Lin Zexu
E140349
Lin Zexu was a Qing dynasty official and scholar-statesman renowned for his staunch opposition to the opium trade and his pivotal role in events leading up to the First Opium War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lin Zexu canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1226962 — 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.
Target entity: Lin Zexu Context triple: [destruction of opium at Humen, hasParticipant, Lin Zexu]
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Li Hongzhang
Li Hongzhang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and military leader who played a key role in China's self-strengthening efforts and negotiations with foreign powers.
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B.
Tang Shengzhi
Tang Shengzhi was a Chinese Nationalist general best known for his controversial leadership during the Second Sino-Japanese War, particularly in the defense and fall of Nanjing in 1937.
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C.
Wong Liu Tsong
Wong Liu Tsong, better known as Anna May Wong, was a pioneering Chinese American film actress and the first major Asian American Hollywood star of the early 20th century.
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D.
He Zizhen
He Zizhen was a Chinese revolutionary and early Communist Party member best known as one of Mao Zedong’s wives and a participant in the Long March.
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E.
Mao Yuanxin
Mao Yuanxin is a Chinese political figure known as Mao Zedong’s nephew who briefly held influential positions during the final years of the Cultural Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lin Zexu Target entity description: Lin Zexu was a Qing dynasty official and scholar-statesman renowned for his staunch opposition to the opium trade and his pivotal role in events leading up to the First Opium War.
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A.
Li Hongzhang
Li Hongzhang was a prominent late Qing dynasty statesman, diplomat, and military leader who played a key role in China's self-strengthening efforts and negotiations with foreign powers.
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B.
Tang Shengzhi
Tang Shengzhi was a Chinese Nationalist general best known for his controversial leadership during the Second Sino-Japanese War, particularly in the defense and fall of Nanjing in 1937.
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C.
Wong Liu Tsong
Wong Liu Tsong, better known as Anna May Wong, was a pioneering Chinese American film actress and the first major Asian American Hollywood star of the early 20th century.
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D.
He Zizhen
He Zizhen was a Chinese revolutionary and early Communist Party member best known as one of Mao Zedong’s wives and a participant in the Long March.
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E.
Mao Yuanxin
Mao Yuanxin is a Chinese political figure known as Mao Zedong’s nephew who briefly held influential positions during the final years of the Cultural Revolution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Qing dynasty official
ⓘ
human ⓘ scholar-official ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1785-08-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Fujian
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Fuzhou ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| causeOfDownfall | British complaints leading to his dismissal and exile ⓘ |
| causeOfFame | strict enforcement of opium prohibition ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
Lin Zexu Memorial Hall in Fuzhou
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statues in Fuzhou ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Yuanfu ⓘ |
| date | 1839 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1850-11-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Confucian classical education ⓘ |
| employer |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Qing government
|
| era |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
late Qing dynasty
|
| event |
Anglo-Chinese War
ⓘ
surface form:
First Opium War
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| exiledTo | Xinjiang ⓘ |
| familyName | Lin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
administration
ⓘ
drug control policy ⓘ foreign affairs ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Zexu ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | national hero of China ⓘ |
| ideology | Confucianism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
destruction of opium at Humen
ⓘ
opposition to the opium trade ⓘ role in events leading to the First Opium War ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Chinese ⓘ |
| movement | anti-opium movement in Qing China ⓘ |
| name | Lin Zexu self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| notableAction |
confiscation of foreign opium in Canton in 1839
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supervising destruction of opium at Humen in 1839 ⓘ |
| notableWork | Letter to Queen Victoria (1839) regarding the opium trade ⓘ |
| participantIn |
Anglo-Chinese War
ⓘ
surface form:
First Opium War
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| placeOfActivity |
Canton
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Fujian ⓘ Guangzhou ⓘ Humen ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Governor of Hubei
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Governor of Hunan ⓘ Imperial Commissioner ⓘ Governor-General of Huguang ⓘ
surface form:
Viceroy of Huguang
Governor-General of Liangguang ⓘ
surface form:
Viceroy of Liangguang
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How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Lin Zexu Description of subject: Lin Zexu was a Qing dynasty official and scholar-statesman renowned for his staunch opposition to the opium trade and his pivotal role in events leading up to the First Opium War.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.