Dunhuang manuscripts
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The Dunhuang manuscripts are a vast cache of ancient texts, paintings, and documents discovered in the Mogao Caves near Dunhuang, China, offering unparalleled insight into the religious, cultural, and social life of medieval Central and East Asia.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dunhuang manuscripts canonical | 4 |
| Dunhuang Library Cave manuscripts | 1 |
| Dunhuang manuscript version | 1 |
| 敦煌寫本殘卷 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21138329 — 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: Dunhuang manuscripts Context triple: [Dunhuang Academy, associatedWith, Dunhuang manuscripts]
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Turfan manuscripts
The Turfan manuscripts are a significant collection of ancient Central Asian texts, preserving religious, literary, and administrative writings in multiple languages and scripts that illuminate the cultural and linguistic history of the Silk Road region.
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B.
Chu silk manuscripts
The Chu silk manuscripts are ancient Chinese texts from the Warring States period, written on silk and notable for their early depictions of cosmology, mythology, and divination practices.
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C.
Tsinghua bamboo slips
Tsinghua bamboo slips are a collection of Warring States–period bamboo manuscripts acquired by Tsinghua University that have significantly advanced the study of early Chinese history, philosophy, and textual transmission.
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D.
Chu bamboo slips
Chu bamboo slips are ancient Chinese bamboo manuscripts from the Warring States–era State of Chu, preserving early texts on philosophy, history, and administration.
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E.
Dunhuang
Dunhuang is an ancient oasis city in northwestern China renowned for its strategic position as a gateway between China and Central Asia and for the nearby Mogao Caves filled with Buddhist art.
- 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: Dunhuang manuscripts Target entity description: The Dunhuang manuscripts are a vast cache of ancient texts, paintings, and documents discovered in the Mogao Caves near Dunhuang, China, offering unparalleled insight into the religious, cultural, and social life of medieval Central and East Asia.
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A.
Turfan manuscripts
The Turfan manuscripts are a significant collection of ancient Central Asian texts, preserving religious, literary, and administrative writings in multiple languages and scripts that illuminate the cultural and linguistic history of the Silk Road region.
-
B.
Chu silk manuscripts
The Chu silk manuscripts are ancient Chinese texts from the Warring States period, written on silk and notable for their early depictions of cosmology, mythology, and divination practices.
-
C.
Tsinghua bamboo slips
Tsinghua bamboo slips are a collection of Warring States–period bamboo manuscripts acquired by Tsinghua University that have significantly advanced the study of early Chinese history, philosophy, and textual transmission.
-
D.
Chu bamboo slips
Chu bamboo slips are ancient Chinese bamboo manuscripts from the Warring States–era State of Chu, preserving early texts on philosophy, history, and administration.
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E.
Dunhuang
Dunhuang is an ancient oasis city in northwestern China renowned for its strategic position as a gateway between China and Central Asia and for the nearby Mogao Caves filled with Buddhist art.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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