Shujing
E684448
Shujing is one of the oldest and most influential Chinese classics, traditionally regarded as a collection of historical documents and speeches that shaped early Chinese political and moral thought.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shujing canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7724131 — 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: Shujing Context triple: [Old Chinese, coreText, Shujing]
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A.
Sanshu no Jingi
Sanshu no Jingi refers to the three sacred treasures of Japan’s imperial regalia—mirror, sword, and jewel—that symbolize the legitimacy and divine authority of the emperor.
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B.
Song of the Three Holy Youths
Song of the Three Holy Youths is an ancient biblical canticle, traditionally associated with the Book of Daniel, that recounts the praise of God by three youths miraculously preserved in a fiery furnace.
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C.
Book of the Eight Tones
The Book of the Eight Tones is a liturgical hymn book used in Eastern Christian worship that organizes chants according to eight musical modes.
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D.
Sesame and Lilies
"Sesame and Lilies" is a collection of influential Victorian-era lectures by John Ruskin that explore education, gender roles, and the moral responsibilities of men and women in society.
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E.
Gonnohyōe
Gonnohyōe is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Admiral Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, a prominent naval officer and politician of the Meiji and Taishō eras.
- 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: Shujing Target entity description: Shujing is one of the oldest and most influential Chinese classics, traditionally regarded as a collection of historical documents and speeches that shaped early Chinese political and moral thought.
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A.
Sanshu no Jingi
Sanshu no Jingi refers to the three sacred treasures of Japan’s imperial regalia—mirror, sword, and jewel—that symbolize the legitimacy and divine authority of the emperor.
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B.
Song of the Three Holy Youths
Song of the Three Holy Youths is an ancient biblical canticle, traditionally associated with the Book of Daniel, that recounts the praise of God by three youths miraculously preserved in a fiery furnace.
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C.
Book of the Eight Tones
The Book of the Eight Tones is a liturgical hymn book used in Eastern Christian worship that organizes chants according to eight musical modes.
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D.
Sesame and Lilies
"Sesame and Lilies" is a collection of influential Victorian-era lectures by John Ruskin that explore education, gender roles, and the moral responsibilities of men and women in society.
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E.
Gonnohyōe
Gonnohyōe is a Japanese given name most famously borne by Admiral Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, a prominent naval officer and politician of the Meiji and Taishō eras.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese classic text
ⓘ
Confucian classic ⓘ historical document collection ⓘ |
| canonizedDuring | Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commentedOnBy |
Kong Anguo
NERFINISHED
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Kong Yingda NERFINISHED ⓘ Zheng Xuan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compiledDuring | early Zhou period (traditional view) ⓘ |
| contains |
counsels to rulers
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proclamations ⓘ royal edicts ⓘ speeches ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | foundational text for Chinese political and moral thought ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
moral example of the ruler
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remonstrance by ministers ⓘ ritual and order ⓘ |
| genre |
historical prose
ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Book of Documents
NERFINISHED
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Book of History NERFINISHED ⓘ Classic of Documents NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChineseName |
尚書
NERFINISHED
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書經 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPinyinName | Shūjīng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSectionType | “books” (shu) subdivided into chapters ⓘ |
| historicalScope |
Shang dynasty
NERFINISHED
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Xia dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ legendary sage kings period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese historiography
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Chinese statecraft tradition ⓘ Confucian political thought ⓘ imperial examination curriculum ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Mandate of Heaven
NERFINISHED
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moral governance ⓘ political legitimacy ⓘ virtue of rulers ⓘ |
| partOf | Five Classics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prescribes |
duties of ministers
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duties of the ruler ⓘ standards for good governance ⓘ |
| region | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | one of the oldest Chinese classics ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Confucian scholars ⓘ |
| traditionallyAttributedTo | Confucius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
canonical text in Confucian education
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source for political models ⓘ |
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: Shujing Description of subject: Shujing is one of the oldest and most influential Chinese classics, traditionally regarded as a collection of historical documents and speeches that shaped early Chinese political and moral thought.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.