Xitang Zhizang
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Xitang Zhizang was a prominent Tang dynasty Chan (Zen) Buddhist master known for his role in the development and transmission of the Hongzhou school of Chan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Xitang Zhizang canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11673394 — 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: Xitang Zhizang Context triple: [Hongzhou school, associatedWith, Xitang Zhizang]
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A.
Qixia
Qixia is a county-level city in eastern China’s Shandong province, known for its apple production and scenic hilly landscapes.
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B.
Zijincheng
Zijincheng is the Chinese name for the Forbidden City, the vast imperial palace complex in central Beijing that served as the home of emperors and the political heart of China for nearly five centuries.
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C.
Hanshan Temple
Hanshan Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Suzhou, China, renowned for its ancient bell, classical Chinese architecture, and prominence in traditional poetry.
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D.
Xiyue Temple
Xiyue Temple is an ancient imperial sacrificial complex at the foot of Mount Hua in China, historically used for worshipping the mountain deity and Heaven.
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E.
Xitang
Xitang is an ancient water town in eastern China renowned for its well-preserved canals, stone bridges, and traditional architecture.
- 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: Xitang Zhizang Target entity description: Xitang Zhizang was a prominent Tang dynasty Chan (Zen) Buddhist master known for his role in the development and transmission of the Hongzhou school of Chan.
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A.
Qixia
Qixia is a county-level city in eastern China’s Shandong province, known for its apple production and scenic hilly landscapes.
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B.
Zijincheng
Zijincheng is the Chinese name for the Forbidden City, the vast imperial palace complex in central Beijing that served as the home of emperors and the political heart of China for nearly five centuries.
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C.
Hanshan Temple
Hanshan Temple is a historic Buddhist temple in Suzhou, China, renowned for its ancient bell, classical Chinese architecture, and prominence in traditional poetry.
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D.
Xiyue Temple
Xiyue Temple is an ancient imperial sacrificial complex at the foot of Mount Hua in China, historically used for worshipping the mountain deity and Heaven.
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E.
Xitang
Xitang is an ancient water town in eastern China renowned for its well-preserved canals, stone bridges, and traditional architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chan Buddhist master
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Chinese Buddhist monk ⓘ Tang dynasty person ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hongzhou school of Chan
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Tang dynasty Chan Buddhism ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| doctrine |
mind-only teaching
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non-duality ⓘ sudden enlightenment ⓘ |
| era | medieval Chinese Buddhism ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Buddhist doctrine
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meditation practice ⓘ |
| genre | Chan teaching ⓘ |
| hasRole |
Chan lineage holder
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Chan patriarch ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Mazu Daoyi ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| movement | Hongzhou school of Chan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of the Hongzhou school of Chan
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transmission of the Hongzhou school of Chan ⓘ |
| occupation |
Buddhist monk
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religious teacher ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline | Buddhist philosophy ⓘ |
| region | China ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder |
Mahāyāna Buddhism
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linked to:
Mahayana
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| schoolOfThought | Hongzhou school ⓘ |
| tradition |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ |
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: Xitang Zhizang Description of subject: Xitang Zhizang was a prominent Tang dynasty Chan (Zen) Buddhist master known for his role in the development and transmission of the Hongzhou school of Chan.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.