellions, and the accelerating decline of imperial authority.
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Emperor Yizong of Tang
Emperor Yizong of Tang was a late Tang dynasty emperor whose troubled reign was marked by court corruption, eunuch dominance, and the weakening of central imperial authority.
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Emperor Suzong of Tang
Emperor Suzong of Tang was a mid-8th-century Chinese emperor best known for helping to suppress the An Lushan Rebellion and attempting to restore the stability and authority of the Tang dynasty.
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E.
Emperor Xianzong of Tang
Emperor Xianzong of Tang was a ninth-century Chinese emperor known for briefly revitalizing central imperial authority and curbing regional warlords during the late Tang dynasty.
- 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: Emperor Xuānzong of Tang (Li Chen) Target entity description: Emperor Xuānzong of Tang (Li Chen) was a mid-9th-century Chinese emperor whose relatively stable reign briefly revitalized the declining Tang dynasty through administrative reforms and efforts to curb eunuch power.
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A.
Emperor Shunzong of Tang
Emperor Shunzong of Tang was a briefly reigning Tang dynasty emperor in the early 9th century, known for his poor health, reliance on court eunuchs and officials, and the political shifts that followed his short rule.
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B.
Emperor Xizong of Tang
Emperor Xizong of Tang was a late Tang dynasty ruler whose troubled reign was marked by powerful eunuch influence, widespread rebellions, and the accelerating decline of imperial authority.
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Emperor Yizong of Tang
Emperor Yizong of Tang was a late Tang dynasty emperor whose troubled reign was marked by court corruption, eunuch dominance, and the weakening of central imperial authority.
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Emperor Suzong of Tang
Emperor Suzong of Tang was a mid-8th-century Chinese emperor best known for helping to suppress the An Lushan Rebellion and attempting to restore the stability and authority of the Tang dynasty.
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E.
Emperor Xianzong of Tang
Emperor Xianzong of Tang was a ninth-century Chinese emperor known for briefly revitalizing central imperial authority and curbing regional warlords during the late Tang dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
emperor of China
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human ⓘ |
| aimedTo | reverse Tang dynasty decline ⓘ |
| birthDate | 810 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Chang'an NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Zhao Mausoleum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign | Chang'an NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Emperor Yizong of Tang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| deathDate | 859 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Chang'an NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraEnd | 860 ⓘ |
| eraName | Dazhong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eraStart | 847 ⓘ |
| familyName | Li NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father |
Emperor Xianzong of Tang
NERFINISHED
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Li Yi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Chen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra | late Tang period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of Li NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 9th century ⓘ |
| mother | Consort Zheng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
administrative reforms
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efforts to curb eunuch power ⓘ revitalizing the Tang dynasty in the mid-9th century ⓘ |
| period | mid-9th century ⓘ |
| personalName | Li Chen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | sovereign of the Tang Empire ⓘ |
| posthumousName | Emperor Xuānzong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Emperor Wuzong of Tang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pursuedPolicy |
appointments based on merit
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fiscal and tax reforms ⓘ reduction of eunuch influence at court ⓘ strengthening of central administration ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 859 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 846 ⓘ |
| relativeStabilityOfReign | relatively stable GENERATED ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
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Chinese folk religion ⓘ Taoism ⓘ |
| spouse |
Consort Zheng (younger)
NERFINISHED
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Empress Wang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeeded | Emperor Wuzong of Tang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Emperor Yizong of Tang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| templeName | Xuānzong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasSucceededBy | Emperor Yizong of Tang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Emperor Xuānzong of Tang (Li Chen) Description of subject: Emperor Xuānzong of Tang (Li Chen) was a mid-9th-century Chinese emperor whose relatively stable reign briefly revitalized the declining Tang dynasty through administrative reforms and efforts to curb eunuch power.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (9th century)