Yuan Dao
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Yuan Dao is a famous prose essay by the Tang dynasty writer Han Yu that expounds his Confucian philosophical views and critiques prevailing religious and intellectual trends of his time.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yuan Dao canonical | 1 |
| Yuan Dao (The Origin of the Way) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9083209 — 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: Yuan Dao Context triple: [Han Yu, notableWork, Yuan Dao]
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A.
Tien Quan Ca
Tien Quan Ca is a Vietnamese patriotic song composed by Văn Cao that later became the national anthem of Vietnam.
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B.
Xiadu
Xiadu was an ancient Chinese city that served as a major political and cultural center of the Warring States–period Yan kingdom.
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C.
Meidi Dadao
Meidi Dadao is a metro station in Guangzhou, China, serving as a terminus on Guangzhou Metro Line 7.
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D.
Yingtian
Yingtian was an important early Ming dynasty capital city, historically centered around present-day Nanjing in China.
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E.
Yuanfu
Yuanfu was the courtesy name of Lin Zexu, the prominent Qing dynasty official known for his role in suppressing the opium trade and helping trigger the First Opium War.
- 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: Yuan Dao Target entity description: Yuan Dao is a famous prose essay by the Tang dynasty writer Han Yu that expounds his Confucian philosophical views and critiques prevailing religious and intellectual trends of his time.
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A.
Tien Quan Ca
Tien Quan Ca is a Vietnamese patriotic song composed by Văn Cao that later became the national anthem of Vietnam.
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B.
Xiadu
Xiadu was an ancient Chinese city that served as a major political and cultural center of the Warring States–period Yan kingdom.
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C.
Meidi Dadao
Meidi Dadao is a metro station in Guangzhou, China, serving as a terminus on Guangzhou Metro Line 7.
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D.
Yingtian
Yingtian was an important early Ming dynasty capital city, historically centered around present-day Nanjing in China.
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E.
Yuanfu
Yuanfu was the courtesy name of Lin Zexu, the prominent Qing dynasty official known for his role in suppressing the opium trade and helping trigger the First Opium War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese literary work
ⓘ
Confucian philosophical text ⓘ prose essay ⓘ |
| aimsTo | reassert Confucianism as the correct Way ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
Classical Prose Movement
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Prose Movement
|
| author | Han Yu ⓘ |
| circulation | transmitted in later Confucian canons and anthologies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Daoism ⓘ
linked to:
Taoism
prevailing intellectual trends of Tang dynasty ⓘ prevailing religious trends of Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important text in history of Confucian revival
ⓘ
representative work of Han Yu’s thought ⓘ |
| dynasty | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| genre |
Confucian essay
ⓘ
philosophical essay ⓘ |
| hasForm | argumentative essay ⓘ |
| historicalContext | reaction against dominance of Buddhism and Daoism in Tang intellectual life ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Han Yu’s prose ⓘ |
| influenced |
Song dynasty Confucian scholars
ⓘ
later Neo-Confucian thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Confucius
ⓘ
linked to:
Confucius (as the Great Accomplished Sage)
Mencius ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
educated elite of Tang dynasty
ⓘ
scholar-officials ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Confucianism
ⓘ
Dao (the Way) ⓘ
linked to:
Tao
orthodox teaching ⓘ |
| periodWritten |
Middle Tang period
ⓘ
linked to:
Tang dynasty
|
| philosophicalTheme |
critique of heterodox teachings
ⓘ
definition of the true Way (Dao) ⓘ role of sages in transmitting the Way ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Confucian tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Confucianism
|
| relatedWorkByAuthor | Yuan Dao (原道) is thematically related to Han Yu’s other anti-Buddhist writings ⓘ |
| supports |
moral cultivation
ⓘ
revival of Confucian orthodoxy ⓘ social and political order based on Confucian values ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | late 8th to early 9th century (Tang dynasty) ⓘ |
| titleInChinese |
原道
ⓘ
linked to:
School of the Dao
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yuan Dao Description of subject: Yuan Dao is a famous prose essay by the Tang dynasty writer Han Yu that expounds his Confucian philosophical views and critiques prevailing religious and intellectual trends of his time.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Huainanzi (ancient Chinese text named after Huainan kingdom)
linked to: Yuan Dao