Bo'an
E521696
Ming dynasty official
Neo-Confucian philosopher
calligrapher
courtesy name
human
military strategist
philosopher
statesman
Bo'an is the courtesy name of Wang Yangming, the influential Ming dynasty philosopher, statesman, and Neo-Confucian thinker.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bo'an canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5449622 — 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: Bo'an Context triple: [Wang Yangming, courtesyName, Bo'an]
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A.
Xin’an
Xin’an is the former name of Nantou, a historic town in Shenzhen, China, that once served as an important administrative and commercial center in the region.
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B.
Yongcong
Yongcong was a Qing dynasty imperial prince, one of the sons of the Qianlong Emperor of China.
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C.
Longqing
Longqing was the era name of a brief but notable period of the Ming dynasty in China, associated with the reign of the Longqing Emperor in the 16th century.
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D.
Longchang
Longchang was a Chinese era name used during the Northern Qi dynasty to designate a specific reign period.
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E.
Heqing
Heqing was an era name used during the Northern Qi dynasty in imperial China to designate a specific reign 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: Bo'an Target entity description: Bo'an is the courtesy name of Wang Yangming, the influential Ming dynasty philosopher, statesman, and Neo-Confucian thinker.
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A.
Xin’an
Xin’an is the former name of Nantou, a historic town in Shenzhen, China, that once served as an important administrative and commercial center in the region.
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B.
Yongcong
Yongcong was a Qing dynasty imperial prince, one of the sons of the Qianlong Emperor of China.
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C.
Longqing
Longqing was the era name of a brief but notable period of the Ming dynasty in China, associated with the reign of the Longqing Emperor in the 16th century.
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D.
Longchang
Longchang was a Chinese era name used during the Northern Qi dynasty to designate a specific reign period.
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E.
Heqing
Heqing was an era name used during the Northern Qi dynasty in imperial China to designate a specific reign period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ming dynasty official
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Neo-Confucian philosopher ⓘ calligrapher ⓘ courtesy name ⓘ human ⓘ military strategist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Wang Shouren NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPersonDynasty | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPersonOccupation | philosopher ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Yuyao
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhejiang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1472 ⓘ |
| ChineseName |
王守仁
NERFINISHED
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王陽明 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Bo'an NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| courtesyNameOf | Wang Yangming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1529 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Wang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
ethics
ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | Yangming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese Neo-Confucianism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Korean Neo-Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Confucius
NERFINISHED
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Mencius NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhu Xi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| nameType | zi ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
innate knowing
ⓘ
unity of knowledge and action ⓘ |
| notableWork | Instructions for Practical Living NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
ⓘ
official ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Neo-Confucianism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
School of Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Confucianism ⓘ |
| usedInDynasty | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Bo'an Description of subject: Bo'an is the courtesy name of Wang Yangming, the influential Ming dynasty philosopher, statesman, and Neo-Confucian thinker.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.