Xuanzang
E584569
Xuanzang was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, and translator renowned for his pilgrimage to India to obtain sacred scriptures and for profoundly shaping East Asian Buddhism.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xuanzang canonical | 36 |
| Tang Sanzang | 2 |
| Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang (Hsüan-tsang) | 1 |
| Hsuan Tsang | 1 |
| Hsüan-tsang | 1 |
| Xuanzang (surname Xu) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6301820 — 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: Xuanzang Context triple: [Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, associatedWith, Xuanzang]
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A.
Kumārajīva
Kumārajīva was a renowned 4th–5th century Buddhist monk, scholar, and translator whose influential Chinese translations of key Mahāyāna texts profoundly shaped East Asian Buddhism.
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B.
Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin (Jianzhen) was a Chinese Buddhist monk renowned for his arduous journey to Japan and his pivotal role in establishing orthodox Buddhist precepts during the Nara period.
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C.
Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma is a semi-legendary Indian monk traditionally credited with bringing Zen (Chan) Buddhism to China and emphasizing direct meditation over scriptural study.
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D.
Huike
Huike was an influential early Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master traditionally regarded as the Second Patriarch of Chan.
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E.
Huineng
Huineng was the influential Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China, renowned for his teachings on sudden enlightenment and non-dual awareness.
- 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: Xuanzang Target entity description: Xuanzang was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, and translator renowned for his pilgrimage to India to obtain sacred scriptures and for profoundly shaping East Asian Buddhism.
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A.
Kumārajīva
Kumārajīva was a renowned 4th–5th century Buddhist monk, scholar, and translator whose influential Chinese translations of key Mahāyāna texts profoundly shaped East Asian Buddhism.
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B.
Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin (Jianzhen) was a Chinese Buddhist monk renowned for his arduous journey to Japan and his pivotal role in establishing orthodox Buddhist precepts during the Nara period.
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C.
Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma is a semi-legendary Indian monk traditionally credited with bringing Zen (Chan) Buddhism to China and emphasizing direct meditation over scriptural study.
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D.
Huike
Huike was an influential early Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master traditionally regarded as the Second Patriarch of Chan.
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E.
Huineng
Huineng was the influential Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Zen) Buddhism in China, renowned for his teachings on sudden enlightenment and non-dual awareness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ pilgrim ⓘ scholar ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Hsüan-tsang
ⓘ
linked to:
Xuanzang
Tang Sanzang ⓘ
linked to:
Xuanzang
Tripiṭaka ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Buddhist pilgrimage
ⓘ
Silk Road ⓘ
linked to:
Silk Road routes
|
| birthName | Chen Yi ⓘ |
| birthYear | 602 ⓘ |
| broughtBack |
Buddhist relics
ⓘ
Buddhist scriptures ⓘ images of the Buddha ⓘ |
| deathYear | 664 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| era | 7th century ⓘ |
| foundedSchool | Faxiang school ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese Buddhism
ⓘ
East Asian Yogācāra tradition ⓘ
linked to:
Yogācāra
Japanese Buddhism ⓘ Journey to the West ⓘ Korean Buddhism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence on East Asian Buddhism
ⓘ
pilgrimage to India to obtain Buddhist scriptures ⓘ promotion of Yogācāra (Consciousness-only) philosophy ⓘ translation of Buddhist texts into Chinese ⓘ travelogue Great Tang Records on the Western Regions ⓘ |
| languageOfTranslations | Chinese ⓘ |
| legacy |
detailed records of 7th-century India and Central Asia
ⓘ
standardization of Buddhist terminology in Chinese ⓘ |
| mainAffiliation | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| majorWork |
Cheng Weishi Lun
ⓘ
linked to:
Cheng weishi lun
Great Tang Records on the Western Regions ⓘ translations of Yogācāra texts ⓘ |
| name | Xuanzang ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| numberOfTextsBroughtBack | over 600 Sanskrit texts ⓘ |
| patron |
Emperor Gaozong of Tang
ⓘ
Emperor Taizong of Tang ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Mahāyāna Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
Yogācāra ⓘ |
| pilgrimageEndYear | 645 ⓘ |
| pilgrimageStartYear | 629 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Luoyang ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Chang'an ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| sourceLanguages |
Prakrit
ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ |
| studiedAt |
Nalanda Mahavihara
ⓘ
linked to:
Nalanda
|
| studiedUnder | Śīlabhadra ⓘ |
| subjectOf | novel Journey to the West ⓘ |
| traveledThrough |
Central Asia
ⓘ
Gandhāra ⓘ
linked to:
Gandhara civilization
Nalanda ⓘ |
| undertookPilgrimage | India ⓘ |
| workedAs | royal preceptor at the Tang court ⓘ |
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: Xuanzang Description of subject: Xuanzang was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, and translator renowned for his pilgrimage to India to obtain sacred scriptures and for profoundly shaping East Asian Buddhism.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Xuanzang
linked to: Xuanzang
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linked to: Xuanzang
linked to: Xuanzang