Ming calendar
E1022395
The Ming calendar was the official lunisolar calendar system of China's Ming dynasty, later retained by successor regimes such as the Southern Ming.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ming calendar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13126182 — 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: Ming calendar Context triple: [Nanjing regime of Southern Ming, usedCalendar, Ming calendar]
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Yongyuan
Yongyuan was the era name used during part of Emperor Zhang's rule in the Eastern Han dynasty of ancient China.
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B.
Ming
Ming is the given name of Yao Ming, the retired Chinese basketball star and former NBA All-Star center for the Houston Rockets.
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C.
Yuanhe
Yuanhe was the era name used during the reign of Emperor Xianzong in the Tang dynasty, marking a specific period in Chinese imperial history.
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Yíhéyuán
Yíhéyuán is the famed imperial garden complex in Beijing known in English as the Summer Palace, celebrated for its vast lake, ornate palaces, and classical Chinese landscape design.
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E.
Chūnxī Lù
Chūnxī Lù is a major commercial and shopping street in Chengdu, China, known for its bustling retail scene and modern urban atmosphere.
- 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: Ming calendar Target entity description: The Ming calendar was the official lunisolar calendar system of China's Ming dynasty, later retained by successor regimes such as the Southern Ming.
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A.
Yongyuan
Yongyuan was the era name used during part of Emperor Zhang's rule in the Eastern Han dynasty of ancient China.
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B.
Ming
Ming is the given name of Yao Ming, the retired Chinese basketball star and former NBA All-Star center for the Houston Rockets.
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C.
Yuanhe
Yuanhe was the era name used during the reign of Emperor Xianzong in the Tang dynasty, marking a specific period in Chinese imperial history.
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D.
Yíhéyuán
Yíhéyuán is the famed imperial garden complex in Beijing known in English as the Summer Palace, celebrated for its vast lake, ornate palaces, and classical Chinese landscape design.
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E.
Chūnxī Lù
Chūnxī Lù is a major commercial and shopping street in Chengdu, China, known for its bustling retail scene and modern urban atmosphere.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese calendar
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historical calendar ⓘ lunisolar calendar ⓘ |
| aligns | lunar cycle with solar year ⓘ |
| basedOn | astronomical observations ⓘ |
| calendarType | lunisolar ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Chinese imperial bureaucracy
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Confucian ritual system ⓘ |
| defines |
Chinese New Year date
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Mid-Autumn Festival date ⓘ Qingming solar term date ⓘ Winter Solstice date ⓘ |
| eraNameSystem | Ming reign era names ⓘ |
| follows |
Yuan dynasty calendar
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sexagenary year cycle ⓘ |
| governedBy | Ming imperial astronomical bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent | intercalary month ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
Chinese history
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astronomy ⓘ chronology ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfMonthsPerYear | 12 or 13 ⓘ |
| influenced | later Chinese regional calendars ⓘ |
| influencedBy | traditional Chinese calendar system ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| officialStatus | state calendar of Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| partOf | Chinese calendrical tradition ⓘ |
| precededBy | Yuan dynasty Shoushi calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates | agricultural seasons ⓘ |
| successor | Qing dynasty calendar ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Ming dynasty era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Ming dynasty
NERFINISHED
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Southern Ming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
astrological calculations
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civil timekeeping ⓘ determining festival dates ⓘ imperial rituals scheduling ⓘ religious and temple festivals ⓘ selection of auspicious dates ⓘ state examinations scheduling ⓘ |
| usedIn |
court astronomy
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imperial China NERFINISHED ⓘ imperial edicts dating ⓘ tax and agricultural records ⓘ |
| uses |
24 solar terms
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lunar months ⓘ sexagenary cycle ⓘ solar terms ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ming calendar Description of subject: The Ming calendar was the official lunisolar calendar system of China's Ming dynasty, later retained by successor regimes such as the Southern Ming.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.