Liangjie
E940271
Liangjie is the given name of Dongshan Liangjie, a prominent 9th-century Chan (Zen) Buddhist master associated with the Caodong/Sōtō school in China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Liangjie canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11673073 — 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: Liangjie Context triple: [Dongshan Liangjie, givenName, Liangjie]
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A.
Liang
Liang is a common Chinese surname borne by numerous historical figures, scholars, and public personalities across the Chinese-speaking world.
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B.
Jie
Jie is the given name of Ke Jie, a prominent Chinese professional Go player and former world champion.
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C.
Jianzhong
Jianzhong was a brief imperial era name used during the reign of Emperor Dezong in the Tang dynasty, marking a specific period in his rule.
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D.
Wenzhong
Wenzhong is the posthumous honorific title granted to the eminent Song dynasty scholar-official, historian, and poet Ouyang Xiu.
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E.
Zhenyuan
Zhenyuan was a late 19th-century Chinese ironclad battleship of the Beiyang Fleet that played a prominent role in the First Sino-Japanese War.
- 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: Liangjie Target entity description: Liangjie is the given name of Dongshan Liangjie, a prominent 9th-century Chan (Zen) Buddhist master associated with the Caodong/Sōtō school in China.
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A.
Liang
Liang is a common Chinese surname borne by numerous historical figures, scholars, and public personalities across the Chinese-speaking world.
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B.
Jie
Jie is the given name of Ke Jie, a prominent Chinese professional Go player and former world champion.
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C.
Jianzhong
Jianzhong was a brief imperial era name used during the reign of Emperor Dezong in the Tang dynasty, marking a specific period in his rule.
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D.
Wenzhong
Wenzhong is the posthumous honorific title granted to the eminent Song dynasty scholar-official, historian, and poet Ouyang Xiu.
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E.
Zhenyuan
Zhenyuan was a late 19th-century Chinese ironclad battleship of the Beiyang Fleet that played a prominent role in the First Sino-Japanese War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
Chan Buddhist master ⓘ Chinese given name ⓘ Zen master ⓘ |
| associatedSchool |
Caodong school
ⓘ
Sōtō school ⓘ
linked to:
Sōtō Zen
|
| centuryOfActivity | 9th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| era | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| familyName |
Dongshan
ⓘ
linked to:
Dongshan Liangjie
|
| givenName | Liangjie ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | Chan master ⓘ |
| influenced | Sōtō Zen in Japan ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| movement | Tang dynasty Chan Buddhism ⓘ |
| notableConcept | Five Ranks teaching ⓘ |
| notableFor | founding the Caodong school of Chan Buddhism ⓘ |
| occupation |
religious teacher
ⓘ
spiritual leader ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | China ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousSchool |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
|
| role | founder of the Caodong school ⓘ |
| tradition |
Mahāyāna Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
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| typeOfName | Chinese personal name ⓘ |
| usedBy | Dongshan Liangjie ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
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: Liangjie Description of subject: Liangjie is the given name of Dongshan Liangjie, a prominent 9th-century Chan (Zen) Buddhist master associated with the Caodong/Sōtō school in China.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.