Bai jia zheng ming
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Bai jia zheng ming refers to the flourishing intellectual movement of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods in ancient China, when numerous philosophical schools such as Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism, and Legalism actively debated ideas on ethics, politics, and society.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bai jia zheng ming canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7984437 — 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: Bai jia zheng ming Context triple: [Hundred Schools of Thought, alsoKnownAs, Bai jia zheng ming]
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Book of Lord Shang
The Book of Lord Shang is an influential ancient Chinese political treatise that systematizes Legalist doctrines of strict laws, centralized power, and state control to strengthen the ruler’s authority.
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B.
Guoyu
Guoyu is the official standardized form of the Chinese language used in mainland China and other Chinese-speaking regions.
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Commentary on the Four Books
Commentary on the Four Books is Zhu Xi’s influential Neo-Confucian exegesis on the core Confucian classics that became the standard basis for civil service examinations in imperial China.
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Hongzhi Zhengjue
Hongzhi Zhengjue was a prominent 12th-century Chinese Chan master of the Caodong school, best known for developing and teaching the practice of silent illumination meditation.
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Siku Quanshu
Siku Quanshu is an enormous 18th-century Chinese imperial encyclopedia and library collection that systematically compiled, edited, and classified the major works of Chinese literature, history, philosophy, and classics.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bai jia zheng ming Target entity description: Bai jia zheng ming refers to the flourishing intellectual movement of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods in ancient China, when numerous philosophical schools such as Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism, and Legalism actively debated ideas on ethics, politics, and society.
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A.
Book of Lord Shang
The Book of Lord Shang is an influential ancient Chinese political treatise that systematizes Legalist doctrines of strict laws, centralized power, and state control to strengthen the ruler’s authority.
-
B.
Guoyu
Guoyu is the official standardized form of the Chinese language used in mainland China and other Chinese-speaking regions.
-
C.
Commentary on the Four Books
Commentary on the Four Books is Zhu Xi’s influential Neo-Confucian exegesis on the core Confucian classics that became the standard basis for civil service examinations in imperial China.
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D.
Hongzhi Zhengjue
Hongzhi Zhengjue was a prominent 12th-century Chinese Chan master of the Caodong school, best known for developing and teaching the practice of silent illumination meditation.
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E.
Siku Quanshu
Siku Quanshu is an enormous 18th-century Chinese imperial encyclopedia and library collection that systematically compiled, edited, and classified the major works of Chinese literature, history, philosophy, and classics.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical period of thought
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intellectual movement ⓘ philosophical movement ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
competition for political influence
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intense intellectual debate ⓘ plurality of philosophical schools ⓘ |
| debatedIssue |
ideal social hierarchy
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methods of social control ⓘ relationship between morality and law ⓘ role of the people ⓘ role of the ruler ⓘ source of political authority ⓘ |
| hasApproximateEndCentury | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| hasApproximateStartCentury | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| hasChineseName | 百家争鸣 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasContext |
political fragmentation of Zhou dynasty
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social transformation in late Zhou China ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance |
created enduring schools of thought in East Asia
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foundation of classical Chinese philosophy ⓘ |
| hasKeyTheme |
cosmology
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ethics ⓘ good governance ⓘ human nature ⓘ law and punishment ⓘ logic and language ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ ritual and propriety ⓘ social order ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod |
Spring and Autumn period
NERFINISHED
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Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesSchool |
Agriculturalism
NERFINISHED
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Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ Daoism NERFINISHED ⓘ Legalism NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohism NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Diplomacy NERFINISHED ⓘ School of Names NERFINISHED ⓘ Syncretism ⓘ Yin-Yang school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese ethical traditions
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East Asian political thought ⓘ Han dynasty state ideology ⓘ later Confucian orthodoxy ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | contention of a hundred schools ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chinese philosophy
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ancient Chinese thought ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | Hundred Schools of Thought NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn | ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Bai jia zheng ming Description of subject: Bai jia zheng ming refers to the flourishing intellectual movement of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods in ancient China, when numerous philosophical schools such as Confucianism, Daoism, Mohism, and Legalism actively debated ideas on ethics, politics, and society.
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