nèidān
E705443
nèidān is a traditional Chinese Daoist practice of internal alchemy focused on refining the body and mind to achieve spiritual transformation and longevity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| nèidān canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8006664 — 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: nèidān Context triple: [Neidan, hasAlternativeName, nèidān]
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nde
nde is the ISO 639-2 code for Northern Ndebele, a Bantu language spoken primarily in Zimbabwe.
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nēnē
The nēnē, or Hawaiian goose, is a rare, medium-sized goose species endemic to Hawaii and renowned as a conservation success story after nearing extinction.
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C.
nan
nan is the ISO 639-3 language code assigned to the Teochew (Chaoshan) Chinese language variety spoken primarily in eastern Guangdong, China, and among overseas Chinese communities.
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Nied
Nied is a district of Frankfurt am Main in Germany, located along the River Main and known for its mix of residential areas and green spaces.
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NE
NE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Niger.
- 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: nèidān Target entity description: nèidān is a traditional Chinese Daoist practice of internal alchemy focused on refining the body and mind to achieve spiritual transformation and longevity.
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A.
nde
nde is the ISO 639-2 code for Northern Ndebele, a Bantu language spoken primarily in Zimbabwe.
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B.
nēnē
The nēnē, or Hawaiian goose, is a rare, medium-sized goose species endemic to Hawaii and renowned as a conservation success story after nearing extinction.
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C.
nan
nan is the ISO 639-3 language code assigned to the Teochew (Chaoshan) Chinese language variety spoken primarily in eastern Guangdong, China, and among overseas Chinese communities.
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D.
Nied
Nied is a district of Frankfurt am Main in Germany, located along the River Main and known for its mix of residential areas and green spaces.
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E.
NE
NE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Niger.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese esoteric practice
ⓘ
Daoist internal alchemy ⓘ spiritual cultivation practice ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
immortality
ⓘ
longevity ⓘ spiritual transformation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Daoist alchemy
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese alchemy
|
| associatedWithSchool |
Quanzhen school
ⓘ
linked to:
Quanzhen school of Taoism
Shangqing school ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | inner cultivation ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | external alchemy ⓘ |
| cosmologicalBasis | Five Phases theory ⓘ |
| cosmologicalBasis | yin-yang theory ⓘ |
| developedFrom | early Daoist alchemical practices ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
breath regulation
ⓘ
energy circulation ⓘ meditation ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
refining the body
ⓘ
refining the mind ⓘ |
| goalIncludes |
harmonizing with the Dao
ⓘ
purification of body and mind ⓘ |
| hasChineseName | 內丹 ⓘ |
| hasLiteralMeaning | inner elixir ⓘ |
| hasPinyin | nèidān ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfDevelopment |
Song dynasty
ⓘ
Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese martial arts
ⓘ
neigong ⓘ
linked to:
Qigong
qigong ⓘ |
| originatedIn | China ⓘ |
| partOfTradition |
Daoism
ⓘ
linked to:
Taoism
|
| practicedBy | Daoist adepts ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Daoist meditation
ⓘ
yangsheng ⓘ |
| relatedTo | wàidān ⓘ |
| requires |
discipline and long-term practice
ⓘ
moral self-cultivation ⓘ |
| textuallyAttestedIn |
Cantong qi
ⓘ
Daozang ⓘ Wuzhen pian ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
jing
ⓘ
qi ⓘ shen ⓘ |
| usesSymbolismOf |
elixir
ⓘ
furnace and cauldron ⓘ meridians and dantian ⓘ |
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: nèidān Description of subject: nèidān is a traditional Chinese Daoist practice of internal alchemy focused on refining the body and mind to achieve spiritual transformation and longevity.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.