Kong Anguo
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Kong Anguo was an early Han dynasty Confucian scholar and reputed descendant of Confucius, best known for his influential work on recovering and interpreting ancient classical texts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kong Anguo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10869010 — 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: Kong Anguo Context triple: [Book of Documents, hasReceivedCommentaryBy, Kong Anguo]
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A.
Kong He
Kong He was the father of the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and a minor aristocratic military officer in the state of Lu.
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B.
Kong Ji
Kong Ji was a Chinese philosopher of the late Spring and Autumn period, the grandson of Confucius, traditionally regarded as the author of the Confucian classic "Doctrine of the Mean."
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C.
Kong Mun
Kong Mun is the Cantonese name for Jiangmen, a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China, known historically as a major source of overseas Chinese emigration.
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D.
Tudigong
Tudigong is a widely venerated Chinese earth god and local tutelary deity associated with protecting land, villages, and community welfare.
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E.
Kong Lin
Kong Lin is the historic family cemetery of Confucius and his descendants in Qufu, Shandong, and a major Confucian cultural heritage site in 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: Kong Anguo Target entity description: Kong Anguo was an early Han dynasty Confucian scholar and reputed descendant of Confucius, best known for his influential work on recovering and interpreting ancient classical texts.
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A.
Kong He
Kong He was the father of the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius and a minor aristocratic military officer in the state of Lu.
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B.
Kong Ji
Kong Ji was a Chinese philosopher of the late Spring and Autumn period, the grandson of Confucius, traditionally regarded as the author of the Confucian classic "Doctrine of the Mean."
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C.
Kong Mun
Kong Mun is the Cantonese name for Jiangmen, a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China, known historically as a major source of overseas Chinese emigration.
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D.
Tudigong
Tudigong is a widely venerated Chinese earth god and local tutelary deity associated with protecting land, villages, and community welfare.
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E.
Kong Lin
Kong Lin is the historic family cemetery of Confucius and his descendants in Qufu, Shandong, and a major Confucian cultural heritage site in China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese scholar
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Confucian scholar ⓘ Han dynasty person ⓘ text commentator ⓘ |
| associatedWith | court scholarship of the Western Han ⓘ |
| associatedWithText |
Book of Documents
NERFINISHED
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Confucian canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clan | Kong family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Western Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Chinese imperial scholarship ⓘ |
| era | early Western Han dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName | Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Confucian classics
NERFINISHED
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classical Chinese philology ⓘ textual exegesis ⓘ |
| genre | classical commentary ⓘ |
| givenName | Anguo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
authority on the Shangshu
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erudition in ancient script forms ⓘ |
| influenced |
Han dynasty Confucian scholarship
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later commentators on the Shangshu ⓘ |
| intellectualTradition | classical learning (jingxue) ⓘ |
| isDescendantOf | Confucius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
interpreting ancient classical texts
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recovering ancient classical texts ⓘ transmitting the Old Script Shangshu ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
influencing later textual criticism in China
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shaping the Old Script vs New Script classics debate ⓘ |
| movement | Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Kong Anguo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Commentary on the Shangshu
NERFINISHED
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Old Script Shangshu tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
Confucian exegete
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scholar ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Ru school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
State of Lu
NERFINISHED
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present-day Qufu, Shandong ⓘ |
| religion | Confucianism ⓘ |
| roleIn | transmission of Confucian canonical texts ⓘ |
| sourceOf | Kong Anguo preface to the Shangshu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied |
Five Classics
NERFINISHED
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Shangshu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| tradition | Old Text school of Confucian classics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Kong Anguo Description of subject: Kong Anguo was an early Han dynasty Confucian scholar and reputed descendant of Confucius, best known for his influential work on recovering and interpreting ancient classical texts.
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