state of Zheng
E708709
The state of Zheng was a prominent Chinese vassal state during the early Zhou dynasty, especially influential in the political dynamics of the Spring and Autumn period.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State of Zheng | 4 |
| state of Zheng canonical | 1 |
| 郑国 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7946708 — 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: state of Zheng Context triple: [Spring and Autumn period, hasPart, state of Zheng]
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A.
state of Wei
The state of Wei was a major Chinese polity during the Warring States period, known for its early military strength, legalist reforms, and rivalry with other powerful states like Qin, Zhao, and Han.
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B.
ancient State of Chen
The ancient State of Chen was a small Zhou dynasty vassal state in what is now Henan Province, known for its role in early Chinese history and as the ancestral homeland of the Chen surname.
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C.
Zhou state
The Zhou state was an ancient Chinese polity that rose to prominence in the 11th century BCE, founding the Zhou dynasty and establishing a long-lasting feudal order in early Chinese history.
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D.
state of Yan
The state of Yan was an ancient Chinese kingdom located in the northeastern region of China, which played a significant role as one of the major powers during the Warring States period.
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E.
state of Zhao
The state of Zhao was a major Chinese feudal kingdom during the Warring States period, known for its powerful cavalry, military reforms, and role in the political fragmentation preceding the Qin unification.
- 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: state of Zheng Target entity description: The state of Zheng was a prominent Chinese vassal state during the early Zhou dynasty, especially influential in the political dynamics of the Spring and Autumn period.
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A.
state of Wei
The state of Wei was a major Chinese polity during the Warring States period, known for its early military strength, legalist reforms, and rivalry with other powerful states like Qin, Zhao, and Han.
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B.
ancient State of Chen
The ancient State of Chen was a small Zhou dynasty vassal state in what is now Henan Province, known for its role in early Chinese history and as the ancestral homeland of the Chen surname.
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C.
Zhou state
The Zhou state was an ancient Chinese polity that rose to prominence in the 11th century BCE, founding the Zhou dynasty and establishing a long-lasting feudal order in early Chinese history.
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D.
state of Yan
The state of Yan was an ancient Chinese kingdom located in the northeastern region of China, which played a significant role as one of the major powers during the Warring States period.
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E.
state of Zhao
The state of Zhao was a major Chinese feudal kingdom during the Warring States period, known for its powerful cavalry, military reforms, and role in the political fragmentation preceding the Qin unification.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Zhou dynasty vassal state
ⓘ
ancient Chinese state ⓘ |
| capital | Xinzheng ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Sinosphere ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | Warring States period ⓘ |
| endTime | 375 BCE ⓘ |
| era |
Spring and Autumn period
ⓘ
Western Zhou ⓘ
linked to:
Western Zhou period
early Warring States period ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Duke Huan of Zheng ⓘ |
| founderLineage |
Ji clan of Zhou royal house
ⓘ
linked to:
Zhou royal house
|
| foundingRuler |
Duke Huan of Zheng
ⓘ
Zheng Wugong ⓘ |
| governmentType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalTextMention |
Guoyu
ⓘ
Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ Zuo Zhuan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
diplomatic skill in Spring and Autumn politics
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frequent involvement in interstate alliances and conflicts ⓘ strategic location near Zhou royal domain ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Plains of China
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Plains region of China
Henan region ⓘ
linked to:
Henan Province
|
| modernLocation | around modern Xinzheng, Henan ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Zheng (鄭)
ⓘ
linked to:
鄭
|
| neighboringState |
State of Chu
ⓘ
State of Jin ⓘ State of Song ⓘ State of Wei ⓘ
linked to:
state of Wei
|
| notablePeriod | Spring and Autumn period ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
Duke Mu of Zheng
ⓘ
Duke Xi of Zheng ⓘ Duke Zhuang of Zheng ⓘ |
| overlord |
Eastern Zhou dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Zhou
Western Zhou dynasty ⓘ
linked to:
Western Zhou period
|
| partOf | Zhou dynasty feudal system ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | vassal state of Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| predecessor | Zhou royal domain territories ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese ancestral worship
ⓘ
Zhou state cult ⓘ |
| rulingClan | Ji clan ⓘ |
| startTime |
11th century BCE
ⓘ
early Western Zhou period ⓘ |
| strategicRole | buffer state around Zhou royal capital ⓘ |
| successor |
State of Han
ⓘ
State of Wei ⓘ
linked to:
state of Wei
|
| territoryType | fief granted by Zhou king ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
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: state of Zheng Description of subject: The state of Zheng was a prominent Chinese vassal state during the early Zhou dynasty, especially influential in the political dynamics of the Spring and Autumn period.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: state of Zheng
subject linked to:
ancient State of Chen
linked to: state of Zheng
linked to: state of Zheng
subject linked to:
Duke Wen of Jin (晉文公)
linked to: state of Zheng