Huigen brought jade Buddha statues from Burma to Shanghai
E212073
Huigen brought jade Buddha statues from Burma to Shanghai is a founding legend recounting how a monk transported sacred jade Buddha images from Burma to China, inspiring the establishment of Shanghai’s Jade Buddha Temple.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Huigen brought jade Buddha statues from Burma to Shanghai canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1910646 — 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: Huigen brought jade Buddha statues from Burma to Shanghai Context triple: [Jade Buddha Temple, foundingLegend, Huigen brought jade Buddha statues from Burma to Shanghai]
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Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads is a celebrated public art installation by Ai Weiwei that reimagines the twelve traditional Chinese zodiac sculptures, reflecting on cultural heritage, looting, and repatriation.
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B.
Jade Gallery
Jade Gallery is a specialized exhibition space within the Shanghai Museum showcasing Chinese jade artifacts and craftsmanship.
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C.
City God Temple of Shanghai
The City God Temple of Shanghai is a historic Taoist temple and popular cultural landmark in Shanghai’s Old City, renowned for its traditional architecture, bustling marketplace, and role as a center of local folk worship.
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D.
Mazu
Mazu is a revered Chinese sea goddess and patron deity of sailors and coastal communities, especially venerated in southern China and Taiwan.
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E.
Open Hand Monument
The Open Hand Monument is a prominent modernist sculpture in Chandigarh, India, designed by Le Corbusier as a symbol of peace, reconciliation, and the city's progressive spirit.
- 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: Huigen brought jade Buddha statues from Burma to Shanghai Target entity description: Huigen brought jade Buddha statues from Burma to Shanghai is a founding legend recounting how a monk transported sacred jade Buddha images from Burma to China, inspiring the establishment of Shanghai’s Jade Buddha Temple.
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A.
Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads is a celebrated public art installation by Ai Weiwei that reimagines the twelve traditional Chinese zodiac sculptures, reflecting on cultural heritage, looting, and repatriation.
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B.
Jade Gallery
Jade Gallery is a specialized exhibition space within the Shanghai Museum showcasing Chinese jade artifacts and craftsmanship.
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C.
City God Temple of Shanghai
The City God Temple of Shanghai is a historic Taoist temple and popular cultural landmark in Shanghai’s Old City, renowned for its traditional architecture, bustling marketplace, and role as a center of local folk worship.
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D.
Mazu
Mazu is a revered Chinese sea goddess and patron deity of sailors and coastal communities, especially venerated in southern China and Taiwan.
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E.
Open Hand Monument
The Open Hand Monument is a prominent modernist sculpture in Chandigarh, India, designed by Le Corbusier as a symbol of peace, reconciliation, and the city's progressive spirit.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist legend
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founding legend ⓘ religious narrative ⓘ |
| associatedCountry |
China
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Myanmar ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Myanmar
ⓘ
surface form:
Burma
Jade Buddha Temple ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| associatedTradition |
Chinese Buddhism
ⓘ
Theravada ⓘ
surface form:
Theravada Buddhism
|
| category |
Buddhist miracle story
ⓘ
Chinese temple founding legend ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Shanghai urban religious culture ⓘ |
| describesAction | Huigen transporting jade Buddha statues from Burma to Shanghai ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Huigen ⓘ |
| function | founding story of Jade Buddha Temple ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Buddhist images
ⓘ
Myanmar ⓘ
surface form:
Burma
Jade Buddha Temple ⓘ Shanghai ⓘ jade Buddha statues ⓘ |
| inspiredCreationOf | Jade Buddha Temple ⓘ |
| involvesMaterial | jade ⓘ |
| involvesObject |
jade Buddha statues
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reclining Buddha image ⓘ seated Buddha image ⓘ |
| involvesPerson |
Buddhist monk
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Huigen ⓘ |
| languageOfNarration | Chinese ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Huigen ⓘ |
| motif |
pious monk as culture bearer
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sacred image brought from afar ⓘ |
| narrativeLocationFrom |
Myanmar
ⓘ
surface form:
Burma
|
| narrativeLocationTo | Shanghai ⓘ |
| narrativeOutcome | establishment of a temple to house the jade Buddhas ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Jade Buddha Temple founding history
ⓘ
cult of jade Buddha images in Shanghai ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | explains origin of sacred images at Jade Buddha Temple ⓘ |
| theme |
devotion to Buddha
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transnational spread of Buddhism ⓘ transport of sacred relics ⓘ |
| timeFrame | late 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Huigen brought jade Buddha statues from Burma to Shanghai Description of subject: Huigen brought jade Buddha statues from Burma to Shanghai is a founding legend recounting how a monk transported sacred jade Buddha images from Burma to China, inspiring the establishment of Shanghai’s Jade Buddha Temple.
Referenced by (1)
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