The Criminal Lu Yanshi
E543512
The Criminal Lu Yanshi is a Chinese novel by Yan Geling that tells the story of a man persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and his emotionally fraught return to his family after years of imprisonment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Criminal Lu Yanshi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5782866 — 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: The Criminal Lu Yanshi Context triple: [Coming Home, basedOn, The Criminal Lu Yanshi]
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A.
Curse of the Golden Flower
Curse of the Golden Flower is a lavish 2006 Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, known for its opulent visuals, intricate palace intrigue, and tragic royal family power struggle during the Tang Dynasty.
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B.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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C.
Ban Shu Legend
Ban Shu Legend is a Chinese historical romance television drama series centered on the life and adventures of a spirited young woman in the Han dynasty.
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D.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a 1976 neo-noir crime drama film by John Cassavetes that follows a nightclub owner whose gambling debts entangle him in a violent underworld.
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E.
Huangjian
Huangjian 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: The Criminal Lu Yanshi Target entity description: The Criminal Lu Yanshi is a Chinese novel by Yan Geling that tells the story of a man persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and his emotionally fraught return to his family after years of imprisonment.
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A.
Curse of the Golden Flower
Curse of the Golden Flower is a lavish 2006 Chinese historical drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, known for its opulent visuals, intricate palace intrigue, and tragic royal family power struggle during the Tang Dynasty.
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B.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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C.
Ban Shu Legend
Ban Shu Legend is a Chinese historical romance television drama series centered on the life and adventures of a spirited young woman in the Han dynasty.
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D.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie is a 1976 neo-noir crime drama film by John Cassavetes that follows a nightclub owner whose gambling debts entangle him in a violent underworld.
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E.
Huangjian
Huangjian 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 (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Zhang Yimou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Coming Home (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Yan Geling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | A persecuted man struggles to reconnect with his family after long imprisonment. ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Lu Yanshi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Cultural Revolution in China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The novel tells the story of Lu Yanshi, a man persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and his emotionally fraught return to his family after years of imprisonment. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | intellectual ⓘ |
| settingCountry | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Cultural Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional trauma
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family separation ⓘ love and loyalty ⓘ memory and forgetting ⓘ political persecution ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Criminal Lu Yanshi Description of subject: The Criminal Lu Yanshi is a Chinese novel by Yan Geling that tells the story of a man persecuted during the Cultural Revolution and his emotionally fraught return to his family after years of imprisonment.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.