Xu Fu
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Xu Fu was a legendary Qin dynasty court sorcerer who, according to Chinese folklore, voyaged east in search of immortality and is often credited in myth with bringing Chinese culture to ancient Japan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Xu Fu canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17944317 — 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: Xu Fu Context triple: [Penglai Pavilion, associatedWith, Xu Fu]
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A.
Xiong Lü
Xiong Lü was the personal name of King Zhuang of Chu, a prominent and powerful monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period.
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B.
Qin Bangxian
Qin Bangxian, better known by his alias Bo Gu, was a prominent early leader and theoretician of the Chinese Communist Party who played a key role in its revolutionary activities during the 1930s.
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C.
Wei Lihuang
Wei Lihuang was a prominent Nationalist Chinese general best known for his leadership of Chinese forces against Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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D.
Guan Xing
Guan Xing was a military officer of the Shu Han state during China’s Three Kingdoms period, best known as one of the sons and successors of the famed general Guan Yu.
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E.
Zhu Houxi
Zhu Houxi was a Ming dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of the Hongzhi Emperor of 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: Xu Fu Target entity description: Xu Fu was a legendary Qin dynasty court sorcerer who, according to Chinese folklore, voyaged east in search of immortality and is often credited in myth with bringing Chinese culture to ancient Japan.
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A.
Xiong Lü
Xiong Lü was the personal name of King Zhuang of Chu, a prominent and powerful monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period.
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B.
Qin Bangxian
Qin Bangxian, better known by his alias Bo Gu, was a prominent early leader and theoretician of the Chinese Communist Party who played a key role in its revolutionary activities during the 1930s.
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C.
Wei Lihuang
Wei Lihuang was a prominent Nationalist Chinese general best known for his leadership of Chinese forces against Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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D.
Guan Xing
Guan Xing was a military officer of the Shu Han state during China’s Three Kingdoms period, best known as one of the sons and successors of the famed general Guan Yu.
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E.
Zhu Houxi
Zhu Houxi was a Ming dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of the Hongzhi Emperor of China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.