Book of Wei
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The Book of Wei is a 6th-century Chinese historical text that chronicles the history, politics, and culture of the Northern Wei dynasty, founded by the Xianbei people.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book of Wei canonical | 10 |
| Book of Wei (Weishu) | 1 |
| Northern Wei chronicles | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16051134 — 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: Book of Wei Context triple: [Xianbei, sourceMention, Book of Wei]
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Book of Jin
The Book of Jin is an official Chinese historical text compiled in the early Tang dynasty that chronicles the history of the Jin dynasty (266–420 CE).
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Book of Wu
The Book of Wu is the section of the ancient Chinese historical text *Records of the Three Kingdoms* that chronicles the history and rulers of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
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Book of Liang
The Book of Liang is an official Chinese historical text that chronicles the history, politics, and culture of the Liang dynasty as part of the standard dynastic histories.
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Records of the Three Kingdoms
Records of the Three Kingdoms is a foundational 3rd-century Chinese historical text by Chen Shou that chronicles the late Eastern Han dynasty and the rise of the Wei, Shu, and Wu states.
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Book of Shu
The Book of Shu is the section of the historical chronicle *Records of the Three Kingdoms* that details the history, figures, and events of the Shu Han state during China’s Three Kingdoms period.
- 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: Book of Wei Target entity description: The Book of Wei is a 6th-century Chinese historical text that chronicles the history, politics, and culture of the Northern Wei dynasty, founded by the Xianbei people.
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A.
Book of Jin
The Book of Jin is an official Chinese historical text compiled in the early Tang dynasty that chronicles the history of the Jin dynasty (266–420 CE).
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B.
Book of Wu
The Book of Wu is the section of the ancient Chinese historical text *Records of the Three Kingdoms* that chronicles the history and rulers of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
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C.
Book of Liang
The Book of Liang is an official Chinese historical text that chronicles the history, politics, and culture of the Liang dynasty as part of the standard dynastic histories.
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D.
Records of the Three Kingdoms
Records of the Three Kingdoms is a foundational 3rd-century Chinese historical text by Chen Shou that chronicles the late Eastern Han dynasty and the rise of the Wei, Shu, and Wu states.
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E.
Book of Shu
The Book of Shu is the section of the historical chronicle *Records of the Three Kingdoms* that details the history, figures, and events of the Shu Han state during China’s Three Kingdoms period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Book of Wei
linked to: Book of Wei