Yongle Dadian
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Yongle Dadian is a vast early 15th-century Chinese imperial encyclopedia commissioned by the Yongle Emperor, renowned as one of the largest and most comprehensive reference works in history.
All labels observed (1)
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| Yongle Dadian canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14486748 — 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: Yongle Dadian Context triple: [Yongle Encyclopedia, alsoKnownAs, Yongle Dadian]
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A.
Yongle Northern Canon
The Yongle Northern Canon is a significant early Ming dynasty printed edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon, commissioned under the Yongle Emperor and notable for its historical and textual influence on East Asian Buddhism.
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B.
Yongle Southern Canon
The Yongle Southern Canon is an early Ming dynasty woodblock-printed edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon, commissioned under the Yongle Emperor and notable for its historical and textual significance.
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C.
Yongle
Yongle was the era name of the third Ming dynasty emperor, Zhu Di, under whose rule China saw major territorial expansion, the construction of the Forbidden City, and the commissioning of the Yongle Encyclopedia.
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D.
Palace of Heavenly Purity
The Palace of Heavenly Purity is a principal imperial hall within Beijing’s Forbidden City that historically served as the residence and audience chamber of Ming and early Qing dynasty emperors.
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E.
Palace of Earthly Tranquility
The Palace of Earthly Tranquility is a historic hall within Beijing’s Forbidden City that served as the residence and later ceremonial space of Chinese empresses during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
- 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: Yongle Dadian Target entity description: Yongle Dadian is a vast early 15th-century Chinese imperial encyclopedia commissioned by the Yongle Emperor, renowned as one of the largest and most comprehensive reference works in history.
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A.
Yongle Northern Canon
The Yongle Northern Canon is a significant early Ming dynasty printed edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon, commissioned under the Yongle Emperor and notable for its historical and textual influence on East Asian Buddhism.
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B.
Yongle Southern Canon
The Yongle Southern Canon is an early Ming dynasty woodblock-printed edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon, commissioned under the Yongle Emperor and notable for its historical and textual significance.
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C.
Yongle
Yongle was the era name of the third Ming dynasty emperor, Zhu Di, under whose rule China saw major territorial expansion, the construction of the Forbidden City, and the commissioning of the Yongle Encyclopedia.
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D.
Palace of Heavenly Purity
The Palace of Heavenly Purity is a principal imperial hall within Beijing’s Forbidden City that historically served as the residence and audience chamber of Ming and early Qing dynasty emperors.
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E.
Palace of Earthly Tranquility
The Palace of Earthly Tranquility is a historic hall within Beijing’s Forbidden City that served as the residence and later ceremonial space of Chinese empresses during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.