Huike
E277418
Huike was an influential early Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master traditionally regarded as the Second Patriarch of Chan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Huike canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2563026 — 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: Huike Context triple: [Chan Buddhism, associatedMonk, Huike]
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A.
Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin (Jianzhen) was a Chinese Buddhist monk renowned for his arduous journey to Japan and his pivotal role in establishing orthodox Buddhist precepts during the Nara period.
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B.
Gyōki
Gyōki was an influential Japanese Buddhist monk of the Nara period known for his public works, social welfare activities, and role in promoting Buddhism among the common people.
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C.
Heiga Zen
Heiga Zen is a researcher in speech synthesis and machine learning, known for helping develop Google's WaveNet neural network for generating raw audio.
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D.
Kobo Daishi
Kobo Daishi, also known as Kukai, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, scholar, and founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism who became one of Japan’s most revered religious figures.
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E.
Ma Lin
Ma Lin is a retired Chinese table tennis player renowned for his Olympic gold medals and exceptional skill in doubles and penhold play.
- 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: Huike Target entity description: Huike was an influential early Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master traditionally regarded as the Second Patriarch of Chan.
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A.
Ganjin (Jianzhen)
Ganjin (Jianzhen) was a Chinese Buddhist monk renowned for his arduous journey to Japan and his pivotal role in establishing orthodox Buddhist precepts during the Nara period.
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B.
Gyōki
Gyōki was an influential Japanese Buddhist monk of the Nara period known for his public works, social welfare activities, and role in promoting Buddhism among the common people.
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C.
Heiga Zen
Heiga Zen is a researcher in speech synthesis and machine learning, known for helping develop Google's WaveNet neural network for generating raw audio.
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D.
Kobo Daishi
Kobo Daishi, also known as Kukai, was a Japanese Buddhist monk, scholar, and founder of the Shingon school of esoteric Buddhism who became one of Japan’s most revered religious figures.
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E.
Ma Lin
Ma Lin is a retired Chinese table tennis player renowned for his Olympic gold medals and exceptional skill in doubles and penhold play.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chan Buddhist master
ⓘ
Chinese Buddhist monk ⓘ Zen patriarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Luoyang region
ⓘ
linked to:
Luoyang
Shaolin Monastery ⓘ |
| category |
Chinese Buddhist monks
ⓘ
Chinese Chan patriarchs ⓘ Zen patriarchs ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 6th century ⓘ |
| coreTeaching |
direct pointing to the mind
ⓘ
non-reliance on written scriptures ⓘ sudden awakening ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| doctrine |
emptiness of thoughts
ⓘ
non-duality of samsara and nirvana ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| follows | Bodhidharma ⓘ |
| hasLegend |
receiving Bodhidharma’s robe and bowl as symbols of transmission
ⓘ
story of cutting off his arm to demonstrate sincerity to Bodhidharma ⓘ |
| historicalRole | bridge between Indian Dhyana and Chinese Chan ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Second Patriarch of Chinese Chan
ⓘ
Second Patriarch of Zen ⓘ
linked to:
Second Patriarch of Chan
|
| influenced |
East Asian Zen traditions
ⓘ
Sengcan ⓘ later Chan patriarchs ⓘ |
| languageOfActivity | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| mainTradition |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
|
| movement | East Asian Zen lineage ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the primary disciple of Bodhidharma
ⓘ
direct, non-textual approach to enlightenment ⓘ early development of Chinese Chan Buddhism ⓘ |
| notableWork | transmission of the mind-to-mind teaching of Chan ⓘ |
| partOf | patriarchal lineage of Chan ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool |
Mahayana Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
|
| positionHeld | Second Patriarch of Chan ⓘ |
| region |
Northern China
ⓘ
linked to:
North China
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| school | Dhyana (meditation) tradition in Chinese Buddhism ⓘ |
| student | Sengcan ⓘ |
| successor | Sengcan ⓘ |
| teacher | Bodhidharma ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Chinese Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Chan Buddhism
Japanese Zen Buddhism ⓘ Korean Seon Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Korean Buddhism
Vietnamese Thiền Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Vietnamese Buddhism
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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: Huike Description of subject: Huike was an influential early Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master traditionally regarded as the Second Patriarch of Chan.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.