Hànshū
E701618
Hànshū is the standard pinyin title of the "Book of Han," a major Chinese historical text documenting the history of the Western Han dynasty.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7877877 — 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: Hànshū Context triple: [Book of Han, pinyinTitle, Hànshū]
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A.
Yuanzhen
Yuanzhen was the Chinese era name used during the reign of Temür Khan, the second emperor of the Yuan dynasty.
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B.
Kantōshū
Kantōshū is the Japanese name for the Kwantung Leased Territory, a former Japanese-controlled enclave in northeastern China centered on the Liaodong Peninsula.
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C.
Sankashū
Sankashū is a renowned anthology of waka poetry by the Japanese poet-monk Saigyō, celebrated for its deeply reflective and nature-focused verse from the late Heian period.
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D.
Nanbu
Nanbu is a town in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, known for its rural landscape and location near the border with Yamanashi Prefecture.
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E.
Hui
The Hui are a predominantly Muslim ethnic group in China known for their integration of Islamic faith with Han Chinese language and cultural practices.
- 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: Hànshū Target entity description: Hànshū is the standard pinyin title of the "Book of Han," a major Chinese historical text documenting the history of the Western Han dynasty.
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A.
Yuanzhen
Yuanzhen was the Chinese era name used during the reign of Temür Khan, the second emperor of the Yuan dynasty.
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B.
Kantōshū
Kantōshū is the Japanese name for the Kwantung Leased Territory, a former Japanese-controlled enclave in northeastern China centered on the Liaodong Peninsula.
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C.
Sankashū
Sankashū is a renowned anthology of waka poetry by the Japanese poet-monk Saigyō, celebrated for its deeply reflective and nature-focused verse from the late Heian period.
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D.
Nanbu
Nanbu is a town in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, known for its rural landscape and location near the border with Yamanashi Prefecture.
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E.
Hui
The Hui are a predominantly Muslim ethnic group in China known for their integration of Islamic faith with Han Chinese language and cultural practices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese historical text
ⓘ
dynastic history ⓘ official history ⓘ |
| alternateTitle |
Book of Han
ⓘ
History of the Former Han Dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Book of Han
|
| ChineseName |
汉书
ⓘ
linked to:
Book of Han
|
| compiledBy | Ban Gu ⓘ |
| compiledUnderDynasty | Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| compilerFamily | Ban family ⓘ |
| completionDateApproximate | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| containsSectionType |
basic annals
ⓘ
biographies ⓘ hereditary houses ⓘ tables ⓘ treatises ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| dynastyDocumented |
Western Han dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Han period
|
| excludesDynasty | Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| followsModelOf | Shǐjì ⓘ |
| genre | standard history ⓘ |
| hasImportantTreatiseOn |
astronomy
ⓘ
geography ⓘ monetary policy ⓘ music ⓘ rituals ⓘ salt and iron ⓘ |
| historicalMethod | annals-biography format ⓘ |
| historicalScope |
Former Han dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Han period
|
| includesContributionsBy |
Ban Zhao
ⓘ
Ma Xu ⓘ |
| influenced | later Chinese official histories ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| numberOfChapters | 100 ⓘ |
| partlyBasedOnWorkOf | Ban Biao ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Twenty-Four Histories ⓘ |
| periodCoveredEnd | 25 AD ⓘ |
| periodCoveredStart | 206 BC ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | second of the Twenty-Four Histories ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Records of the Grand Historian
ⓘ
Shǐjì ⓘ |
| structureType | biannian and thematic combination ⓘ |
| subject |
astronomy and calendar of Western Han
ⓘ
biographies of notable figures ⓘ economy of Western Han ⓘ geography of Western Han ⓘ institutional history of Western Han ⓘ political history of Western Han ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceFor | study of early imperial China ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hànshū Description of subject: Hànshū is the standard pinyin title of the "Book of Han," a major Chinese historical text documenting the history of the Western Han dynasty.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hànshū