Guangong
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Guangong, also known as Guan Yu, is a deified Chinese historical general revered as a symbol of loyalty, righteousness, and martial valor in Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emperor Guan | 4 |
| Guangong canonical | 4 |
| Guan Gong | 3 |
| Marquis Wu (Wuhou) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6607517 — 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.
Target entity: Guangong Context triple: [Ong Pagoda, dedicatedTo, Guangong]
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A.
Wei Lihuang
Wei Lihuang was a prominent Nationalist Chinese general best known for his leadership of Chinese forces against Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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B.
Sun Liang
Sun Liang was a young emperor of Eastern Wu during China’s Three Kingdoms period, whose short and turbulent reign was dominated by powerful regents.
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C.
Cao Wei
Cao Wei was a powerful Chinese state founded by the Cao family that ruled northern China during the Three Kingdoms period following the fall of the Han dynasty.
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D.
Guo Jia
Guo Jia was a renowned strategist and advisor to the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty, celebrated for his keen foresight and pivotal role in early Three Kingdoms-era campaigns.
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E.
He Jian
He Jian was a prominent Chinese Nationalist military commander and politician active during the early to mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Guangong Target entity description: Guangong, also known as Guan Yu, is a deified Chinese historical general revered as a symbol of loyalty, righteousness, and martial valor in Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
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A.
Wei Lihuang
Wei Lihuang was a prominent Nationalist Chinese general best known for his leadership of Chinese forces against Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.
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B.
Sun Liang
Sun Liang was a young emperor of Eastern Wu during China’s Three Kingdoms period, whose short and turbulent reign was dominated by powerful regents.
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C.
Cao Wei
Cao Wei was a powerful Chinese state founded by the Cao family that ruled northern China during the Three Kingdoms period following the fall of the Han dynasty.
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D.
Guo Jia
Guo Jia was a renowned strategist and advisor to the warlord Cao Cao during the late Eastern Han dynasty, celebrated for his keen foresight and pivotal role in early Three Kingdoms-era campaigns.
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E.
He Jian
He Jian was a prominent Chinese Nationalist military commander and politician active during the early to mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese deity
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Chinese general ⓘ deified historical figure ⓘ folk religion deity ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Liu Bei
ⓘ
Shu Han ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Guan Gong
ⓘ
linked to:
Guangong
Guan Yu ⓘ Guandi ⓘ Guansheng Dijun ⓘ Lord Guan ⓘ
linked to:
Guan Yu
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| associatedWith | Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Hedong Commandery
ⓘ
Xie County ⓘ present-day Yuncheng, Shanxi, China ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Eastern Han dynasty
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linked to:
Han dynasty
|
| culturalInfluence |
Chinese popular culture
ⓘ
East Asian religious practices ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
near Linju
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present-day Hubei, China ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
Chinese martial arts lore
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classical Chinese opera ⓘ |
| employer | Liu Bei ⓘ |
| familyName | Guan ⓘ |
| givenName | Yu ⓘ |
| hasCultCenter |
Guangdong
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linked to:
Guangdong Province
Henan ⓘ
linked to:
Henan Province
Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to:
Hong Kong, China
Hubei ⓘ
linked to:
Hubei Province
Shanxi ⓘ
linked to:
Shanxi Province
Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
|
| hasTemple |
Guan Di Miao in various Chinese communities
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Guandi Temple ⓘ Man Mo Temple, Hong Kong ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
Green Dragon Crescent Blade
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long beard ⓘ red face ⓘ |
| influenced | codes of brotherhood in Chinese secret societies ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | execution ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Battle of Xiangyang–Fancheng
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linked to:
Battle of Xiangyang
participation in late Eastern Han civil wars ⓘ |
| notableWork | service under warlord Liu Bei ⓘ |
| occupation |
general
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military officer ⓘ |
| patronOf |
businesspeople
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police ⓘ soldiers ⓘ triads and secret societies ⓘ warriors ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | red-faced warrior with long beard ⓘ |
| posthumousTitle |
Emperor Guan
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linked to:
Guangong
Guansheng Dijun ⓘ Saintly Emperor Guan ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese Buddhism
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Chinese folk religion ⓘ Confucianism ⓘ Taoism ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
brotherhood
ⓘ
integrity ⓘ loyalty ⓘ martial valor ⓘ righteousness ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Buddhist temples
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Chinese folk religion ⓘ Confucian temples ⓘ Taoist temples ⓘ |
| virtueEmphasizedByCult |
yi (righteousness)
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zhong (loyalty) ⓘ |
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.
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.
Subject: Guangong Description of subject: Guangong, also known as Guan Yu, is a deified Chinese historical general revered as a symbol of loyalty, righteousness, and martial valor in Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.