House of Zhu
E1022379
The House of Zhu was the imperial family that founded and ruled China’s Ming dynasty from the 14th to the 17th century.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Zhu canonical | 53 |
| House of Zhu (by marriage) | 10 |
| Ming imperial family | 8 |
| Ming imperial clan | 4 |
| Ming dynasty imperial family | 1 |
| Ming imperial clan of Zhu | 1 |
| Ming imperial lineage | 1 |
| Southern Ming imperial house | 1 |
| imperial clan (Zhu family) | 1 |
| imperial clan of Zhu | 1 |
| 明朝皇室 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13125999 — 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: House of Zhu Context triple: [Hongguang Emperor, house, House of Zhu]
-
A.
House of Liu
The House of Liu was the imperial clan that founded and ruled China’s Han dynasty, one of the most influential dynasties in Chinese history.
-
B.
House of Jiang
The House of Jiang was the ruling clan that established and governed the ancient Chinese state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty period.
-
C.
Zhou royal house
The Zhou royal house was the ruling dynasty of ancient China that established the Zhou Dynasty, overseeing a feudal order and shaping early Chinese political and cultural foundations.
-
D.
House of Yi
The House of Yi was the royal family that ruled Korea for centuries, including during the final Korean Empire period before Japanese annexation.
-
E.
Ginuwa dynasty
The Ginuwa dynasty is the royal lineage that has historically provided the traditional rulers (Olus) of the Itsekiri kingdom of Warri in present-day Nigeria.
- 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: House of Zhu Target entity description: The House of Zhu was the imperial family that founded and ruled China’s Ming dynasty from the 14th to the 17th century.
-
A.
House of Liu
The House of Liu was the imperial clan that founded and ruled China’s Han dynasty, one of the most influential dynasties in Chinese history.
-
B.
House of Jiang
The House of Jiang was the ruling clan that established and governed the ancient Chinese state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty period.
-
C.
Zhou royal house
The Zhou royal house was the ruling dynasty of ancient China that established the Zhou Dynasty, overseeing a feudal order and shaping early Chinese political and cultural foundations.
-
D.
House of Yi
The House of Yi was the royal family that ruled Korea for centuries, including during the final Korean Empire period before Japanese annexation.
-
E.
Ginuwa dynasty
The Ginuwa dynasty is the royal lineage that has historically provided the traditional rulers (Olus) of the Itsekiri kingdom of Warri in present-day Nigeria.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
imperial family
ⓘ
royal house ⓘ |
| capitalDuringRule |
Beijing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nanjing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coatOfArms | character Zhu (朱) ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Ming dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | 1644 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| firstMonarch | Hongwu Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founder |
Hongwu Emperor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zhu Yuanzhang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Early modern China
ⓘ
Late medieval China ⓘ |
| homeTerritory |
Beijing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nanjing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| houseType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Chinese ⓘ |
| lastMonarch | Chongzhen Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Zhu family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Jingnan campaign
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
founding of the Ming dynasty ⓘ overthrow of the Yuan dynasty ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Chenghua Emperor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chongzhen Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Hongwu Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Hongxi Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Hongzhi Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiajing Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Jianwen Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Jingtai Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Longqing Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Taichang Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Tianqi Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Tianshun Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Wanli Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Xuande Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Yongle Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhengde Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhengtong Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Yuan dynasty imperial family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion |
Buddhism
ⓘ
Chinese folk religion ⓘ Confucianism ⓘ Taoism ⓘ |
| startTime | 1368 ⓘ |
| successor |
Aisin Gioro clan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qing dynasty imperial family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: House of Zhu Description of subject: The House of Zhu was the imperial family that founded and ruled China’s Ming dynasty from the 14th to the 17th century.
Referenced by (82)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Deyu
linked to: House of Zhu
linked to: House of Zhu
linked to: House of Zhu
linked to: House of Zhu
linked to: House of Zhu
linked to: House of Zhu
linked to: House of Zhu
subject linked to:
Emperor Shaotian
linked to: House of Zhu
linked to: House of Zhu
linked to: House of Zhu
linked to: House of Zhu
linked to: House of Zhu
linked to: House of Zhu
subject linked to:
Zhu Zhanxi (Prince of Deqing)
subject linked to:
Zhu Zhanxi (Prince of Deqing)
linked to: House of Zhu
subject linked to:
Zhu Zhanxi (Prince of Deqing)
linked to: House of Zhu
subject linked to:
Emperor Zhang
linked to: House of Zhu
linked to: House of Zhu