Li Bing
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Li Bing was an ancient Chinese engineer and official of the Qin state renowned for creating the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, one of the world’s oldest and most influential water-management projects.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Li Bing canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8903352 — 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: Li Bing Context triple: [Dujiangyan Irrigation System, designedBy, Li Bing]
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A.
Han Shui
Han Shui is the Chinese name for the Han River in Hubei, a major tributary of the Yangtze River and an important waterway in central China.
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B.
Ma Sichun
Ma Sichun is a Chinese actress known for her acclaimed film and television roles, including winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress.
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C.
Ma Liang
Ma Liang was a historical figure from the Three Kingdoms period of China, known primarily as the younger brother of the Shu strategist Ma Su and for his own service under Liu Bei.
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D.
Pan Yunduan
Pan Yunduan was a Ming dynasty official best known for commissioning and building Shanghai’s famous Yu Garden as a private retreat for his family.
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E.
Tudigong
Tudigong is a widely venerated Chinese earth god and local tutelary deity associated with protecting land, villages, and community welfare.
- 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: Li Bing Target entity description: Li Bing was an ancient Chinese engineer and official of the Qin state renowned for creating the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, one of the world’s oldest and most influential water-management projects.
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A.
Han Shui
Han Shui is the Chinese name for the Han River in Hubei, a major tributary of the Yangtze River and an important waterway in central China.
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B.
Ma Sichun
Ma Sichun is a Chinese actress known for her acclaimed film and television roles, including winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress.
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C.
Ma Liang
Ma Liang was a historical figure from the Three Kingdoms period of China, known primarily as the younger brother of the Shu strategist Ma Su and for his own service under Liu Bei.
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D.
Pan Yunduan
Pan Yunduan was a Ming dynasty official best known for commissioning and building Shanghai’s famous Yu Garden as a private retreat for his family.
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E.
Tudigong
Tudigong is a widely venerated Chinese earth god and local tutelary deity associated with protecting land, villages, and community welfare.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Qin dynasty official
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ancient Chinese engineer ⓘ hydraulic engineer ⓘ water management pioneer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Dujiangyan City
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Erwang Temple ⓘ |
| child | Li Erlang ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
local festivals in Dujiangyan area
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statues at Dujiangyan ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Qin state
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linked to:
state of Qin
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| describedIn |
Records of the Grand Historian
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local Sichuan gazetteers ⓘ |
| employer | State of Qin ⓘ |
| era | Warring States period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
flood control
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hydraulic engineering ⓘ irrigation ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | large-scale civil engineering project ⓘ |
| hasPartInWork |
Bottle-Neck Channel (Baopingkou) at Dujiangyan
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linked to:
Baopingkou (Bottle-Neck) channel
Fish Mouth Levee (Yuzui) at Dujiangyan ⓘ
linked to:
Yuzui (Fish Mouth) levee
Flying Sand Weir (Feisha Yan) at Dujiangyan ⓘ
linked to:
Dujiangyan Irrigation System
|
| heritageDesignationOfWork |
Dujiangyan Irrigation System UNESCO World Heritage Site
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linked to:
Dujiangyan Irrigation System
|
| impact |
expanded irrigated farmland in Sichuan
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reduced flooding along the Min River ⓘ |
| influenced |
agricultural development of the Chengdu Plain
ⓘ
later Chinese hydraulic engineering ⓘ |
| knownFor | Dujiangyan Irrigation System ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| legacy |
Dujiangyan continues to function over two millennia after construction
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linked to:
Dujiangyan Irrigation System
venerated as a water-control deity in local folk religion ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
designing a dam-free flood control system
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diverting Min River for irrigation without building a dam ⓘ improving agricultural productivity in the Chengdu Plain ⓘ |
| notableWork | Dujiangyan Irrigation System ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
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government official ⓘ |
| partOf | Qin state expansion into Sichuan ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Chengdu Plain
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present-day Sichuan Province ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Governor of Shu commandery ⓘ |
| religiousCult | worship at Erwang Temple in Dujiangyan ⓘ |
| usedNaturalFeature | Min River flow and topography for gravity-fed irrigation ⓘ |
| usedTechnique |
channel cutting through Mount Yulei
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levee-based river diversion ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Dujiangyan
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linked to:
Dujiangyan Scenic Area
Min River ⓘ Shu commandery ⓘ
linked to:
Shu Commandery
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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
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Input
Subject: Li Bing Description of subject: Li Bing was an ancient Chinese engineer and official of the Qin state renowned for creating the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, one of the world’s oldest and most influential water-management projects.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.