Four Dreams of Linchuan
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Four Dreams of Linchuan is a celebrated cycle of four Ming-dynasty Chinese plays by dramatist Tang Xianzu, renowned for its lyrical exploration of love, dreams, and destiny.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Four Dreams of Linchuan canonical | 5 |
| Four Dreams of Yuzhou | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8021164 — 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: Four Dreams of Linchuan Context triple: [Tang Xianzu, partOf, Four Dreams of Linchuan]
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A.
School of Names
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B.
The Double Dream of Spring
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C.
Book of the Eight Tones
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D.
Four Gates and Forty Stations
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E.
Book of the Heavenly Cow
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- 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: Four Dreams of Linchuan Target entity description: Four Dreams of Linchuan is a celebrated cycle of four Ming-dynasty Chinese plays by dramatist Tang Xianzu, renowned for its lyrical exploration of love, dreams, and destiny.
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A.
School of Names
The School of Names was an ancient Chinese philosophical tradition known for its focus on logic, language, and paradoxes, often compared to early forms of analytical philosophy.
-
B.
The Double Dream of Spring
The Double Dream of Spring is a 1970 poetry collection by John Ashbery known for its dense, surreal, and linguistically inventive exploration of perception and consciousness.
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C.
Book of the Eight Tones
The Book of the Eight Tones is a liturgical hymn book used in Eastern Christian worship that organizes chants according to eight musical modes.
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D.
Four Gates and Forty Stations
Four Gates and Forty Stations is a central Alevi spiritual framework outlining a progressive path of ethical, mystical, and religious development through four main stages and forty successive ranks.
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E.
Book of the Heavenly Cow
The Book of the Heavenly Cow is an ancient Egyptian religious text that recounts a divine myth of rebellion, destruction, and cosmic restoration involving the sun god and the sky cow goddess.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese literary work
ⓘ
Ming dynasty drama ⓘ cycle of plays ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Four Dreams of Yuzhou
ⓘ
linked to:
Four Dreams of Linchuan
Linchuan si meng ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Tang Xianzu ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Kunqu ⓘ |
| author | Tang Xianzu ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| createdBy | Tang Xianzu ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | landmark of Ming literary culture ⓘ |
| dramaticStructure | multi-act plays ⓘ |
| era | late 16th century ⓘ |
| form | verse drama ⓘ |
| genre |
Chinese opera
ⓘ
chuanqi drama ⓘ |
| hasCentralMotif |
dream as narrative frame
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romantic love transcending reality ⓘ |
| hasDreamTheme |
ephemeral nature of life
ⓘ
illusory nature of worldly success ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Dream of Nanke
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The Handan Dream ⓘ The Peony Pavilion ⓘ The Purple Hairpin ⓘ |
| influenced |
East Asian theatre
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later Chinese opera ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Song dynasty chuanqi tales
ⓘ
linked to:
Song dynasty literature
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| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | late Ming drama ⓘ |
| literaryReputation | masterpiece of Chinese drama ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
destiny
ⓘ
dreams ⓘ love ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex characterization
ⓘ
poetic language ⓘ |
| notableWorkInCycle | The Peony Pavilion ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 4 ⓘ |
| performanceTradition | Kunqu performance ⓘ |
| period | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Linchuan
ⓘ
linked to:
Ji'an
|
| region |
Jiangxi
ⓘ
linked to:
Jiangxi Province
|
| setting | imperial China ⓘ |
| style | lyrical ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
conflict between desire and duty
ⓘ
human emotions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Four Dreams of Linchuan Description of subject: Four Dreams of Linchuan is a celebrated cycle of four Ming-dynasty Chinese plays by dramatist Tang Xianzu, renowned for its lyrical exploration of love, dreams, and destiny.
Referenced by (6)
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linked to: Four Dreams of Linchuan