King Xuan of Chu
E714936
King Xuan of Chu was a monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Warring States period, known for ruling after King Huai and continuing Chu’s role as a major regional power.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King Xuan of Chu canonical | 3 |
| King Kaoxuan of Chu | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8006712 — 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: King Xuan of Chu Context triple: [King Huai of Chu, predecessor, King Xuan of Chu]
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A.
King Zhuang of Chu
King Zhuang of Chu was a prominent Spring and Autumn period monarch renowned for transforming Chu into one of the most powerful states in ancient China.
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B.
King Wei of Qi
King Wei of Qi was a prominent Warring States-era monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Qi, known for strengthening his kingdom’s power and fostering political and military reforms.
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C.
King Kaolie of Chu
King Kaolie of Chu was a monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the late Warring States period, known for ruling in a time of intense interstate conflict before the Qin unification.
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D.
King Wen of Chu
King Wen of Chu was an early monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty, known for consolidating royal authority and laying foundations for Chu’s later expansion.
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E.
King Jian of Qi
King Jian of Qi was the final monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Qi, ruling during the late Warring States period before its conquest by Qin.
- 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: King Xuan of Chu Target entity description: King Xuan of Chu was a monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Warring States period, known for ruling after King Huai and continuing Chu’s role as a major regional power.
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A.
King Zhuang of Chu
King Zhuang of Chu was a prominent Spring and Autumn period monarch renowned for transforming Chu into one of the most powerful states in ancient China.
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B.
King Wei of Qi
King Wei of Qi was a prominent Warring States-era monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Qi, known for strengthening his kingdom’s power and fostering political and military reforms.
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C.
King Kaolie of Chu
King Kaolie of Chu was a monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the late Warring States period, known for ruling in a time of intense interstate conflict before the Qin unification.
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D.
King Wen of Chu
King Wen of Chu was an early monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Zhou dynasty, known for consolidating royal authority and laying foundations for Chu’s later expansion.
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E.
King Jian of Qi
King Jian of Qi was the final monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Qi, ruling during the late Warring States period before its conquest by Qin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Chu
ⓘ
Warring States period ruler ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| associatedState | Chu ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign |
Ying (capital of Chu)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ying (later Chu capital)
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| contemporaneousWith |
State of Han
ⓘ
State of Qi ⓘ State of Qin ⓘ State of Wei ⓘ
linked to:
state of Wei
State of Yan ⓘ
linked to:
state of Yan
State of Zhao ⓘ
linked to:
state of Zhao
|
| country | State of Chu ⓘ |
| dynasty | Chu ⓘ |
| era | Warring States period ⓘ |
| father | King Huai of Chu ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
late Zhou dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Zhou
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| knownFor |
continuing Chu’s military involvement in Warring States conflicts
ⓘ
foreign policy balancing against Qin expansion ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
maintaining Chu as a major regional power
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ruling after the captivity and death of King Huai of Chu in Qin ⓘ |
| positionHeld | ruler of Chu ⓘ |
| predecessor | King Huai of Chu ⓘ |
| realmType | feudal state ⓘ |
| region | Ancient China ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 263 BC ⓘ |
| reignStart | 298 BC ⓘ |
| successor | King Kaolie of Chu ⓘ |
| successorStateContext | Chu as one of the Seven Warring States ⓘ |
| title | King of Chu ⓘ |
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: King Xuan of Chu Description of subject: King Xuan of Chu was a monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu during the Warring States period, known for ruling after King Huai and continuing Chu’s role as a major regional power.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.