Zhang Jue
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Zhang Jue was a Taoist healer and rebel leader who led the Yellow Turban Rebellion that helped trigger the collapse of the Eastern Han dynasty in China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zhang Jue canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7877755 — 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: Zhang Jue Context triple: [Yellow Turban Rebellion, leader, Zhang Jue]
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A.
Wang Mang
Wang Mang was a Han dynasty official who usurped the throne to found the short-lived Xin dynasty (9–23 CE) before being overthrown in the civil war that restored the Eastern Han.
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B.
Liu Zhi
Liu Zhi was a Nationalist Chinese general who played a major leadership role in several key campaigns of the Chinese Civil War.
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C.
Li Zicheng
Li Zicheng was a rebel leader who overthrew the Ming dynasty in 1644 and briefly ruled China as the founder of the short-lived Shun dynasty.
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D.
Hong Xiuquan
Hong Xiuquan was a 19th-century Chinese religious leader and revolutionary who led the massive Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty, claiming to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ.
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E.
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.
- 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: Zhang Jue Target entity description: Zhang Jue was a Taoist healer and rebel leader who led the Yellow Turban Rebellion that helped trigger the collapse of the Eastern Han dynasty in China.
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A.
Wang Mang
Wang Mang was a Han dynasty official who usurped the throne to found the short-lived Xin dynasty (9–23 CE) before being overthrown in the civil war that restored the Eastern Han.
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B.
Liu Zhi
Liu Zhi was a Nationalist Chinese general who played a major leadership role in several key campaigns of the Chinese Civil War.
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C.
Li Zicheng
Li Zicheng was a rebel leader who overthrew the Ming dynasty in 1644 and briefly ruled China as the founder of the short-lived Shun dynasty.
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D.
Hong Xiuquan
Hong Xiuquan was a 19th-century Chinese religious leader and revolutionary who led the massive Taiping Rebellion against the Qing dynasty, claiming to be the younger brother of Jesus Christ.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese rebel
ⓘ
Taoist healer ⓘ historical figure ⓘ rebel leader ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Zhang Jiao
ⓘ
linked to:
Zhang Bao
|
| associatedWith | peasant unrest in late Eastern Han ⓘ |
| associatedWithColor | yellow ⓘ |
| basedIn | northern China ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 184 ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Book of the Later Han
ⓘ
linked to:
Hou Hanshu
Records of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| fictionalDepiction | Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| founded |
Way of Great Peace
ⓘ
linked to:
Way of Supreme Peace
|
| hasPart | regional uprisings across northern China ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Great Teacher ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
late Eastern Han dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Han dynasty
|
| ideology | millenarianism ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Taoist millenarian beliefs ⓘ |
| knownFor | leading the Yellow Turban Rebellion ⓘ |
| legacy | precipitated warlord era preceding the Three Kingdoms period ⓘ |
| movement | Yellow Turban Rebellion ⓘ |
| notableEvent | outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion in 184 ⓘ |
| notableWork | organization of the Yellow Turban peasant uprising ⓘ |
| occupation |
faith healer
ⓘ
military leader ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| opponent |
Eastern Han imperial government
ⓘ
linked to:
imperial court of Eastern Han
He Jin ⓘ Huangfu Song ⓘ Lu Zhi ⓘ Zhu Jun ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leader of the Yellow Turbans ⓘ |
| practice |
Taoist-inspired communal rituals
ⓘ
faith healing with talismans and incantations ⓘ |
| religion | Taoism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder |
Way of Great Peace
ⓘ
linked to:
Way of Supreme Peace
|
| roleIn | collapse of the Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| sibling |
Zhang Bao
ⓘ
Zhang Liang ⓘ |
| slogan | The Blue Heaven is dead; the Yellow Heaven will rise ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Zhang Jue Description of subject: Zhang Jue was a Taoist healer and rebel leader who led the Yellow Turban Rebellion that helped trigger the collapse of the Eastern Han dynasty in China.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.