Sekitō Kisen
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Sekitō Kisen was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chán (Zen) Buddhist master, regarded as a key figure in the early development of the Caodong/Sōtō Zen tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sekitō Kisen canonical | 2 |
| Sekito Kisen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672929 — 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: Sekitō Kisen Context triple: [Shitou Xiqian, name, Sekitō Kisen]
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A.
Tanaka Koki
Tanaka Koki is a Japanese entertainer best known as a former member of the popular boy band KAT-TUN.
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B.
Kentarō
Kentarō is a Japanese given name commonly used for males, often associated with traditional or strong-sounding name combinations.
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C.
Yokoi Shōnan
Yokoi Shōnan was a late Edo and early Meiji-era Japanese political thinker and reformist samurai known for advocating Western-style modernization and national strengthening.
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D.
Muneyoshi
Muneyoshi is the given name of Yanagi Sōetsu, the influential Japanese philosopher and founder of the mingei (folk craft) movement.
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E.
Koji Sato
Koji Sato is a Japanese automotive executive who serves as the president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation.
- 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: Sekitō Kisen Target entity description: Sekitō Kisen was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chán (Zen) Buddhist master, regarded as a key figure in the early development of the Caodong/Sōtō Zen tradition.
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A.
Tanaka Koki
Tanaka Koki is a Japanese entertainer best known as a former member of the popular boy band KAT-TUN.
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B.
Kentarō
Kentarō is a Japanese given name commonly used for males, often associated with traditional or strong-sounding name combinations.
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C.
Yokoi Shōnan
Yokoi Shōnan was a late Edo and early Meiji-era Japanese political thinker and reformist samurai known for advocating Western-style modernization and national strengthening.
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D.
Muneyoshi
Muneyoshi is the given name of Yanagi Sōetsu, the influential Japanese philosopher and founder of the mingei (folk craft) movement.
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E.
Koji Sato
Koji Sato is a Japanese automotive executive who serves as the president and CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist patriarch
ⓘ
Chan Buddhist monk ⓘ Zen master ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Caodong school
ⓘ
Sōtō school ⓘ
linked to:
Sōtō Zen
|
| centuryOfActivity | 8th century ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | China ⓘ |
| doctrinalEmphasis |
harmony of difference and sameness
ⓘ
integration of practice and realization ⓘ |
| era | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| influenced |
Caodong school of Chan
ⓘ
linked to:
Caodong school
Sōtō Zen tradition in Japan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influence on Caodong/Sōtō Zen doctrine
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role in early development of Caodong/Sōtō Zen tradition ⓘ |
| languageOfTeaching | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| notableWork | Sandōkai (traditional attribution; historically uncertain) ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
meditation practice (zazen)
ⓘ
non-duality of absolute and relative ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Tang dynasty China
ⓘ
linked to:
Tang dynasty
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| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder |
Mahāyāna Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
|
| roleInTradition |
early figure in Caodong Zen
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precursor of Sōtō Zen ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Shitou Xiqian (traditional identification; historically uncertain)
ⓘ
linked to:
Shitou Xiqian
Yaoshan Weiyan ⓘ |
| tradition |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Sōtō Zen lineage ⓘ |
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: Sekitō Kisen Description of subject: Sekitō Kisen was an influential 8th-century Chinese Chán (Zen) Buddhist master, regarded as a key figure in the early development of the Caodong/Sōtō Zen tradition.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.