Fa Zheng
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Fa Zheng was a prominent strategist and advisor during the Three Kingdoms period of China, best known for his crucial support of Liu Bei’s rise to power.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fa Zheng canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7824736 — 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: Fa Zheng Context triple: [Shu Han, notableOfficial, Fa Zheng]
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A.
Zhuge Jin
Zhuge Jin was a prominent statesman and military general of the Eastern Wu kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known also as the elder brother of the famed strategist Zhuge Liang.
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B.
Lu Su
Lu Su was a prominent statesman and military strategist of the Eastern Wu kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for his role in shaping Sun Quan’s foreign and military policies.
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C.
Cui Hao
Cui Hao was a prominent poet of the Tang dynasty in China, best known for his evocative landscape and frontier poems.
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D.
Zhang Zhao
Zhang Zhao was a prominent statesman and strategist of the Eastern Wu kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for his influential role in governance and military affairs.
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E.
He Jian
He Jian was a prominent Chinese Nationalist military commander and politician active during the early to mid-20th century.
- 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: Fa Zheng Target entity description: Fa Zheng was a prominent strategist and advisor during the Three Kingdoms period of China, best known for his crucial support of Liu Bei’s rise to power.
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A.
Zhuge Jin
Zhuge Jin was a prominent statesman and military general of the Eastern Wu kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known also as the elder brother of the famed strategist Zhuge Liang.
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B.
Lu Su
Lu Su was a prominent statesman and military strategist of the Eastern Wu kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for his role in shaping Sun Quan’s foreign and military policies.
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C.
Cui Hao
Cui Hao was a prominent poet of the Tang dynasty in China, best known for his evocative landscape and frontier poems.
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D.
Zhang Zhao
Zhang Zhao was a prominent statesman and strategist of the Eastern Wu kingdom during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for his influential role in governance and military affairs.
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E.
He Jian
He Jian was a prominent Chinese Nationalist military commander and politician active during the early to mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese politician
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Three Kingdoms period person ⓘ advisor ⓘ official of Shu Han ⓘ strategist ⓘ |
| advisorTo | Liu Bei ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Liu Bei
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Liu Zhang ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shu Han
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Yi Province ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Mianzhu
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Yi Province ⓘ present-day Mianzhu, Sichuan, China ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
decisive
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intelligent ⓘ vindictive ⓘ |
| closeTo | Liu Bei ⓘ |
| courtesyName | Xiaozhi ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Chengdu
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Shu Han ⓘ |
| diedIn | 220 ⓘ |
| eraName | Jian’an era of Emperor Xian of Han ⓘ |
| familyName | Fa ⓘ |
| givenName | Zheng ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Yi Province ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advising Liu Bei on seizing Yi Province from Liu Zhang
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bold and ruthless strategic proposals ⓘ participation in Hanzhong campaign ⓘ strategic planning in Yi Province campaign ⓘ supporting Liu Bei’s rise to power ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| mentorOf | Liu Bei’s strategic planning in the west ⓘ |
| nationality | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| nativeName | 法正 ⓘ |
| portrayedIn | Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Assistant Officer in Yi Province under Liu Zhang
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Chief Clerk to Liu Bei ⓘ General of the Household of Shu Han ⓘ |
| praisedBy | Liu Bei ⓘ |
| praisedFor |
decisive counsel
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strategic insight ⓘ |
| roleIn |
Liu Bei’s conquest of Yi Province
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Liu Bei’s establishment of a power base in Shu ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Liu Bei
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Liu Zhang ⓘ |
| source |
Records of the Three Kingdoms
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Sanguozhi ⓘ
linked to:
Records of the Three Kingdoms
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| timePeriod |
Three Kingdoms period
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late Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Han dynasty
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How these facts were elicited
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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: Fa Zheng Description of subject: Fa Zheng was a prominent strategist and advisor during the Three Kingdoms period of China, best known for his crucial support of Liu Bei’s rise to power.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.