Hung-jen
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Hung-jen, also known as Hongren, was a prominent 7th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master traditionally regarded as the Fifth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hung-jen canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672840 — 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: Hung-jen Context triple: [Hongren, alternativeName, Hung-jen]
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A.
Kar-ying
Kar-ying is the given name of Law Kar-ying, a veteran Hong Kong actor and Cantonese opera performer known for his roles in film and television.
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B.
Hsiao-chang
Hsiao-chang is a member of the Chiang family, a prominent political dynasty in modern Chinese and Taiwanese history.
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C.
Chih-chung
Chih-chung is an alternative romanization of the Chinese given name Zhizhong, used in older or non–pinyin transcription systems.
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D.
Hsiao-wen
Hsiao-wen is the given name of Chiang Hsiao-wen, a member of the Chiang family associated with modern Chinese political history.
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E.
Chang Ya-juo
Chang Ya-juo was a Taiwanese woman known primarily as the partner of Chiang Ching-kuo and the mother of his son Chiang Hsiao-wen.
- 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: Hung-jen Target entity description: Hung-jen, also known as Hongren, was a prominent 7th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master traditionally regarded as the Fifth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism.
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A.
Kar-ying
Kar-ying is the given name of Law Kar-ying, a veteran Hong Kong actor and Cantonese opera performer known for his roles in film and television.
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B.
Hsiao-chang
Hsiao-chang is a member of the Chiang family, a prominent political dynasty in modern Chinese and Taiwanese history.
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C.
Chih-chung
Chih-chung is an alternative romanization of the Chinese given name Zhizhong, used in older or non–pinyin transcription systems.
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D.
Hsiao-wen
Hsiao-wen is the given name of Chiang Hsiao-wen, a member of the Chiang family associated with modern Chinese political history.
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E.
Chang Ya-juo
Chang Ya-juo was a Taiwanese woman known primarily as the partner of Chiang Ching-kuo and the mother of his son Chiang Hsiao-wen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
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Chan Buddhist master ⓘ Chinese person ⓘ Zen patriarch ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedText |
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
NERFINISHED
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Records of the Transmission of the Lamp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 601 ⓘ |
| birthName | Chou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryActive |
7th century
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8th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| deathDate | 674 ⓘ |
| disciple |
Farong
NERFINISHED
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Huineng NERFINISHED ⓘ Laoan NERFINISHED ⓘ Shenxiu NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhishen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Tang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Fifth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
NERFINISHED
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Fifth Patriarch of Zen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
emphasis on meditation practice
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influence on Northern and Southern Chan schools ⓘ transmitting the Chan lineage as Fifth Patriarch ⓘ |
| monasteryAssociatedWith |
Dongshan (East Mountain)
NERFINISHED
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East Mountain Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | East Mountain Teaching NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name |
Hongren
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hung-jen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameInChineseCharacters | 弘忍 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
contemplation of mind
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sudden enlightenment ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Huangmei
NERFINISHED
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Huangmei County, Hubei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Huangmei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Daoxin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Central China
NERFINISHED
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Hubei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| schoolOf |
Chan Buddhism
NERFINISHED
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Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
Huineng
NERFINISHED
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Shenxiu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Farong
NERFINISHED
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Huineng NERFINISHED ⓘ Laoan ⓘ Shenxiu NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhishen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tradition | East Asian Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Hung-jen Description of subject: Hung-jen, also known as Hongren, was a prominent 7th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master traditionally regarded as the Fifth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.