Emperor Xuan of Han
E726748
Emperor Xuan of Han was a prominent Western Han dynasty ruler known for restoring imperial authority, stabilizing the economy, and promoting Confucian governance after a period of political turmoil.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Emperor Xuan of Han canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7824630 — 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: Emperor Xuan of Han Context triple: [Former Han, notableEmperor, Emperor Xuan of Han]
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A.
Emperor Zhang of Han
Emperor Zhang of Han was a 1st-century CE Chinese emperor whose relatively stable and prosperous reign is often regarded as part of the Eastern Han dynasty’s golden age.
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B.
Emperor Ming of Han
Emperor Ming of Han was a 1st-century Eastern Han dynasty ruler known for consolidating his father Emperor Guangwu’s restoration of the Han, promoting Confucian governance, and traditionally being credited with introducing Buddhism to China.
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C.
Emperor Ping of Han
Emperor Ping of Han was a child ruler of the Western Han dynasty whose short reign marked the final phase before the dynasty’s collapse and the usurpation by Wang Mang.
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D.
Emperor Jing of Han
Emperor Jing of Han was a 2nd-century BCE Chinese emperor known for consolidating central authority, reducing harsh legalist policies, and helping to lay the groundwork for the long-lasting stability of the Western Han dynasty.
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E.
Emperor Zhang
Emperor Zhang is the posthumous temple name of the Xuande Emperor, a Ming dynasty ruler known for consolidating imperial power and overseeing a period of relative stability and cultural flourishing in early 15th-century 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: Emperor Xuan of Han Target entity description: Emperor Xuan of Han was a prominent Western Han dynasty ruler known for restoring imperial authority, stabilizing the economy, and promoting Confucian governance after a period of political turmoil.
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A.
Emperor Zhang of Han
Emperor Zhang of Han was a 1st-century CE Chinese emperor whose relatively stable and prosperous reign is often regarded as part of the Eastern Han dynasty’s golden age.
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B.
Emperor Ming of Han
Emperor Ming of Han was a 1st-century Eastern Han dynasty ruler known for consolidating his father Emperor Guangwu’s restoration of the Han, promoting Confucian governance, and traditionally being credited with introducing Buddhism to China.
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C.
Emperor Ping of Han
Emperor Ping of Han was a child ruler of the Western Han dynasty whose short reign marked the final phase before the dynasty’s collapse and the usurpation by Wang Mang.
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D.
Emperor Jing of Han
Emperor Jing of Han was a 2nd-century BCE Chinese emperor known for consolidating central authority, reducing harsh legalist policies, and helping to lay the groundwork for the long-lasting stability of the Western Han dynasty.
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E.
Emperor Zhang
Emperor Zhang is the posthumous temple name of the Xuande Emperor, a Ming dynasty ruler known for consolidating imperial power and overseeing a period of relative stability and cultural flourishing in early 15th-century China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western Han dynasty emperor
ⓘ
emperor of China ⓘ |
| birthDate | 91 BC ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Chang'an ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Duling Mausoleum ⓘ |
| child |
Emperor Yuandi of Han
ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Yuan of Han
|
| courtesyName | Bingyi ⓘ |
| deathDate | 48 BC ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Chang'an ⓘ |
| dynasty | Han dynasty ⓘ |
| era | Western Han period ⓘ |
| eraName |
Benchu
ⓘ
Dijie ⓘ Heping ⓘ Huanglong ⓘ Qijian ⓘ Shenjue ⓘ Yuankang ⓘ |
| father | Liu Jin ⓘ |
| grandfather | Liu Ju ⓘ |
| greatGrandfather | Emperor Wu of Han ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Book of Han
ⓘ
Zizhi Tongjian ⓘ |
| house | House of Liu ⓘ |
| knownFor |
curbing the power of noble families
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maintaining relative peace on the frontiers ⓘ promoting Confucian governance ⓘ promoting capable commoners to office ⓘ reducing harsh legalist policies ⓘ reforming the bureaucracy ⓘ restoring imperial authority ⓘ stabilizing the economy ⓘ strengthening central government control ⓘ |
| mother | Xu Pingjun ⓘ |
| personalName | Liu Xun ⓘ |
| policy |
fiscal reforms to stabilize state finances
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moderation of taxes and corvée labor ⓘ promotion of Confucianism as state ideology ⓘ strengthening of central legal institutions ⓘ |
| posthumousName | Emperor Filial Xuan ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Emperor Zhaodi of Han
ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor Zhao of Han
|
| reignEnd | 48 BC ⓘ |
| reignName | Emperor Xuan of Han ⓘ |
| reignStart | 74 BC ⓘ |
| spouse |
Empress Huo Chengjun
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Empress Wang ⓘ Empress Xu Pingjun ⓘ |
| subdynasty |
Western Han
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Han period
|
| successor |
Emperor Yuandi of Han
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linked to:
Emperor Yuan of Han
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| templeName | Xuan ⓘ |
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: Emperor Xuan of Han Description of subject: Emperor Xuan of Han was a prominent Western Han dynasty ruler known for restoring imperial authority, stabilizing the economy, and promoting Confucian governance after a period of political turmoil.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.