Zexu
E579847
Zexu is the given name of Lin Zexu, the prominent Qing dynasty official known for his role in suppressing the opium trade in China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zexu canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6263188 — 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: Zexu Context triple: [Lin Zexu, givenName, Zexu]
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A.
Xiaozong
Xiaozong is the temple name of the Hongzhi Emperor, a Ming dynasty ruler noted for his relatively peaceful and reform-minded reign in late 15th-century China.
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B.
Chi-Fu
Chi-Fu is the pompous and bureaucratic imperial advisor in Disney's 1998 animated film "Mulan," often serving as a comedic antagonist to the protagonist's efforts.
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C.
Xue
Xue is a Chinese surname borne by various notable historical and contemporary figures.
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D.
Zhenwu
Zhenwu is a powerful Taoist deity associated with the north, martial protection, and spiritual cultivation, especially revered in Chinese religious and martial traditions.
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E.
Enlai
Enlai is the given name of Zhou Enlai, the prominent first Premier of the People's Republic of China and a key figure in Chinese Communist history.
- 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: Zexu Target entity description: Zexu is the given name of Lin Zexu, the prominent Qing dynasty official known for his role in suppressing the opium trade in China.
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A.
Xiaozong
Xiaozong is the temple name of the Hongzhi Emperor, a Ming dynasty ruler noted for his relatively peaceful and reform-minded reign in late 15th-century China.
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B.
Chi-Fu
Chi-Fu is the pompous and bureaucratic imperial advisor in Disney's 1998 animated film "Mulan," often serving as a comedic antagonist to the protagonist's efforts.
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C.
Xue
Xue is a Chinese surname borne by various notable historical and contemporary figures.
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D.
Zhenwu
Zhenwu is a powerful Taoist deity associated with the north, martial protection, and spiritual cultivation, especially revered in Chinese religious and martial traditions.
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E.
Enlai
Enlai is the given name of Zhou Enlai, the prominent first Premier of the People's Republic of China and a key figure in Chinese Communist history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | human ⓘ |
| alternateName | Lin Tse-hsu ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1785-08-30 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Fujian
ⓘ
Fuzhou ⓘ Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | Chinese postage stamps ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1839 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1850-11-22 ⓘ |
| employer |
Qing imperial government
ⓘ
linked to:
Qing imperial court
|
| era | late Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName | Lin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
administration
ⓘ
anti-narcotics policy ⓘ |
| genderAssociation | masculine given name ⓘ |
| givenName | Zexu ⓘ |
| hasGivenName | Zexu ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | national hero of China ⓘ |
| influenced | later Chinese anti-drug policies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
destruction of opium at Humen
ⓘ
role in events leading to the First Opium War ⓘ suppression of the opium trade in China ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Chinese ⓘ |
| monarchServed | Daoguang Emperor ⓘ |
| movement | Self-strengthening and reformist tendencies in late Qing ⓘ |
| nativeName |
林则徐
ⓘ
linked to:
Lin Zexu
|
| notableEvent | Humen Opium Destruction ⓘ |
| notableWork | memorials to the Daoguang Emperor on opium ⓘ |
| occupation |
official
ⓘ
scholar ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Guangdong
ⓘ
linked to:
Guangdong Province
Puning ⓘ
linked to:
Püning
|
| positionHeld |
governor-general of Huguang
ⓘ
governor-general of Liangguang ⓘ imperial commissioner ⓘ |
| romanization |
Lin Tse-hsu (Wade–Giles)
ⓘ
linked to:
Lin Tse-hsu
Lin Zexu (pinyin) ⓘ |
| script | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Lin Zexu Memorial Museum in Fuzhou
ⓘ
linked to:
Lin Zexu Memorial Hall in Fuzhou
statues and memorials in China ⓘ |
| usedBy | Lin Zexu ⓘ |
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: Zexu Description of subject: Zexu is the given name of Lin Zexu, the prominent Qing dynasty official known for his role in suppressing the opium trade in China.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.