Mao Heng
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Mao Heng was an ancient Chinese scholar traditionally credited as one of the earliest and most influential commentators on the Confucian classic "Book of Songs" (Shijing).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mao Heng canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10868971 — 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: Mao Heng Context triple: [Book of Songs, commentedOnBy, Mao Heng]
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A.
Zhu Houxi
Zhu Houxi was a Ming dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of the Hongzhi Emperor of China.
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B.
Kun Huang
Kun Huang was a prominent Chinese physicist and crystallographer known for his influential work in solid-state physics and lattice dynamics.
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C.
Ma Liang
Ma Liang was a historical figure from the Three Kingdoms period of China, known primarily as the younger brother of the Shu strategist Ma Su and for his own service under Liu Bei.
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Hou Liang
Hou Liang, also known as Later Liang, was a short-lived dynasty that ruled northern China during the turbulent Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period following the fall of the Tang.
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E.
Zhang Wenshou
Zhang Wenshou was the wife of Cao Kun, a prominent Chinese warlord and president of the Beiyang government in the early Republic of China.
- 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: Mao Heng Target entity description: Mao Heng was an ancient Chinese scholar traditionally credited as one of the earliest and most influential commentators on the Confucian classic "Book of Songs" (Shijing).
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A.
Zhu Houxi
Zhu Houxi was a Ming dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of the Hongzhi Emperor of China.
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B.
Kun Huang
Kun Huang was a prominent Chinese physicist and crystallographer known for his influential work in solid-state physics and lattice dynamics.
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C.
Ma Liang
Ma Liang was a historical figure from the Three Kingdoms period of China, known primarily as the younger brother of the Shu strategist Ma Su and for his own service under Liu Bei.
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D.
Hou Liang
Hou Liang, also known as Later Liang, was a short-lived dynasty that ruled northern China during the turbulent Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period following the fall of the Tang.
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E.
Zhang Wenshou
Zhang Wenshou was the wife of Cao Kun, a prominent Chinese warlord and president of the Beiyang government in the early Republic of China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Chinese scholar
ⓘ
commentator ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese classic texts
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Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese Confucian tradition ⓘ |
| describedAs |
one of the earliest commentators on the Book of Songs
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one of the most influential commentators on the Book of Songs ⓘ |
| era | ancient China ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Chinese literature
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Confucian classics ⓘ textual commentary ⓘ |
| genre | classical Chinese commentary ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | canonical interpretation of the Shijing in imperial China ⓘ |
| hasPartInLegacy | Mao commentary tradition on the Shijing ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese poetic criticism
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Han dynasty scholarship on the classics ⓘ later Confucian scholars ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Mao tradition of the Book of Songs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
commentary on the Book of Songs ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInChinese | 毛亨 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| notableWork | commentary on the Shijing ⓘ |
| occupation |
commentator on classics
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scholar ⓘ |
| partOf | tradition of classical Chinese exegesis ⓘ |
| primaryTextCommented |
Book of Songs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionallyCreditedWith | establishing an authoritative line of interpretation for the Book of Songs ⓘ |
| workOn |
Book of Songs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mao Heng Description of subject: Mao Heng was an ancient Chinese scholar traditionally credited as one of the earliest and most influential commentators on the Confucian classic "Book of Songs" (Shijing).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.