行基
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行基 was a prominent Japanese Buddhist monk of the Nara period known for his extensive public works and for helping popularize Buddhism among common people.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11270426 — 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: 行基 Context triple: [Gyōki, nativeName, 行基]
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A.
智忠
智忠 is a Chinese given name composed of the characters for "wisdom" (智) and "loyalty" (忠), commonly used for males.
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B.
Zhaozhou Congshen
Zhaozhou Congshen was a renowned Tang dynasty Chan (Zen) master celebrated for his subtle teaching style and influential kōans, such as the famous "Mu" (No) response.
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C.
Shenxiu
Shenxiu was a prominent early Chan (Zen) Buddhist monk of the 7th century, known as a leading figure of the so-called Northern School and a key rival to Huineng in later Chan tradition.
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D.
季高
季高 is the courtesy name of Zuo Zongtang, a prominent Qing dynasty statesman and military leader known for his role in suppressing rebellions and promoting modernization in China.
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E.
Dahui Zonggao
Dahui Zonggao was a prominent 12th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the Linji school, best known for popularizing the practice of kanhua meditation focused on critical phrases (hua tou) from koans.
- 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: 行基 Target entity description: 行基 was a prominent Japanese Buddhist monk of the Nara period known for his extensive public works and for helping popularize Buddhism among common people.
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A.
智忠
智忠 is a Chinese given name composed of the characters for "wisdom" (智) and "loyalty" (忠), commonly used for males.
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B.
Zhaozhou Congshen
Zhaozhou Congshen was a renowned Tang dynasty Chan (Zen) master celebrated for his subtle teaching style and influential kōans, such as the famous "Mu" (No) response.
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C.
Shenxiu
Shenxiu was a prominent early Chan (Zen) Buddhist monk of the 7th century, known as a leading figure of the so-called Northern School and a key rival to Huineng in later Chan tradition.
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D.
季高
季高 is the courtesy name of Zuo Zongtang, a prominent Qing dynasty statesman and military leader known for his role in suppressing rebellions and promoting modernization in China.
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E.
Dahui Zonggao
Dahui Zonggao was a prominent 12th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the Linji school, best known for popularizing the practice of kanhua meditation focused on critical phrases (hua tou) from koans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese Buddhist monk
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historical figure ⓘ religious leader ⓘ |
| activity |
mobilized labor for infrastructure projects
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organized lay followers into confraternities ⓘ preached Buddhism outside state-controlled temples ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
行基菩薩
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linked to:
行基
|
| appointedBy | Emperor Shōmu ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion | Kansai region ⓘ |
| associatedWithTemple | Tōdai-ji ⓘ |
| birthYear | 668 ⓘ |
| centuryOfBirth | 7th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 8th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| deathYear | 749 ⓘ |
| era | Nara period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Japanese ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of socially engaged Buddhism in Japan
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spread of Buddhism among Japanese commoners ⓘ |
| knownFor |
charitable activities for the poor
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organizing large-scale public works projects ⓘ popularizing Buddhism among common people in Japan ⓘ supporting the construction of Tōdai-ji ⓘ supporting the construction of the Great Buddha of Nara ⓘ |
| legacy |
regarded as a model of Buddhist social service
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remembered as a pioneer of public welfare in Japan ⓘ |
| nameInRomaji | Gyōki ⓘ |
| nativeName | 行基 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
construction of bridges
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construction of irrigation facilities ⓘ construction of ponds and reservoirs ⓘ construction of roads ⓘ |
| occupation |
Buddhist monk
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engineer of public works ⓘ social activist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kawachi Province
NERFINISHED
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area of present-day Osaka Prefecture ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Japan ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousSchool | Hossō school ⓘ |
| title |
Daisōjō
ⓘ
Great Priest ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | bodhisattva-like figure in later tradition ⓘ |
| yearOfHighPriestAppointment | 745 ⓘ |
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: 行基 Description of subject: 行基 was a prominent Japanese Buddhist monk of the Nara period known for his extensive public works and for helping popularize Buddhism among common people.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.