Yuezhou Qianfeng
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Yuezhou Qianfeng was a Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master of the Tang dynasty, known as a prominent teacher in the Caodong/Sōtō lineage.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yuezhou Qianfeng canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672943 — 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: Yuezhou Qianfeng Context triple: [Shitou Xiqian, student, Yuezhou Qianfeng]
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A.
Qianfeng
Qianfeng was a brief imperial era name used during the reign of Emperor Gaozong in the Tang dynasty, marking a specific period in his rule.
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B.
Guangqi
Guangqi is the given name of Xu Guangqi, a prominent Ming dynasty scholar-official, scientist, and collaborator with Jesuit missionaries in introducing Western science to China.
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C.
Guangqi
Guangqi was the era name used during part of Emperor Xizong of the Tang dynasty’s reign in late ninth-century China.
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D.
Guangyi
Guangyi was a warship that served in China's late 19th-century Beiyang Fleet, one of the Qing dynasty's principal modern naval forces.
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E.
Qianyuan
Qianyuan was a historical era name used during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Western Han dynasty in ancient 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: Yuezhou Qianfeng Target entity description: Yuezhou Qianfeng was a Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master of the Tang dynasty, known as a prominent teacher in the Caodong/Sōtō lineage.
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A.
Qianfeng
Qianfeng was a brief imperial era name used during the reign of Emperor Gaozong in the Tang dynasty, marking a specific period in his rule.
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B.
Guangqi
Guangqi was the era name used during part of Emperor Xizong of the Tang dynasty’s reign in late ninth-century China.
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C.
Guangqi
Guangqi is the given name of Xu Guangqi, a prominent Ming dynasty scholar-official, scientist, and collaborator with Jesuit missionaries in introducing Western science to China.
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D.
Guangyi
Guangyi was a warship that served in China's late 19th-century Beiyang Fleet, one of the Qing dynasty's principal modern naval forces.
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E.
Qianyuan
Qianyuan was a historical era name used during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Western Han dynasty in ancient China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chan Buddhist master
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Chinese Buddhist monk ⓘ Tang dynasty Buddhist monk ⓘ Zen master ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Yuezhou region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Chinese Buddhism
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East Asian Zen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| lineage |
Caodong lineage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sōtō lineage ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| notableAs | Chan (Zen) Buddhist master of the Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a prominent teacher in the Caodong lineage
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being a prominent teacher in the Sōtō lineage ⓘ |
| occupation | Buddhist teacher ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline | Buddhist philosophy ⓘ |
| region | Yuezhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousDiscipline |
Chan meditation
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meditation ⓘ |
| role | teacher ⓘ |
| school |
Caodong school
NERFINISHED
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Sōtō school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition |
Chan Buddhism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism 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: Yuezhou Qianfeng Description of subject: Yuezhou Qianfeng was a Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master of the Tang dynasty, known as a prominent teacher in the Caodong/Sōtō lineage.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.