Dongzhen bu
E542487
Dongzhen bu is one of the principal subdivisions of the Daoist Canon, comprising texts associated with the "Cavern of Perfection" tradition within Daoism.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dongzhen (Cavern of Perfection) | 1 |
| Dongzhen bu canonical | 1 |
| Dongzhen bu (Tung-chen pu) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5680166 — 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: Dongzhen bu Context triple: [Daozang, hasPart, Dongzhen bu]
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A.
Bishu Shanzhuang
Bishu Shanzhuang is a vast Qing dynasty imperial summer resort and palace complex in Chengde, China, renowned for its landscaped gardens, lakes, and diverse architectural styles.
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B.
Dazhao
Dazhao is the given name of Li Dazhao, a pioneering Chinese Marxist intellectual and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party.
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C.
Xingzhen
Xingzhen was the personal given name of Empress Dowager Cixi, the powerful de facto ruler of the late Qing dynasty in China.
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D.
He Baozhen
He Baozhen was the wife of Chinese revolutionary leader and former President of the People’s Republic of China Liu Shaoqi.
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E.
Dong
The Dong are an ethnic minority group in China, known for their distinctive wooden architecture, polyphonic folk singing, and concentration in the mountainous regions of southern China, including Guizhou Province.
- 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: Dongzhen bu Target entity description: Dongzhen bu is one of the principal subdivisions of the Daoist Canon, comprising texts associated with the "Cavern of Perfection" tradition within Daoism.
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A.
Bishu Shanzhuang
Bishu Shanzhuang is a vast Qing dynasty imperial summer resort and palace complex in Chengde, China, renowned for its landscaped gardens, lakes, and diverse architectural styles.
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B.
Dazhao
Dazhao is the given name of Li Dazhao, a pioneering Chinese Marxist intellectual and co-founder of the Chinese Communist Party.
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C.
Xingzhen
Xingzhen was the personal given name of Empress Dowager Cixi, the powerful de facto ruler of the late Qing dynasty in China.
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D.
He Baozhen
He Baozhen was the wife of Chinese revolutionary leader and former President of the People’s Republic of China Liu Shaoqi.
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E.
Dong
The Dong are an ethnic minority group in China, known for their distinctive wooden architecture, polyphonic folk singing, and concentration in the mountainous regions of southern China, including Guizhou Province.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
division of the Daoist Canon
ⓘ
textual subdivision ⓘ |
| associatedWithTradition |
Cavern of Perfection
ⓘ
Dongzhen (Cavern of Perfection) tradition ⓘ |
| belongsToSystem |
Three Caverns system
ⓘ
linked to:
Three Caverns
|
| canonicalStatus | principal subdivision of the Daoist Canon ⓘ |
| classificationRole | organizes Daoist Canon texts by cavern affiliation ⓘ |
| contains |
Daoist scriptures
ⓘ
revelatory texts ⓘ ritual texts ⓘ |
| correspondsToCavern |
Dongzhen (Cavern of Perfection)
ⓘ
linked to:
Dongzhen bu
|
| groupingCriterion |
affiliation with Cavern of Perfection scriptures
ⓘ
revelatory lineage ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration |
Dongzhen bu (Tung-chen pu)
ⓘ
linked to:
Dongzhen bu
|
| hasConceptualAssociation |
higher heavens
ⓘ
perfection ⓘ |
| hasNameInChinese | 洞真部 ⓘ |
| historicalContext | medieval Chinese Daoism ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Daoist Canon
ⓘ
linked to:
Daozang
Daozang ⓘ |
| isSubdividedAlongWith |
Dongshen bu
ⓘ
Dongxuan bu ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| organizationalFunction | arranges texts according to the Three Caverns schema ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
Daoism
ⓘ
linked to:
Taoism
Taoism ⓘ |
| script | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| traditionType | revelatory scripture tradition ⓘ |
| usedBy | Daoist clergy ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Daoist doctrinal study
ⓘ
Daoist ritual practice ⓘ |
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: Dongzhen bu Description of subject: Dongzhen bu is one of the principal subdivisions of the Daoist Canon, comprising texts associated with the "Cavern of Perfection" tradition within Daoism.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dongzhen bu
linked to: Dongzhen bu