Su Qin
E207068
Su Qin was an influential political strategist and diplomat of ancient China, best known for advocating the Vertical Alliance among states during the Warring States period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Su Qin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1647474 — 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: Su Qin Context triple: [Warring States period, significantFigure, Su Qin]
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A.
Cui Hao
Cui Hao was a prominent poet of the Tang dynasty in China, best known for his evocative landscape and frontier poems.
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B.
Li Yunhe
Li Yunhe is the birth name of Jiang Qing, the influential Chinese Communist political figure and wife of Mao Zedong who became a leading member of the Cultural Revolution’s Gang of Four.
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C.
Sun Lianzhong
Sun Lianzhong was a Nationalist Chinese general noted for his leadership in key battles against Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Zhang Ding
Zhang Ding was a prominent Chinese artist and designer best known for creating iconic national symbols of the People’s Republic of China.
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E.
Sun Hao
Sun Hao was the last emperor of Eastern Wu during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for his tyrannical rule and the eventual fall of his state to the Jin dynasty.
- 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: Su Qin Target entity description: Su Qin was an influential political strategist and diplomat of ancient China, best known for advocating the Vertical Alliance among states during the Warring States period.
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A.
Cui Hao
Cui Hao was a prominent poet of the Tang dynasty in China, best known for his evocative landscape and frontier poems.
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B.
Li Yunhe
Li Yunhe is the birth name of Jiang Qing, the influential Chinese Communist political figure and wife of Mao Zedong who became a leading member of the Cultural Revolution’s Gang of Four.
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C.
Sun Lianzhong
Sun Lianzhong was a Nationalist Chinese general noted for his leadership in key battles against Japanese forces during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Zhang Ding
Zhang Ding was a prominent Chinese artist and designer best known for creating iconic national symbols of the People’s Republic of China.
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E.
Sun Hao
Sun Hao was the last emperor of Eastern Wu during China’s Three Kingdoms period, known for his tyrannical rule and the eventual fall of his state to the Jin dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomat
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ political strategist ⓘ statesman ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | Warring States period ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Vertical Alliance
ⓘ
state of Chu ⓘ
linked to:
State of Chu
state of Han ⓘ
linked to:
State of Han
state of Qi ⓘ
linked to:
State of Qi
state of Qin (as diplomatic opponent) ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
state of Wei ⓘ state of Yan ⓘ state of Zhao ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | Zhang Yi ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| culturalDepiction | character in later Chinese historical novels and dramas ⓘ |
| deathCause | assassination (traditional account, details uncertain) ⓘ |
| diplomaticMethod | rhetorical persuasion of rulers and ministers ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Jixia Academy (traditional attribution, uncertain)
ⓘ
linked to:
Jixia Academy
|
| era | 4th century BCE (approximate) ⓘ |
| familyName | Su ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity | realpolitik diplomacy ⓘ |
| givenName | Qin ⓘ |
| historicity | partly debated by modern historians ⓘ |
| influenced | later Chinese views on interstate alliances ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocating the Vertical Alliance (Hezong)
ⓘ
diplomatic activity among Warring States ⓘ lianheng–hezong diplomatic strategies (as contrasted with Zhang Yi) ⓘ |
| legacy |
example of hezong (vertical alliance) strategy in Chinese historiography
ⓘ
symbol of strategic persuasion in Chinese political thought ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji)
ⓘ
linked to:
Records of the Grand Historian
Zhanguo Ce (Strategies of the Warring States) ⓘ
linked to:
Zhan Guo Ce
|
| nativeLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| notableWork | persuasive memorials to Warring States rulers ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
ⓘ
lobbyist at Warring States courts ⓘ political strategist ⓘ |
| partOf |
Warring States diplomatic tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Warring States conflicts
|
| politicalAlignment | anti-Qin coalition ⓘ |
| politicalGoal | maintaining balance of power against Qin expansion ⓘ |
| region |
Northern China
ⓘ
linked to:
North China
|
| residence | Zhou dynasty China ⓘ |
| role |
chief minister in the state of Yan (traditional account)
ⓘ
envoy among multiple Warring States courts ⓘ |
| strategy | uniting six states to resist Qin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Su Qin Description of subject: Su Qin was an influential political strategist and diplomat of ancient China, best known for advocating the Vertical Alliance among states during the Warring States period.
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