The Second Son of Heaven
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The Second Son of Heaven is a historical novel by C. Y. Lee that dramatizes the life and turbulent reign of the Chinese emperor Guangxu during the late Qing dynasty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Second Son of Heaven canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13912147 — 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: The Second Son of Heaven Context triple: [C. Y. Lee, notableWork, The Second Son of Heaven]
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A.
Son of Heaven
The Son of Heaven is the traditional Chinese imperial title signifying the emperor’s role as the divinely sanctioned ruler and intermediary between Heaven and the human realm.
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B.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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C.
Prince of Kuaiji
The Prince of Kuaiji was the noble title held by Sun Liang, a deposed emperor of Eastern Wu during China’s Three Kingdoms period.
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D.
Prince of Cheng
The Prince of Cheng was a noble title in the Ming dynasty Chinese imperial hierarchy, held by Zhu Qiyu before he ascended the throne as the Jingtai Emperor.
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E.
The Children of Huang Shi
The Children of Huang Shi is a historical drama film depicting a British journalist’s efforts to protect a group of Chinese orphans during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- 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: The Second Son of Heaven Target entity description: The Second Son of Heaven is a historical novel by C. Y. Lee that dramatizes the life and turbulent reign of the Chinese emperor Guangxu during the late Qing dynasty.
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A.
Son of Heaven
The Son of Heaven is the traditional Chinese imperial title signifying the emperor’s role as the divinely sanctioned ruler and intermediary between Heaven and the human realm.
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B.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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C.
Prince of Kuaiji
The Prince of Kuaiji was the noble title held by Sun Liang, a deposed emperor of Eastern Wu during China’s Three Kingdoms period.
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D.
Prince of Cheng
The Prince of Cheng was a noble title in the Ming dynasty Chinese imperial hierarchy, held by Zhu Qiyu before he ascended the throne as the Jingtai Emperor.
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E.
The Children of Huang Shi
The Children of Huang Shi is a historical drama film depicting a British journalist’s efforts to protect a group of Chinese orphans during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.