Bodhidharma
E277417
Bodhidharma is a semi-legendary Indian monk traditionally credited with bringing Zen (Chan) Buddhism to China and emphasizing direct meditation over scriptural study.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bodhidharma canonical | 11 |
| Bodhidharma (Daruma) | 1 |
| First Patriarch of Chan | 1 |
| First Patriarch of Chan Buddhism | 1 |
| First Patriarch of Zen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2563024 — 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: Bodhidharma Context triple: [Chan Buddhism, foundingFigure, Bodhidharma]
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A.
Buddha
"Buddha" is a biographical and historical study of Siddhartha Gautama by religious historian Karen Armstrong, exploring the life, teachings, and enduring influence of the Buddha.
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B.
Shakyamuni Buddha
Shakyamuni Buddha is the historical founder of Buddhism, revered as an enlightened teacher who attained awakening and taught the path to liberation from suffering.
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C.
Gautama
Gautama is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally credited with founding the Nyaya school of Hindu logic and epistemology.
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D.
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism.
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E.
Bồ Đề
Bồ Đề is an urban ward of Long Biên District in Hanoi, Vietnam, known for its dense residential areas and proximity to central Hanoi across the Red River.
- 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: Bodhidharma Target entity description: Bodhidharma is a semi-legendary Indian monk traditionally credited with bringing Zen (Chan) Buddhism to China and emphasizing direct meditation over scriptural study.
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A.
Buddha
"Buddha" is a biographical and historical study of Siddhartha Gautama by religious historian Karen Armstrong, exploring the life, teachings, and enduring influence of the Buddha.
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B.
Shakyamuni Buddha
Shakyamuni Buddha is the historical founder of Buddhism, revered as an enlightened teacher who attained awakening and taught the path to liberation from suffering.
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C.
Gautama
Gautama is an ancient Indian sage and philosopher traditionally credited with founding the Nyaya school of Hindu logic and epistemology.
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D.
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna was an influential Indian Buddhist philosopher, traditionally regarded as the founder of the Madhyamaka (Middle Way) school of Mahayana Buddhism.
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E.
Bồ Đề
Bồ Đề is an urban ward of Long Biên District in Hanoi, Vietnam, known for its dense residential areas and proximity to central Hanoi across the Red River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
Chan patriarch ⓘ Zen patriarch ⓘ historical figure ⓘ semi-legendary figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Shaolin Monastery ⓘ Shaolin martial arts (legendary) ⓘ
linked to:
Shaolin Kung Fu
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
dhyana ⓘ meditation practice ⓘ |
| centralTeaching |
attaining Buddhahood
ⓘ
direct pointing to the mind ⓘ seeing one’s true nature ⓘ |
| deemphasized | scriptural study ⓘ |
| emphasized |
direct meditation
ⓘ
personal experience of enlightenment ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Indian ⓘ |
| floruit | 5th–6th century ⓘ |
| historicity | partly legendary ⓘ |
| iconographyFeature |
bearded appearance
ⓘ
seated in meditation ⓘ wide eyes ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Chinese Buddhism ⓘ East Asian Buddhism ⓘ Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
|
| knownAs |
Bodai Daruma
ⓘ
Damo ⓘ Daruma ⓘ
linked to:
Bodai Daruma
First Patriarch of Chan ⓘ
linked to:
Bodhidharma
Putidamo ⓘ |
| origin | India ⓘ |
| regardedAs |
patriarch in Chinese Chan lineage
ⓘ
patriarch in Japanese Zen lineage ⓘ patriarch in Korean Seon lineage ⓘ patriarch in Vietnamese Thiền lineage ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
hagiographic biographies
ⓘ
many Chan and Zen legends ⓘ |
| title |
First Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Bodhidharma
First Patriarch of Zen ⓘ
linked to:
Bodhidharma
|
| traditionallyCreditedWith |
bringing Chan Buddhism to China
ⓘ
bringing Zen Buddhism to China ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
China
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ Vietnam ⓘ
linked to:
Viet Nam
|
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: Bodhidharma Description of subject: Bodhidharma is a semi-legendary Indian monk traditionally credited with bringing Zen (Chan) Buddhism to China and emphasizing direct meditation over scriptural study.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bodhidharma
linked to: Bodhidharma
linked to: Bodhidharma
subject linked to:
Lankāvatāra Sutra
linked to: Bodhidharma