Linji
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Linji is a seminal 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master whose teachings and style founded the influential Linji school of Zen Buddhism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linji canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672999 — 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: Linji Context triple: [Linji Yixuan, religiousName, Linji]
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A.
Hongan-ji
Hongan-ji is a major Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple complex in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historical significance, grand wooden architecture, and role as a center of Shin Buddhist practice.
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B.
Zixian
Zixian is the courtesy name of Xu Guangqi, a prominent late Ming dynasty Chinese scholar-official, scientist, and collaborator with Jesuit missionaries such as Matteo Ricci.
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C.
San Lin
San Lin is a notable individual associated with the Monarch organization.
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D.
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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E.
Linju
Linju is an ancient Chinese locality historically noted as the place where the famed general Guan Yu met his death.
- 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: Linji Target entity description: Linji is a seminal 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master whose teachings and style founded the influential Linji school of Zen Buddhism.
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A.
Hongan-ji
Hongan-ji is a major Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple complex in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its historical significance, grand wooden architecture, and role as a center of Shin Buddhist practice.
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B.
Zixian
Zixian is the courtesy name of Xu Guangqi, a prominent late Ming dynasty Chinese scholar-official, scientist, and collaborator with Jesuit missionaries such as Matteo Ricci.
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C.
San Lin
San Lin is a notable individual associated with the Monarch organization.
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D.
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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E.
Linju
Linju is an ancient Chinese locality historically noted as the place where the famed general Guan Yu met his death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
Chan master ⓘ Zen master ⓘ founder of a Buddhist school ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedTemple | Linji Monastery ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tang dynasty Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Tang dynasty Chan
|
| associatedWork |
Record of Linji
ⓘ
linked to:
The Record of Linji
|
| centuryActive | 9th century ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | China ⓘ |
| doctrine |
Buddha-nature is inherent in all beings
ⓘ
ordinary mind as the Way ⓘ |
| era | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| fullName | Linji Yixuan ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Chan patriarch ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Chan Buddhism
Japanese Zen Buddhism ⓘ Korean Seon Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Korean Buddhism
Vietnamese Thiền Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Thiền Buddhism
|
| knownFor |
abrupt and iconoclastic teaching style
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critique of attachment to scriptures and formal practice ⓘ emphasis on direct realization ⓘ founding the Linji school of Chan ⓘ use of shouting in teaching ⓘ use of striking in teaching ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| legacy |
namesake of the Rinzai school in Japan
ⓘ
one of the most influential Chan masters ⓘ |
| name | Linji ⓘ |
| nationality | Chinese ⓘ |
| nativeName |
臨済義玄
ⓘ
linked to:
Mugaku Sogen
|
| philosophicalOrientation | non-dualism ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Tang dynasty China
ⓘ
linked to:
Tang dynasty
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousRole | abbot ⓘ |
| schoolFounded |
Linji school
ⓘ
linked to:
Linji school of Chan
Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Rinzai
|
| teachingEmphasis |
freedom from reliance on external authorities
ⓘ
seeing one’s own nature ⓘ sudden enlightenment ⓘ |
| teachingMethod |
paradoxical dialogues
ⓘ
shouts (katsu) ⓘ strikes and blows ⓘ |
| tradition |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
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: Linji Description of subject: Linji is a seminal 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master whose teachings and style founded the influential Linji school of Zen Buddhism.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.