Cen Shen
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Cen Shen was a prominent Chinese poet of the High Tang period, celebrated for his vivid frontier-themed verse and depictions of military life on the empire’s borders.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cen Shen canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7947805 — 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: Cen Shen Context triple: [High Tang, hasNotablePoet, Cen Shen]
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A.
Gao Shi
Gao Shi was a prominent poet of China’s High Tang period, celebrated for his vivid frontier-themed verse and reflections on military life and hardship.
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B.
Bai Juyi
Bai Juyi was a prominent Chinese poet and official of the Tang dynasty, renowned for his accessible, socially conscious verse and enduring influence on East Asian literature.
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C.
Meng Haoran
Meng Haoran was a renowned High Tang poet celebrated for his tranquil landscape and nature-themed verse that deeply influenced classical Chinese poetry.
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D.
Wang Wei
Wang Wei was a renowned Tang dynasty Chinese poet, painter, and musician celebrated for his landscape poetry and contributions to Chan (Zen) Buddhist aesthetics.
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E.
Du Fu
Du Fu was a preeminent Tang dynasty poet renowned for his profound social conscience, historical insight, and technical mastery, often hailed as one of China's greatest poets.
- 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: Cen Shen Target entity description: Cen Shen was a prominent Chinese poet of the High Tang period, celebrated for his vivid frontier-themed verse and depictions of military life on the empire’s borders.
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A.
Gao Shi
Gao Shi was a prominent poet of China’s High Tang period, celebrated for his vivid frontier-themed verse and reflections on military life and hardship.
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B.
Bai Juyi
Bai Juyi was a prominent Chinese poet and official of the Tang dynasty, renowned for his accessible, socially conscious verse and enduring influence on East Asian literature.
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C.
Meng Haoran
Meng Haoran was a renowned High Tang poet celebrated for his tranquil landscape and nature-themed verse that deeply influenced classical Chinese poetry.
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D.
Wang Wei
Wang Wei was a renowned Tang dynasty Chinese poet, painter, and musician celebrated for his landscape poetry and contributions to Chan (Zen) Buddhist aesthetics.
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E.
Du Fu
Du Fu was a preeminent Tang dynasty poet renowned for his profound social conscience, historical insight, and technical mastery, often hailed as one of China's greatest poets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese poet
ⓘ
Tang dynasty poet ⓘ person ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Cen Can
ⓘ
Cen Jiazhou ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Anxi Protectorate
ⓘ
Hexi Corridor ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Jiangling, Hubei ⓘ |
| birthYear | 715 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | near Chang'an (present-day Xi'an) ⓘ |
| canonization | included in major Tang poetry anthologies ⓘ |
| courtTitle | Jiazhou Governor (Jiazhou Cishi) ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | one of the major frontier poets of the High Tang period ⓘ |
| deathYear | 770 ⓘ |
| dynasty | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| education | passed the imperial examinations (jinshi) ⓘ |
| era | High Tang ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyBackground | aristocratic family ⓘ |
| familyName | Cen ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
five-character poetry
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regulated verse (lüshi) ⓘ seven-character poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Shen ⓘ |
| historicalContext | An Lushan Rebellion ⓘ |
| influenced | later frontier poetry traditions ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Tang poetry ⓘ |
| name | Cen Shen ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depictions of military life on the borders of the Tang empire
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frontier poetry ⓘ |
| notableWork | poems about the Anxi and Beiting frontier regions ⓘ |
| occupation |
official
ⓘ
poet ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Tang dynasty general Feng Changqing
ⓘ
Tang dynasty general Gao Xianzhi ⓘ |
| socialCircle |
Du Fu
ⓘ
Gao Shi ⓘ Li Bai ⓘ |
| style |
frontier-themed verse
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vivid descriptive verse ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cen Shen Description of subject: Cen Shen was a prominent Chinese poet of the High Tang period, celebrated for his vivid frontier-themed verse and depictions of military life on the empire’s borders.
Referenced by (4)
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