Yongle Southern Canon
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The Yongle Southern Canon is an early Ming dynasty woodblock-printed edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon, commissioned under the Yongle Emperor and notable for its historical and textual significance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yongle Southern Canon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11826318 — 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: Yongle Southern Canon Context triple: [Chinese Buddhist Canon, majorEdition, Yongle Southern Canon]
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A.
Lishan Didan
Lishan Didan is a Jewish Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken by Kurdish and Azerbaijani Jews from the regions of northwestern Iran and eastern Turkey.
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B.
Ling Long Pagoda
Ling Long Pagoda is a distinctive multi-story broadcasting and observation tower in Beijing’s Olympic Green, known for its modern lattice design and role during the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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C.
Wenchang Tower
Wenchang Tower is a historic pavilion within Beijing’s Summer Palace complex, known for its traditional Chinese architectural style and scenic lakeside setting.
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D.
Juguang Tower
Juguang Tower is a prominent historical landmark and scenic lookout in Jincheng Township on Taiwan’s Kinmen Islands, commemorating military history and offering views over the surrounding area.
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E.
Dacheng Hall
Dacheng Hall is the grand main hall of the Temple of Confucius in Qufu, renowned as a central site for Confucian worship and ceremonial rites.
- 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: Yongle Southern Canon Target entity description: The Yongle Southern Canon is an early Ming dynasty woodblock-printed edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon, commissioned under the Yongle Emperor and notable for its historical and textual significance.
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A.
Lishan Didan
Lishan Didan is a Jewish Neo-Aramaic language traditionally spoken by Kurdish and Azerbaijani Jews from the regions of northwestern Iran and eastern Turkey.
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B.
Ling Long Pagoda
Ling Long Pagoda is a distinctive multi-story broadcasting and observation tower in Beijing’s Olympic Green, known for its modern lattice design and role during the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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C.
Wenchang Tower
Wenchang Tower is a historic pavilion within Beijing’s Summer Palace complex, known for its traditional Chinese architectural style and scenic lakeside setting.
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D.
Juguang Tower
Juguang Tower is a prominent historical landmark and scenic lookout in Jincheng Township on Taiwan’s Kinmen Islands, commemorating military history and offering views over the surrounding area.
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E.
Dacheng Hall
Dacheng Hall is the grand main hall of the Temple of Confucius in Qufu, renowned as a central site for Confucian worship and ceremonial rites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese Buddhist canon edition
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Ming dynasty Buddhist canon ⓘ woodblock-printed canon ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Yongle Emperor’s cultural policies
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imperial Buddhist projects of the Yongle reign ⓘ |
| circulation |
imperial monasteries
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major Buddhist temples in Ming China ⓘ |
| classification | Tripitaka (three baskets) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Yongle Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
abhidharma texts
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commentarial literature ⓘ sutras ⓘ vinaya texts ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
evidence of state support for Buddhism in early Ming
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example of Ming woodblock printing craftsmanship ⓘ |
| dynasty | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Yuan dynasty Buddhist canon traditions ⓘ |
| genre | Buddhist scripture collection ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | textual transmission of Chinese Buddhist canon ⓘ |
| hasPart | Tripitaka sections ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early Ming period ⓘ |
| influenced | later Ming Buddhist canon editions ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| material | paper ⓘ |
| mediaType | printed book ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early Ming woodblock printing quality
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historical significance ⓘ textual significance ⓘ |
| patron | Ming imperial court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| printingTechnique | woodblock printing ⓘ |
| productionMethod | carved wooden printing blocks ⓘ |
| purpose |
imperial sponsorship of Buddhism
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standardization of Buddhist scriptures ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Chinese Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| subject |
Buddhist cosmology
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Buddhist doctrine ⓘ Buddhist philosophy ⓘ monastic discipline ⓘ |
| textualForm | Chinese translation of Indian and Central Asian Buddhist texts ⓘ |
| typeOfWork | religious text collection ⓘ |
| usedFor |
religious reading and recitation
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scholarly study of Ming Buddhist textual history ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yongle Southern Canon Description of subject: The Yongle Southern Canon is an early Ming dynasty woodblock-printed edition of the Chinese Buddhist canon, commissioned under the Yongle Emperor and notable for its historical and textual significance.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.