Yaoshan Weiyan
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Yaoshan Weiyan was a prominent Tang dynasty Chan (Zen) Buddhist master known for transmitting and developing the teachings of his teacher Shitou Xiqian.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yaoshan Weiyan canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672941 — 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: Yaoshan Weiyan Context triple: [Shitou Xiqian, student, Yaoshan Weiyan]
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A.
Weiwuying
Weiwuying is a major performing arts center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, renowned for its striking contemporary architecture and large-scale cultural facilities.
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B.
Yangsheng
Yangsheng is a traditional Chinese practice focused on nurturing life and cultivating health and longevity through balanced living, diet, exercise, and spiritual refinement.
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C.
Wuyi Yue
Wuyi Yue is a regional variety of Yue Chinese spoken in parts of China’s Guangdong province.
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D.
Yansong
Yansong is the given name of Ma Yansong, a prominent Chinese architect known for his futuristic and organic building designs.
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E.
Yingchao
Yingchao is the given name of Deng Yingchao, a prominent Chinese revolutionary leader and influential politician in the 20th century.
- 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: Yaoshan Weiyan Target entity description: Yaoshan Weiyan was a prominent Tang dynasty Chan (Zen) Buddhist master known for transmitting and developing the teachings of his teacher Shitou Xiqian.
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A.
Weiwuying
Weiwuying is a major performing arts center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, renowned for its striking contemporary architecture and large-scale cultural facilities.
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B.
Yangsheng
Yangsheng is a traditional Chinese practice focused on nurturing life and cultivating health and longevity through balanced living, diet, exercise, and spiritual refinement.
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C.
Wuyi Yue
Wuyi Yue is a regional variety of Yue Chinese spoken in parts of China’s Guangdong province.
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D.
Yansong
Yansong is the given name of Ma Yansong, a prominent Chinese architect known for his futuristic and organic building designs.
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E.
Yingchao
Yingchao is the given name of Deng Yingchao, a prominent Chinese revolutionary leader and influential politician in the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chan Buddhist master
ⓘ
Tang dynasty person ⓘ Zen patriarch ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
mind-nature
ⓘ
suchness ⓘ sudden enlightenment ⓘ |
| associatedPractice | seated meditation ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchool |
Caodong school
ⓘ
Sōtō Zen ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| developedTeachingsOf | Shitou Xiqian ⓘ |
| dynasty | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| era |
8th century
ⓘ
9th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese Zen
ⓘ
linked to:
Zen Buddhism in Japan
Song dynasty Chan ⓘ
linked to:
Song-dynasty Chan
later Chan masters ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing the teachings of Shitou Xiqian
ⓘ
influence on later Caodong and Sōtō traditions ⓘ transmitting the teachings of Shitou Xiqian ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
direct realization
ⓘ
meditation practice ⓘ non-duality ⓘ |
| region | southern China ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| role |
Chan teacher
ⓘ
meditation master ⓘ |
| studentOf | Shitou Xiqian ⓘ |
| teacher | Shitou Xiqian ⓘ |
| tradition |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
|
| transmittedTeachingsOf | Shitou Xiqian ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | Chan patriarch ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Chinese Chan
ⓘ
Japanese Zen ⓘ |
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: Yaoshan Weiyan Description of subject: Yaoshan Weiyan was a prominent Tang dynasty Chan (Zen) Buddhist master known for transmitting and developing the teachings of his teacher Shitou Xiqian.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.