Pei Songzhi
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Pei Songzhi was a 5th-century Chinese historian best known for his extensive and detailed annotations to the classic historical text Records of the Three Kingdoms.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pei Songzhi canonical | 8 |
| 裴松之 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7947714 — 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: Pei Songzhi Context triple: [Records of the Three Kingdoms, laterAnnotatedBy, Pei Songzhi]
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A.
Chen Shou
Chen Shou was a third-century Chinese historian best known for compiling the foundational historical text "Records of the Three Kingdoms," which chronicles the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms period.
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B.
Ban Gu
Ban Gu was a prominent 1st-century Chinese historian and scholar of the Eastern Han dynasty, best known for authoring one of China’s most important official dynastic histories.
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C.
Zhu Houxi
Zhu Houxi was a Ming dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of the Hongzhi Emperor of China.
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D.
Liu Ban
Liu Ban was a Chinese scholar and official known for serving on the editorial team that compiled the historical chronicle Zizhi Tongjian.
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E.
Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen was a prominent Chinese Communist military commander and one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People’s Republic of China.
- 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: Pei Songzhi Target entity description: Pei Songzhi was a 5th-century Chinese historian best known for his extensive and detailed annotations to the classic historical text Records of the Three Kingdoms.
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A.
Chen Shou
Chen Shou was a third-century Chinese historian best known for compiling the foundational historical text "Records of the Three Kingdoms," which chronicles the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms period.
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B.
Ban Gu
Ban Gu was a prominent 1st-century Chinese historian and scholar of the Eastern Han dynasty, best known for authoring one of China’s most important official dynastic histories.
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C.
Zhu Houxi
Zhu Houxi was a Ming dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of the Hongzhi Emperor of China.
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D.
Liu Ban
Liu Ban was a Chinese scholar and official known for serving on the editorial team that compiled the historical chronicle Zizhi Tongjian.
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E.
Wang Zhen
Wang Zhen was a prominent Chinese Communist military commander and one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People’s Republic of China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese historian
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commentator ⓘ historian ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| annotatedWork | Records of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| birthYear | 372 ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 5th century ⓘ |
| ChineseEraName |
Yuanjia period (Liu Song)
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linked to:
Liu Song dynasty
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| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| deathYear | 451 ⓘ |
| dynastyServed |
Eastern Jin
ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Jin dynasty
Liu Song ⓘ |
| era |
Liu Song dynasty
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Southern dynasties period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName | Pei ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
annotation of historical texts
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historiography ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| genre | Chinese historiography ⓘ |
| givenName | Songzhi ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodDescribed | Three Kingdoms period ⓘ |
| influenced | later historians of the Three Kingdoms period ⓘ |
| knownFor | annotating Records of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| legacy |
major source for Three Kingdoms studies
ⓘ
standard annotated edition of Records of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
linked to:
Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms
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| name | Pei Songzhi ⓘ |
| nativeName |
裴松之
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linked to:
Pei Songzhi
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| notableFor |
critical evaluation of historical accounts
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extensive use of earlier sources in annotations ⓘ |
| notableWork | Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
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official ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Hedong Commandery ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Southern China
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linked to:
southern China
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| religion | Confucianism ⓘ |
| sourceTypeUsed |
biographical collections
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local gazetteers ⓘ lost historical texts ⓘ official histories ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Six Dynasties period ⓘ |
| workCharacterization |
critical comparison of conflicting sources
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detailed and exhaustive annotations ⓘ |
| workSubject | history of the Three Kingdoms period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pei Songzhi Description of subject: Pei Songzhi was a 5th-century Chinese historian best known for his extensive and detailed annotations to the classic historical text Records of the Three Kingdoms.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pei Songzhi