Qingyuan Xingsi
E940250
Qingyuan Xingsi was an influential early Chan (Zen) Buddhist master in China, regarded as a key successor in the lineage stemming from the Sixth Patriarch Huineng.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Qingyuan Xingsi canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672901 — 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: Qingyuan Xingsi Context triple: [Huineng, disciple, Qingyuan Xingsi]
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A.
Xingyuan
Xingyuan was the Chinese era name used during part of Emperor Dezong of Tang’s reign in the late eighth century.
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B.
Xingzhen
Xingzhen was the personal given name of Empress Dowager Cixi, the powerful de facto ruler of the late Qing dynasty in China.
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C.
Qianyuan
Qianyuan was a historical era name used during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Western Han dynasty in ancient China.
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D.
Qianyuan
Qianyuan was the reign era name used by Emperor Suzong during part of the Tang dynasty in China.
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E.
Huaxiang
Huaxiang is a subdistrict-level area within Beijing’s Fengtai District, known primarily as a residential and urban community zone.
- 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: Qingyuan Xingsi Target entity description: Qingyuan Xingsi was an influential early Chan (Zen) Buddhist master in China, regarded as a key successor in the lineage stemming from the Sixth Patriarch Huineng.
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A.
Xingyuan
Xingyuan was the Chinese era name used during part of Emperor Dezong of Tang’s reign in the late eighth century.
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B.
Xingzhen
Xingzhen was the personal given name of Empress Dowager Cixi, the powerful de facto ruler of the late Qing dynasty in China.
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C.
Qianyuan
Qianyuan was a historical era name used during the reign of Emperor Jing of the Western Han dynasty in ancient China.
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D.
Qianyuan
Qianyuan was the reign era name used by Emperor Suzong during part of the Tang dynasty in China.
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E.
Huaxiang
Huaxiang is a subdistrict-level area within Beijing’s Fengtai District, known primarily as a residential and urban community zone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chan Buddhist master
ⓘ
Chinese Buddhist monk ⓘ Zen master ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Buddha-nature
ⓘ
linked to:
Tathagatagarbha
non-duality ⓘ sudden enlightenment ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchool |
Caodong school (through later lineage)
ⓘ
linked to:
Caodong school
Sōtō Zen (through later lineage) ⓘ
linked to:
Sōtō Zen
|
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| discipleOf | Huineng ⓘ |
| era | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| floruit | 8th century ⓘ |
| historicalContext | development of distinct Chan lineages after Huineng ⓘ |
| honorificSuffix | Chan master ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Japanese Zen Buddhism ⓘ Korean Seon Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Korean Buddhism
|
| influencedBy |
Huineng
ⓘ
early Southern Chan teachings ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being an influential early Chan master
ⓘ
place in the early Chan patriarchal lineage ⓘ role in the transmission of Huineng’s teaching ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Chinese ⓘ |
| lineage | Huineng lineage ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Chan transmission records
ⓘ
Zen lineage charts ⓘ |
| movement | Southern School of Chan ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Shitou Xiqian ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
East Asian Mahāyāna
ⓘ
linked to:
East Asian Buddhism
|
| positionInLineage | key successor of the Sixth Patriarch Huineng ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity | southern China ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousDiscipline |
koan-like dialog
ⓘ
meditation ⓘ |
| religiousOrder |
Mahāyāna Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
|
| religiousTitle |
Chan master
ⓘ
Zen patriarch ⓘ |
| roleInLineage | ancestor of the Caodong/Sōtō line through Shitou Xiqian ⓘ |
| spiritualRole | patriarch in Chan lineage ⓘ |
| teacher | Huineng ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Shitou Xiqian ⓘ |
| tradition |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
|
| veneratedIn |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
|
How these facts were elicited
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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: Qingyuan Xingsi Description of subject: Qingyuan Xingsi was an influential early Chan (Zen) Buddhist master in China, regarded as a key successor in the lineage stemming from the Sixth Patriarch Huineng.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.