King of Yue
E717848
The King of Yue was the monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Yue, best known from the Spring and Autumn period for rulers like Goujian who famously rebuilt their power after defeat by the state of Wu.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King of Yue canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8066406 — 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 of Yue Context triple: [State of Yue, rulerTitle, King of Yue]
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A.
King Gong of Chu
King Gong of Chu was a monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu who ruled during the Spring and Autumn period, continuing the lineage after the renowned King Zhuang of Chu.
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B.
Prince of Gui
Prince of Gui was the noble title held by Zhu Youlang before he became the Yongli Emperor, the last sovereign of the Southern Ming dynasty in 17th-century China.
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C.
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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D.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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E.
Prince of Cheng
The Prince of Cheng was a noble title in the Ming dynasty Chinese imperial hierarchy, held by Zhu Qiyu before he ascended the throne as the Jingtai Emperor.
- 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 of Yue Target entity description: The King of Yue was the monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Yue, best known from the Spring and Autumn period for rulers like Goujian who famously rebuilt their power after defeat by the state of Wu.
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A.
King Gong of Chu
King Gong of Chu was a monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Chu who ruled during the Spring and Autumn period, continuing the lineage after the renowned King Zhuang of Chu.
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B.
Prince of Gui
Prince of Gui was the noble title held by Zhu Youlang before he became the Yongli Emperor, the last sovereign of the Southern Ming dynasty in 17th-century China.
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C.
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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D.
Prince of Yan
Prince of Yan was the noble title held by Zhu Di before he became the Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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E.
Prince of Cheng
The Prince of Cheng was a noble title in the Ming dynasty Chinese imperial hierarchy, held by Zhu Qiyu before he ascended the throne as the Jingtai Emperor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Yue
ⓘ
monarch ⓘ royal title ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Yue (state)
ⓘ
linked to:
Yue
|
| conflict |
State of Chu
ⓘ
State of Wu ⓘ |
| country |
Yue (state)
ⓘ
linked to:
Yüeh
|
| culture | Yue culture ⓘ |
| dissolved | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| dynasticSuccession | patrilineal succession ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Baiyue ⓘ |
| flourished | 5th century BCE ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Qin commandery administration
ⓘ
linked to:
Qin imperial bureaucracy
|
| governmentForm | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| hasNotableHolder |
Bu Shou
ⓘ
Goujian ⓘ
linked to:
King Goujian of Yue
Goujian of Yue ⓘ
linked to:
King Goujian of Yue
Wu Jiang ⓘ Wujiang (King of Yue) ⓘ Wuqiang (King of Yue) ⓘ Wuyu (King of Yue) ⓘ
linked to:
King Wuyu of Yue
Wuyu (Yue king) ⓘ
linked to:
King Wuyu of Yue
Yun Chang ⓘ Zhu Gou ⓘ Zhuji ⓘ
linked to:
Zhuji City
|
| hasTitleInChinese | 越王 ⓘ |
| hasTitleInPinyin | Yuè Wáng ⓘ |
| inception | late Western Zhou period ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
lower Yangtze region
ⓘ
linked to:
Yangtze River Delta
modern Zhejiang Province ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conflict with the state of Wu
ⓘ
destroying the state of Wu ⓘ participation in the Wu–Yue War ⓘ rebuilding Yue after defeat by Wu ⓘ rule over coastal southeastern China ⓘ |
| partOf |
Chinese monarchy
ⓘ
linked to:
Imperial China
Zhou dynasty interstate system ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Yue ⓘ |
| positionHeldIn |
Spring and Autumn period
ⓘ
Warring States period ⓘ |
| precededBy | local tribal chieftains of Yue ⓘ |
| reign | c. 496–465 BCE ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ |
| seatOfGovernment |
Guiji (Kuaiji) region
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Kuaiji ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ancient China
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient China
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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: King of Yue Description of subject: The King of Yue was the monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Yue, best known from the Spring and Autumn period for rulers like Goujian who famously rebuilt their power after defeat by the state of Wu.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.