feng shui
E542497
Feng shui is a traditional Chinese practice of arranging spaces and objects to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment and the flow of energy.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| feng shui canonical | 5 |
| Chinese geomancy | 1 |
| Feng Shui | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5680219 — 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: feng shui Context triple: [Qi, associatedWithPractice, feng shui]
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A.
Yin & Yang
"Yin & Yang" is a track from the album "China," likely drawing on the traditional Chinese philosophical concept of dualistic balance and harmony.
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B.
Feng-tien
Feng-tien is an older romanized form of the name Fengtian, historically used for the city now known as Shenyang in northeastern China.
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C.
Feng
Feng is a Chinese surname borne by various notable figures in Chinese history and culture.
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D.
I Ching
The I Ching, or "Book of Changes," is an ancient Chinese divination text and foundational work of Chinese philosophy that uses a system of hexagrams and trigrams to explore change, balance, and decision-making.
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E.
taiji (Great Ultimate)
Taiji (the Great Ultimate) is a central Neo-Confucian metaphysical principle, especially in Zhu Xi’s philosophy, signifying the ultimate source and organizing pattern of all reality and cosmic order.
- 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: feng shui Target entity description: Feng shui is a traditional Chinese practice of arranging spaces and objects to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment and the flow of energy.
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A.
Yin & Yang
"Yin & Yang" is a track from the album "China," likely drawing on the traditional Chinese philosophical concept of dualistic balance and harmony.
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B.
Feng-tien
Feng-tien is an older romanized form of the name Fengtian, historically used for the city now known as Shenyang in northeastern China.
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C.
Feng
Feng is a Chinese surname borne by various notable figures in Chinese history and culture.
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D.
I Ching
The I Ching, or "Book of Changes," is an ancient Chinese divination text and foundational work of Chinese philosophy that uses a system of hexagrams and trigrams to explore change, balance, and decision-making.
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E.
taiji (Great Ultimate)
Taiji (the Great Ultimate) is a central Neo-Confucian metaphysical principle, especially in Zhu Xi’s philosophy, signifying the ultimate source and organizing pattern of all reality and cosmic order.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural tradition
ⓘ
metaphysical practice ⓘ philosophical system ⓘ traditional Chinese practice ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
harmonize individuals with their environment
ⓘ
optimize the flow of qi ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
architecture
ⓘ
burial sites ⓘ interior design ⓘ landscape design ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| associatedWithPhilosophy | Chinese philosophy ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ |
| consideredBySomeAs | pseudoscience ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturallySignificantIn |
China
ⓘ
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
Singapore ⓘ Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
overseas Chinese communities ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Chinese geomancy
ⓘ
linked to:
feng shui
風水 ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalOriginPeriod | ancient China ⓘ |
| hasKeyConcept |
auspicious orientation
ⓘ
balance of elements ⓘ harmonious spatial arrangement ⓘ |
| hasKeyTool |
bagua map
ⓘ
luopan ⓘ |
| hasModernApplication |
corporate office design
ⓘ
personal self-help practices ⓘ residential real estate marketing ⓘ |
| hasSchool |
Black Sect Tantric Buddhist feng shui
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linked to:
Buddhist tantras
Compass School ⓘ Form School ⓘ |
| influences |
building orientation
ⓘ
door and window placement ⓘ placement of furniture ⓘ use of colors ⓘ use of materials ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | wind and water ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
environmental psychology
ⓘ
geomancy ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
bagua
ⓘ
directional orientation ⓘ energy flow ⓘ five elements ⓘ qi ⓘ yin and yang ⓘ |
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: feng shui Description of subject: Feng shui is a traditional Chinese practice of arranging spaces and objects to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment and the flow of energy.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.