Zheng family
E950980
Chinese family
Chinese merchant
maritime clan
maritime kingdom
maritime warlord
military leader
naval commander
ruler
The Zheng family was a powerful Chinese maritime clan that established and led the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan during the 17th century after resisting the Qing conquest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zheng family canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11867561 — 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: Zheng family Context triple: [Kingdom of Tungning, rulingClan, Zheng family]
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A.
Liu family
The Liu family was the imperial clan of the Han dynasty in China, from which emperors such as Guangwu of Han descended.
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B.
Zhao clan
The Zhao clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages of ancient China that emerged as an independent state during the breakup of the Jin polity in the Warring States period.
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C.
Guo clan
The Guo clan was a powerful Chinese noble family that served as the ruling house of the Later Zhou dynasty during the Five Dynasties period.
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D.
Ye Ting family
The Ye Ting family is a prominent Chinese family best known for its association with the revolutionary military leader Ye Ting and his descendants.
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E.
Lin family
The Lin family is a Chinese lineage or clan to which Lin Gie-Ming belongs.
- 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: Zheng family Target entity description: The Zheng family was a powerful Chinese maritime clan that established and led the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan during the 17th century after resisting the Qing conquest.
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A.
Liu family
The Liu family was the imperial clan of the Han dynasty in China, from which emperors such as Guangwu of Han descended.
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B.
Zhao clan
The Zhao clan was one of the powerful aristocratic lineages of ancient China that emerged as an independent state during the breakup of the Jin polity in the Warring States period.
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C.
Guo clan
The Guo clan was a powerful Chinese noble family that served as the ruling house of the Later Zhou dynasty during the Five Dynasties period.
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D.
Ye Ting family
The Ye Ting family is a prominent Chinese family best known for its association with the revolutionary military leader Ye Ting and his descendants.
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E.
Lin family
The Lin family is a Chinese lineage or clan to which Lin Gie-Ming belongs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese family
ⓘ
Chinese merchant ⓘ maritime clan ⓘ maritime kingdom ⓘ maritime warlord ⓘ military leader ⓘ naval commander ⓘ ruler ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| activePeriod | 17th century ⓘ |
| allegiance | Southern Ming ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kingdom of Formosa
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of Tungning
Koxinga ⓘ
linked to:
Zeng Chenggong
|
| associatedWith |
Ming dynasty
ⓘ
Southern Ming resistance ⓘ |
| baseOfOperations |
Fujian
ⓘ
Taiwan ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
|
| capital | Tainan ⓘ |
| child |
Zheng Chenggong
ⓘ
linked to:
Zheng Zhilong
|
| controlled |
Kingdom of Tungning
ⓘ
Taiwan Strait maritime trade ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
China
ⓘ
Ming China ⓘ
linked to:
Ming dynasty
|
| endTime | 1683 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| family |
Zheng family
ⓘ
Zheng family ⓘ Zheng family ⓘ Zheng family ⓘ |
| father |
Zheng Chenggong
ⓘ
linked to:
Zeng Chenggong
|
| founder |
Zheng Chenggong
ⓘ
linked to:
Zeng Chenggong
|
| foundingMember | Zheng Zhilong ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Taiwan
ⓘ
linked to:
Taiwan, Province of China
|
| notableFor |
establishing the Kingdom of Tungning
ⓘ
expelling the Dutch from Taiwan ⓘ founding the Kingdom of Tungning ⓘ naval power in East Asia ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Zheng Chenggong
ⓘ
linked to:
Zeng Chenggong
Zheng Jing ⓘ Zheng Keshuang ⓘ Zheng Zhilong ⓘ |
| occupation |
Ming official
ⓘ
pirate leader ⓘ |
| opposed |
Qing dynasty
ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
last ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning
ⓘ
ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Dutch Formosa
ⓘ
linked to:
Dutch Formosa period
|
| ruledBy | Zheng family ⓘ |
| startTime | 1662 ⓘ |
| successor | Qing rule in Taiwan ⓘ |
| surrenderedTo | Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| yearOfExpulsionOfDutchFromTaiwan | 1662 ⓘ |
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: Zheng family Description of subject: The Zheng family was a powerful Chinese maritime clan that established and led the Kingdom of Tungning in Taiwan during the 17th century after resisting the Qing conquest.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Zheng family
subject linked to:
Zheng family
subject linked to:
Zheng family
subject linked to:
Zheng family
subject linked to:
Zheng family