Mozi
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Mozi was an influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Mohism, known for advocating universal love, meritocratic governance, and opposition to offensive warfare during the Warring States period.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mozi canonical | 8 |
| Mohism | 1 |
| Mozi (text) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1647473 — 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: Mozi Context triple: [Warring States period, significantFigure, Mozi]
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A.
Mencius
Mencius is a foundational Confucian text recording the teachings and dialogues of the philosopher Mencius, emphasizing the innate goodness of human nature and moral governance.
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Liezi
Liezi is a classical Taoist text attributed to the sage Lie Yukou, known for its philosophical parables and exploration of spontaneity, naturalness, and the relativity of human experience.
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Confucius
Confucius was an ancient Chinese philosopher and teacher whose ethical, social, and political ideas became the foundation of Confucianism and deeply shaped East Asian civilization.
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Xunzi
Xunzi was an influential ancient Chinese Confucian philosopher known for his belief in the inherent badness of human nature and the necessity of ritual and education to cultivate virtue.
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E.
Zhuangzi
Zhuangzi was an influential 4th-century BCE Chinese philosopher whose writings form a foundational text of Taoist thought, emphasizing spontaneity, relativism, and harmony with the natural Way (Dao).
- 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: Mozi Target entity description: Mozi was an influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Mohism, known for advocating universal love, meritocratic governance, and opposition to offensive warfare during the Warring States period.
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A.
Mencius
Mencius is a foundational Confucian text recording the teachings and dialogues of the philosopher Mencius, emphasizing the innate goodness of human nature and moral governance.
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B.
Liezi
Liezi is a classical Taoist text attributed to the sage Lie Yukou, known for its philosophical parables and exploration of spontaneity, naturalness, and the relativity of human experience.
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C.
Confucius
Confucius was an ancient Chinese philosopher and teacher whose ethical, social, and political ideas became the foundation of Confucianism and deeply shaped East Asian civilization.
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D.
Xunzi
Xunzi was an influential ancient Chinese Confucian philosopher known for his belief in the inherent badness of human nature and the necessity of ritual and education to cultivate virtue.
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Zhuangzi
Zhuangzi was an influential 4th-century BCE Chinese philosopher whose writings form a foundational text of Taoist thought, emphasizing spontaneity, relativism, and harmony with the natural Way (Dao).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese philosopher
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Mohist ⓘ founder of a philosophical school ⓘ |
| advocated |
defensive warfare only
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frugal use of resources ⓘ practical, benefit-based ethics ⓘ selection of officials by merit ⓘ universal love over partial love ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Master Mo
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Mo Di ⓘ Mo Tzu ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ancient China ⓘ |
| era |
Hundred Schools of Thought
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Warring States period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
logic and argumentation
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military strategy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| founded | Mohism ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese military thought
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Mohist school ⓘ
linked to:
Mohism
early Chinese logic ⓘ later Chinese legalist thinkers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Confucianism
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pre-Qin Chinese thought ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
epistemology
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ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ philosophy of war ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| movement | Mohism ⓘ |
| name | Mozi ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
condemnation of fatalism
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frugality in government ⓘ impartial concern ⓘ meritocratic governance ⓘ opposition to offensive warfare ⓘ rejection of elaborate ritual and music ⓘ universal love ⓘ utilitarian evaluation of actions ⓘ |
| opposed |
Confucian emphasis on ritual and music
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hereditary privilege in government ⓘ offensive warfare ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Mohism ⓘ |
| region |
State of Lu (traditional association)
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linked to:
State of Lu
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| timePeriod | 5th century BCE (approximate) ⓘ |
| work | Mozi ⓘ |
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: Mozi Description of subject: Mozi was an influential Chinese philosopher and founder of Mohism, known for advocating universal love, meritocratic governance, and opposition to offensive warfare during the Warring States period.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Mozi
linked to: Mozi