Luo Guanzhong
E704551
Luo Guanzhong was a 14th-century Chinese writer traditionally credited as the author of the classic historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Luo Guanzhong canonical | 3 |
| 罗贯中 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7947697 — 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: Luo Guanzhong Context triple: [Records of the Three Kingdoms, usedAsSourceBy, Luo Guanzhong]
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A.
Wu Cheng'en
Wu Cheng'en was a Ming dynasty Chinese novelist and poet best known as the putative author of the classic fantasy novel "Journey to the West."
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B.
Sima Qian
Sima Qian was an eminent Chinese historian of the Former Han dynasty, best known for authoring the foundational historical text "Records of the Grand Historian" (Shiji).
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C.
Wei He
Wei He is the Chinese name for the Wei River, a major tributary of the Yellow River that flows through the historical heartland of ancient Chinese civilization in Shaanxi province.
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D.
Jiang Rong
Jiang Rong is a Chinese writer best known for his semi-autobiographical novel "Wolf Totem," which explores the culture of the Mongolian grasslands and the tension between tradition and modernization.
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E.
Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen was a prominent Chinese Communist military commander and one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People’s Republic of China.
- 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: Luo Guanzhong Target entity description: Luo Guanzhong was a 14th-century Chinese writer traditionally credited as the author of the classic historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
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A.
Wu Cheng'en
Wu Cheng'en was a Ming dynasty Chinese novelist and poet best known as the putative author of the classic fantasy novel "Journey to the West."
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B.
Ban Gu
Ban Gu was a prominent 1st-century Chinese historian and scholar of the Eastern Han dynasty, best known for authoring one of China’s most important official dynastic histories.
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C.
Sima Qian
Sima Qian was an eminent Chinese historian of the Former Han dynasty, best known for authoring the foundational historical text "Records of the Grand Historian" (Shiji).
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D.
Wei He
Wei He is the Chinese name for the Wei River, a major tributary of the Yellow River that flows through the historical heartland of ancient Chinese civilization in Shaanxi province.
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E.
Jiang Rong
Jiang Rong is a Chinese writer best known for his semi-autobiographical novel "Wolf Totem," which explores the culture of the Mongolian grasslands and the tension between tradition and modernization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese writer
ⓘ
person ⓘ playwright ⓘ |
| activeDuring |
early Ming dynasty
ⓘ
late Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod |
Three Kingdoms period (as literary subject)
ⓘ
linked to:
Three Kingdoms period
|
| basedOnSources |
Records of the Three Kingdoms
ⓘ
folk tales about the Three Kingdoms period ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | author of one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Ming dynasty
ⓘ
Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage | Chinese literature ⓘ |
| era | 14th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Luo ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
drama
ⓘ
fiction writing ⓘ historical narrative ⓘ |
| floruit | 14th century ⓘ |
| genre |
Chinese opera
ⓘ
historical novel ⓘ |
| givenName |
Guanzhong
ⓘ
linked to:
Guanzhong region
|
| influenced |
Chinese historical fiction
ⓘ
East Asian popular culture ⓘ later adaptations of Three Kingdoms stories ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Chinese vernacular novel ⓘ |
| movement | classical Chinese literature ⓘ |
| name | Luo Guanzhong ⓘ |
| nativeName |
罗贯中
ⓘ
linked to:
Luo Guanzhong
羅貫中 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Pingyao Zhuan
ⓘ
Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ Sanguo Yanyi ⓘ
linked to:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Sui Tang Yanyi ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
ⓘ
playwright ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| region | China ⓘ |
| status | classical author ⓘ |
| traditionallyCreditedFor | authorship of Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Battle of Red Cliffs
ⓘ
Cao Cao ⓘ Liu Bei ⓘ Sun Quan ⓘ Zhuge Liang ⓘ |
| writingLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Luo Guanzhong Description of subject: Luo Guanzhong was a 14th-century Chinese writer traditionally credited as the author of the classic historical novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Luo Guanzhong