Ouyang Xun
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Ouyang Xun was a renowned early Tang dynasty Chinese calligrapher and scholar whose regular script style became a foundational model for later masters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ouyang Xun canonical | 4 |
| 歐陽詢 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10057564 — 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: Ouyang Xun Context triple: [Yan Zhenqing, influencedBy, Ouyang Xun]
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A.
Yan Zhenqing
Yan Zhenqing was a renowned Tang dynasty statesman, general, and one of China’s most celebrated calligraphers, famed for his vigorous and upright regular script.
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B.
Liu Gongquan
Liu Gongquan was a renowned Tang dynasty Chinese calligrapher celebrated for his upright, vigorous regular script that became a major model in later calligraphic tradition.
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C.
Wang Xianzhi
Wang Xianzhi was a late Tang dynasty rebel leader who, alongside Huang Chao, led a major uprising that severely weakened imperial authority.
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D.
He Zhizhang
He Zhizhang was a prominent Tang dynasty poet and official known for his refined literary style and contributions to classical Chinese poetry.
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E.
Zongmi
Zongmi was a prominent Tang dynasty Buddhist scholar-monk known for synthesizing Chan (Zen) and Huayan thought into a comprehensive doctrinal system.
- 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: Ouyang Xun Target entity description: Ouyang Xun was a renowned early Tang dynasty Chinese calligrapher and scholar whose regular script style became a foundational model for later masters.
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A.
Yan Zhenqing
Yan Zhenqing was a renowned Tang dynasty statesman, general, and one of China’s most celebrated calligraphers, famed for his vigorous and upright regular script.
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B.
Liu Gongquan
Liu Gongquan was a renowned Tang dynasty Chinese calligrapher celebrated for his upright, vigorous regular script that became a major model in later calligraphic tradition.
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C.
Wang Xianzhi
Wang Xianzhi was a late Tang dynasty rebel leader who, alongside Huang Chao, led a major uprising that severely weakened imperial authority.
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D.
He Zhizhang
He Zhizhang was a prominent Tang dynasty poet and official known for his refined literary style and contributions to classical Chinese poetry.
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E.
Zongmi
Zongmi was a prominent Tang dynasty Buddhist scholar-monk known for synthesizing Chan (Zen) and Huayan thought into a comprehensive doctrinal system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese calligrapher
ⓘ
Tang dynasty person ⓘ human ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| chineseName |
歐陽詢
ⓘ
linked to:
Ouyang Xun
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| courtesyName | 信本 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 557 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 641 ⓘ |
| describedAs | renowned early Tang dynasty Chinese calligrapher and scholar whose regular script style became a foundational model for later masters ⓘ |
| employer | Tang imperial court ⓘ |
| era |
early Tang dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Tang dynasty
|
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName |
歐陽
ⓘ
linked to:
歐陽修
|
| fieldOfWork |
calligraphy
ⓘ
classical Chinese literature ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre |
model calligraphy copies
ⓘ
stele inscriptions ⓘ |
| givenName | 詢 ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
East Asian calligraphy education
ⓘ
Japanese calligraphy ⓘ Korean calligraphy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Liu Gongquan
ⓘ
Yan Zhenqing ⓘ later Chinese calligraphers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
rigorous and structured calligraphic style
ⓘ
standardizing regular script models ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Chinese ⓘ |
| movement | early Tang calligraphy ⓘ |
| name | Ouyang Xun ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Huadu Temple Stele
ⓘ
linked to:
Huangfu Dan Stele
Huangfu Dan Stele ⓘ Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription ⓘ Mengjinsi Stele ⓘ |
| occupation |
calligrapher
ⓘ
official ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| partOf | the four great calligraphers of the early Tang ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Changsha region
ⓘ
linked to:
Changsha Prefecture
Hunan ⓘ
linked to:
Hunan Province
|
| positionHeld |
editor of official histories
ⓘ
imperial scholar ⓘ |
| relative |
Ouyang Tong
ⓘ
linked to:
Ouyang
|
| style | regular script ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Ouyang Tong
ⓘ
linked to:
Ouyang
|
| workLocation |
Chang’an
ⓘ
linked to:
Chang'an
|
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: Ouyang Xun Description of subject: Ouyang Xun was a renowned early Tang dynasty Chinese calligrapher and scholar whose regular script style became a foundational model for later masters.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ouyang Xun