Damei Fachang
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Damei Fachang was a prominent Tang dynasty Chan (Zen) Buddhist master known as an influential figure of the Hongzhou school.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Damei Fachang canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11673395 — 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: Damei Fachang Context triple: [Hongzhou school, associatedWith, Damei Fachang]
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A.
Zhen Ji
Zhen Ji was a renowned noblewoman of the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms period, celebrated for her beauty and tragic life as a consort within the Cao Wei court.
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B.
Ji Fa
Ji Fa, better known as King Wu of Zhou, was the founding monarch of China’s Zhou dynasty who overthrew the Shang dynasty and established a new royal order.
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C.
Shuo Fu
Shuo Fu is a chapter of the Daoist classic Liezi, traditionally attributed to the philosopher Lie Yukou and known for its collection of philosophical anecdotes and parables.
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D.
Zao Jun
Zao Jun is a household deity in Chinese folk religion and Taoism who oversees the moral conduct of families and reports to the Jade Emperor, especially around the Lunar New Year.
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E.
Changli Xiansheng
Changli Xiansheng is the literary pseudonym of Han Yu, a prominent Tang dynasty writer and Confucian scholar known for his influential prose and advocacy of classical literary styles.
- 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: Damei Fachang Target entity description: Damei Fachang was a prominent Tang dynasty Chan (Zen) Buddhist master known as an influential figure of the Hongzhou school.
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A.
Zhen Ji
Zhen Ji was a renowned noblewoman of the late Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms period, celebrated for her beauty and tragic life as a consort within the Cao Wei court.
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B.
Ji Fa
Ji Fa, better known as King Wu of Zhou, was the founding monarch of China’s Zhou dynasty who overthrew the Shang dynasty and established a new royal order.
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C.
Shuo Fu
Shuo Fu is a chapter of the Daoist classic Liezi, traditionally attributed to the philosopher Lie Yukou and known for its collection of philosophical anecdotes and parables.
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D.
Zao Jun
Zao Jun is a household deity in Chinese folk religion and Taoism who oversees the moral conduct of families and reports to the Jade Emperor, especially around the Lunar New Year.
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E.
Changli Xiansheng
Changli Xiansheng is the literary pseudonym of Han Yu, a prominent Tang dynasty writer and Confucian scholar known for his influential prose and advocacy of classical literary styles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chan Buddhist master
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Chinese Buddhist monk ⓘ Tang dynasty person ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| era | medieval Chinese Buddhism ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| floruit |
8th century
ⓘ
9th century ⓘ |
| genre | Chan teaching ⓘ |
| influenced | later Chan Buddhist tradition ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hongzhou school teachings
ⓘ
linked to:
Hongzhou school
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| languageOfExpression | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| memberOf | Hongzhou school ⓘ |
| movement | Hongzhou school of Chan ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a prominent master of the Hongzhou school
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influence on Tang dynasty Chan Buddhism ⓘ |
| occupation |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
religious teacher ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Chan
ⓘ
Zen ⓘ |
| region | China ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder |
Mahayana Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
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| timePeriod | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| 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: Damei Fachang Description of subject: Damei Fachang was a prominent Tang dynasty Chan (Zen) Buddhist master known as an influential figure of the Hongzhou school.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.