Cheng Han
E731082
Cheng Han was a short-lived Chinese state of the Sixteen Kingdoms period, founded by the Di ethnic group in Sichuan after the decline of the Western Jin dynasty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cheng Han canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8148062 — 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: Cheng Han Context triple: [Western Jin dynasty, successorState, Cheng Han]
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A.
Later Yan
Later Yan was a Xianbei-led state during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of northern China, known for its rule over parts of Hebei and Liaoning in the late 4th and early 5th centuries.
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B.
Later Jin
Later Jin was a 17th-century Manchu-led dynasty in northern China that preceded the Qing dynasty and played a key role in the fall of the Ming.
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C.
Shu Han
Shu Han was one of the Three Kingdoms of China, a state founded by Liu Bei in the early 3rd century that claimed to continue the legacy of the Han dynasty.
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D.
Sixteen Kingdoms
The Sixteen Kingdoms was a turbulent period in Chinese history (4th–5th centuries) marked by political fragmentation and short-lived states ruled largely by non-Han peoples in northern China.
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E.
Western Wei
Western Wei was a short-lived Chinese dynasty (535–557 CE) that ruled the western part of the former Northern Wei territory during the Northern and Southern dynasties period.
- 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: Cheng Han Target entity description: Cheng Han was a short-lived Chinese state of the Sixteen Kingdoms period, founded by the Di ethnic group in Sichuan after the decline of the Western Jin dynasty.
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A.
Later Yan
Later Yan was a Xianbei-led state during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of northern China, known for its rule over parts of Hebei and Liaoning in the late 4th and early 5th centuries.
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B.
Later Jin
Later Jin was a 17th-century Manchu-led dynasty in northern China that preceded the Qing dynasty and played a key role in the fall of the Ming.
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C.
Shu Han
Shu Han was one of the Three Kingdoms of China, a state founded by Liu Bei in the early 3rd century that claimed to continue the legacy of the Han dynasty.
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D.
Sixteen Kingdoms
The Sixteen Kingdoms was a turbulent period in Chinese history (4th–5th centuries) marked by political fragmentation and short-lived states ruled largely by non-Han peoples in northern China.
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E.
Western Wei
Western Wei was a short-lived Chinese dynasty (535–557 CE) that ruled the western part of the former Northern Wei territory during the Northern and Southern dynasties period.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ancient Chinese state ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Cheng
ⓘ
Later Zhao of Shu (historical misnomer in some sources) ⓘ |
| capital | Chengdu ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| currency | Chinese cash coins ⓘ |
| duration | 43 years ⓘ |
| endTime | 347 ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition |
Di
ⓘ
Han Chinese ⓘ |
| ethnicFoundation | Di people ⓘ |
| fallCause | Jin military campaign led by Huan Wen ⓘ |
| firstRuler | Li Xiong ⓘ |
| founder | Li Xiong ⓘ |
| foundingEthnicGroup | Di ⓘ |
| geopoliticalRole | regional power in Southwest China during Sixteen Kingdoms ⓘ |
| governmentType | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalCategory |
Former countries in Chinese history
ⓘ
States and territories disestablished in the 4th century ⓘ States and territories established in the 4th century ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Sixteen Kingdoms period
ⓘ
linked to:
Sixteen Kingdoms
|
| historicalRelevance | one of the earliest non-Han regimes of the Sixteen Kingdoms ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| lastRuler |
Li Shi
ⓘ
Li Shou ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Sichuan
ⓘ
linked to:
Sichuan Province
Southwestern China ⓘ
linked to:
Southwest China
|
| militaryBasis | Di tribal forces ⓘ |
| notableEvent | separation of Sichuan region from Western Jin control ⓘ |
| overthrownBy | Eastern Jin dynasty ⓘ |
| partOf | Sixteen Kingdoms ⓘ |
| politicalCenter | Chengdu Plain ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | independent regime after Western Jin collapse ⓘ |
| predecessor | Western Jin dynasty ⓘ |
| regionType | Inland state ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ |
| rulingClan | Li clan ⓘ |
| startTime | 304 ⓘ |
| successor |
Eastern Jin dynasty
ⓘ
Jin rule in Sichuan ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
modern Sichuan Province
ⓘ
parts of modern Chongqing ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Chinese characters ⓘ |
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: Cheng Han Description of subject: Cheng Han was a short-lived Chinese state of the Sixteen Kingdoms period, founded by the Di ethnic group in Sichuan after the decline of the Western Jin dynasty.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.