All under Heaven
E1022392
"All under Heaven" is a traditional Chinese concept denoting the entire world or realm under a legitimate universal ruler, often used to express claims of supreme political authority.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| All under Heaven canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13126169 — 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: All under Heaven Context triple: [Nanjing regime of Southern Ming, claimedToRule, All under Heaven]
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A.
Here and Heaven
"Here and Heaven" is a collaborative acoustic track blending classical, bluegrass, and folk influences, performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile on their genre-crossing album The Goat Rodeo Sessions.
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B.
Between Heaven and Earth
"Between Heaven and Earth" is a reflective work by Laura Archera Huxley that blends personal insight, spirituality, and psychological exploration.
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C.
Seven Steps to Heaven
Seven Steps to Heaven is a 1963 jazz album by Miles Davis that marked a transitional period in his career and introduced elements of his soon-to-form second great quintet.
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D.
Book of the Dove
Book of the Dove is a mystical and philosophical treatise by the 13th-century Syriac scholar Bar Hebraeus, exploring themes of spiritual life, contemplation, and ascetic practice.
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E.
The Edge of Heaven
The Edge of Heaven is a 2007 German-Turkish drama film directed by Fatih Akin that interweaves the lives of several characters across Germany and Turkey, exploring themes of family, guilt, and cultural identity.
- 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: All under Heaven Target entity description: "All under Heaven" is a traditional Chinese concept denoting the entire world or realm under a legitimate universal ruler, often used to express claims of supreme political authority.
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A.
Here and Heaven
"Here and Heaven" is a collaborative acoustic track blending classical, bluegrass, and folk influences, performed by Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile on their genre-crossing album The Goat Rodeo Sessions.
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B.
Between Heaven and Earth
"Between Heaven and Earth" is a reflective work by Laura Archera Huxley that blends personal insight, spirituality, and psychological exploration.
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C.
Seven Steps to Heaven
Seven Steps to Heaven is a 1963 jazz album by Miles Davis that marked a transitional period in his career and introduced elements of his soon-to-form second great quintet.
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D.
Book of the Dove
Book of the Dove is a mystical and philosophical treatise by the 13th-century Syriac scholar Bar Hebraeus, exploring themes of spiritual life, contemplation, and ascetic practice.
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E.
The Edge of Heaven
The Edge of Heaven is a 2007 German-Turkish drama film directed by Fatih Akin that interweaves the lives of several characters across Germany and Turkey, exploring themes of family, guilt, and cultural identity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese philosophical concept
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political concept ⓘ traditional Chinese term ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
supreme political authority
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universal kingship ⓘ |
| category |
Chinese political vocabulary
ⓘ
concepts of sovereignty ⓘ |
| centralTo | Chinese concept of world order ⓘ |
| citedIn |
classical Chinese texts
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historical imperial edicts ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | particularistic or regional rule ⓘ |
| denotes |
the entire world
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the realm under a legitimate universal ruler ⓘ |
| expresses |
claims of supreme political authority
ⓘ
claims of universal rule ⓘ |
| geopoliticalDimension | Chinese-centered world hierarchy ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
cosmological order
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moral-political community ⓘ territorial domain ⓘ |
| hasChineseName | 天下 ⓘ |
| hasKeyTerm |
tian (heaven)
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xia (under, below) ⓘ |
| hasLiteralMeaning | all under heaven ⓘ |
| hasModernInterpretation | global order concept in contemporary Chinese discourse ⓘ |
| hasPinyin | tiānxià ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfOrigin | Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| implies |
cosmological legitimacy of rule
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universal sovereignty ⓘ |
| influenced |
East Asian political thought
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tributary system ideology ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Confucian political theory
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Legalist statecraft ⓘ Mandate of Heaven ⓘ |
| normativeDimension | ideal of unified world order ⓘ |
| originatedIn | ancient China ⓘ |
| presupposes |
existence of a single legitimate ruler
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hierarchical relations between center and periphery ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Middle Kingdom
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linked to:
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
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| relatedTo |
universal monarchy
ⓘ
world empire ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chinese emperors
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imperial Chinese courts ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Chinese philosophy
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Chinese political thought ⓘ imperial Chinese ideology ⓘ |
| viewedAs | moral community under a legitimate ruler ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: All under Heaven Description of subject: "All under Heaven" is a traditional Chinese concept denoting the entire world or realm under a legitimate universal ruler, often used to express claims of supreme political authority.
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