Chinese Sanlun school
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The Chinese Sanlun school was an early Chinese Buddhist tradition that developed and systematized Madhyamaka (Middle Way) philosophy, emphasizing the doctrine of emptiness and the refutation of all fixed views.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Asian Sanlun (Three Treatise) school | 2 |
| Chinese Sanlun school canonical | 1 |
| Chinese Sānlùn tradition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9566198 — 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: Chinese Sanlun school Context triple: [Nagarjuna, influenced, Chinese Sanlun school]
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Cheng school
The Cheng school is a renowned stylistic tradition in Peking opera, distinguished by its unique vocal techniques, performance style, and influential lineage of performers.
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Lu-Wang school
The Lu-Wang school is a major Neo-Confucian philosophical tradition that emphasizes the innate goodness and intuitive moral knowledge of the mind, associated especially with the thinkers Lu Jiuyuan and Wang Yangming.
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C.
Yin-Yang School
The Yin-Yang School was an ancient Chinese philosophical tradition that explained natural and social phenomena through the dynamic interplay of opposing yet complementary forces, especially yin and yang.
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Hongzhou school
The Hongzhou school was an influential Tang dynasty Chan Buddhist tradition known for its iconoclastic teaching style and emphasis on sudden enlightenment.
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E.
Korean Hwaeom school
The Korean Hwaeom school is a major tradition of Korean Buddhism that developed a distinctive interpretation of the Huayan (Avataṃsaka) philosophy of the interpenetration of all phenomena.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chinese Sanlun school Target entity description: The Chinese Sanlun school was an early Chinese Buddhist tradition that developed and systematized Madhyamaka (Middle Way) philosophy, emphasizing the doctrine of emptiness and the refutation of all fixed views.
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A.
Cheng school
The Cheng school is a renowned stylistic tradition in Peking opera, distinguished by its unique vocal techniques, performance style, and influential lineage of performers.
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B.
Lu-Wang school
The Lu-Wang school is a major Neo-Confucian philosophical tradition that emphasizes the innate goodness and intuitive moral knowledge of the mind, associated especially with the thinkers Lu Jiuyuan and Wang Yangming.
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C.
Yin-Yang School
The Yin-Yang School was an ancient Chinese philosophical tradition that explained natural and social phenomena through the dynamic interplay of opposing yet complementary forces, especially yin and yang.
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D.
Hongzhou school
The Hongzhou school was an influential Tang dynasty Chan Buddhist tradition known for its iconoclastic teaching style and emphasis on sudden enlightenment.
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E.
Korean Hwaeom school
The Korean Hwaeom school is a major tradition of Korean Buddhism that developed a distinctive interpretation of the Huayan (Avataṃsaka) philosophy of the interpenetration of all phenomena.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist school
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Chinese Buddhist tradition ⓘ Madhyamaka tradition ⓘ |
| aim | realization of non-conceptual wisdom ⓘ |
| associatedWith | translation activities of Kumārajīva ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Indian Madhyamaka
ⓘ
linked to:
Madhyamaka
Nāgārjuna’s philosophy ⓘ Āryadeva’s philosophy ⓘ |
| ChineseName | 三論宗 ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
emptiness of all dharmas
ⓘ
middle path between existence and non-existence ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| doctrineCharacteristic |
emphasis on non-attachment to doctrines
ⓘ
rejection of inherent existence ⓘ use of two truths to avoid nihilism and eternalism ⓘ |
| era |
Six Dynasties period
ⓘ
linked to:
Six Dynasties
|
| flourishedInCentury |
6th century
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7th century ⓘ |
| founder | Jizang ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | East Asia ⓘ |
| importantFigure |
Falang
ⓘ
Jizang ⓘ Kumārajīva ⓘ Senglang ⓘ
linked to:
Sengcan
|
| influenced |
East Asian Buddhist philosophy
ⓘ
linked to:
East Asian Buddhism
Japanese Sanron school ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Kumārajīva’s translations
ⓘ
Nāgārjuna ⓘ
linked to:
Nagarjuna
Āryadeva ⓘ |
| laterStatus | declined as an independent school in China ⓘ |
| legacy | integrated into Tiantai and other Chinese schools ⓘ |
| mainDoctrine |
Middle Way (Madhyamaka)
ⓘ
linked to:
Madhyamaka
emptiness (śūnyatā) ⓘ refutation of all fixed views ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Three Treatises ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
dependent origination
ⓘ
two truths doctrine ⓘ |
| philosophicalMethod | deconstruction of conceptual proliferations (prapañca) ⓘ |
| region | Jiankang area ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| schoolType |
Mahāyāna
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
|
| scripturalLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| teachingMethod |
dialectical refutation
ⓘ
reduction of views to absurdity (prasaṅga) ⓘ |
| textualCorpusName | Sanlun (Three Treatises) ⓘ |
| usesText |
Dvādaśanikāya-śāstra (Twelve Gate Treatise)
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linked to:
Dvādaśanikāya-śāstra
Mūlamadhyamakakārikā ⓘ Śata-śāstra (Hundred Treatise) ⓘ
linked to:
Śata-śāstra
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