Xu Shouhui
E746408
14th-century Chinese person
Chinese rebel
founder of a dynasty
historical figure
rebel leader
rebel regime
short-lived dynasty
Xu Shouhui was a 14th-century Chinese rebel leader who founded the short-lived Tianwan dynasty during the late Yuan dynasty’s Red Turban uprisings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xu Shouhui canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8158828 — 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: Xu Shouhui Context triple: [Red Turban Rebellions, participant, Xu Shouhui]
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A.
Shi Yongxin
Shi Yongxin is a Chinese Buddhist monk known internationally as the modern abbot of the Shaolin Temple and a key figure in its commercialization and global promotion.
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B.
He Shuheng
He Shuheng was an early Chinese communist revolutionary and close associate of Mao Zedong who played a significant role in the founding and development of the Chinese Communist Party.
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C.
Huang Xingguo
Huang Xingguo is a Chinese politician who served as acting mayor and then mayor of Tianjin before being investigated and convicted on corruption charges.
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D.
Liu Wenhui
Liu Wenhui was a Chinese warlord and Kuomintang general who controlled parts of Sichuan during the Republican era.
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E.
Yuan Jinhua
Yuan Jinhua is a Chinese entrepreneur best known for establishing Sany Heavy Industry, one of China’s leading construction machinery manufacturers.
- 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: Xu Shouhui Target entity description: Xu Shouhui was a 14th-century Chinese rebel leader who founded the short-lived Tianwan dynasty during the late Yuan dynasty’s Red Turban uprisings.
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A.
Shi Yongxin
Shi Yongxin is a Chinese Buddhist monk known internationally as the modern abbot of the Shaolin Temple and a key figure in its commercialization and global promotion.
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B.
He Shuheng
He Shuheng was an early Chinese communist revolutionary and close associate of Mao Zedong who played a significant role in the founding and development of the Chinese Communist Party.
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C.
Huang Xingguo
Huang Xingguo is a Chinese politician who served as acting mayor and then mayor of Tianjin before being investigated and convicted on corruption charges.
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D.
Liu Wenhui
Liu Wenhui was a Chinese warlord and Kuomintang general who controlled parts of Sichuan during the Republican era.
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E.
Yuan Jinhua
Yuan Jinhua is a Chinese entrepreneur best known for establishing Sany Heavy Industry, one of China’s leading construction machinery manufacturers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
14th-century Chinese person
ⓘ
Chinese rebel ⓘ founder of a dynasty ⓘ historical figure ⓘ rebel leader ⓘ rebel regime ⓘ short-lived dynasty ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Hubei region
ⓘ
linked to:
Hubei Province
Jiangzhou region ⓘ
linked to:
Jiangzhou
|
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 14th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| diedIn | 14th century ⓘ |
| dynasticStatus | founder of a short-lived dynasty ⓘ |
| era |
late Yuan dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Yuan–Ming transition
|
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| existedDuring | late Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| founded | Tianwan dynasty ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Xu Shouhui ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | transition from Yuan to Ming ⓘ |
| killedBy | Chen Youliang ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the Tianwan dynasty
ⓘ
leading a major rebellion against the Yuan dynasty ⓘ participation in the Red Turban Rebellions ⓘ |
| movement | Red Turban Rebellions ⓘ |
| occupation |
rebel leader
ⓘ
self-proclaimed emperor ⓘ |
| opponent | Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| partOf |
Red Turban Rebellions
ⓘ
Red Turban Rebellions ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | usurper of Yuan authority ⓘ |
| reignOver | regions of the middle Yangtze River ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Maitreya Buddhist sect ⓘ
linked to:
Maitreya Buddhism
|
| successor | Chen Youliang ⓘ |
| title | Emperor of Tianwan ⓘ |
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: Xu Shouhui Description of subject: Xu Shouhui was a 14th-century Chinese rebel leader who founded the short-lived Tianwan dynasty during the late Yuan dynasty’s Red Turban uprisings.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Xu Shouhui