Dongshan Liangjie
E277426
Dongshan Liangjie was a 9th-century Chinese Chan master regarded as the founder of the Caodong (Sōtō) school of Zen Buddhism.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dongshan Liangjie canonical | 12 |
| Dongshan | 2 |
| Dongshan (East Mountain) | 1 |
| Dongshan Shouchu | 1 |
| Dòngshān Liángjià | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2563036 — 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: Dongshan Liangjie Context triple: [Chan Buddhism, associatedMonk, Dongshan Liangjie]
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A.
Zhujiajiao
Zhujiajiao is an ancient water town on the outskirts of Shanghai, famed for its historic canals, stone bridges, and traditional architecture.
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B.
Zijincheng
Zijincheng is the Chinese name for the Forbidden City, the vast imperial palace complex in central Beijing that served as the home of emperors and the political heart of China for nearly five centuries.
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C.
Laiyuan
Laiyuan was a late 19th-century Chinese armored cruiser of the Beiyang Fleet that fought in the First Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Yangsansi
Yangsansi is a city in South Korea located within Gyeonggi Province, forming part of the greater Seoul metropolitan area.
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E.
Yuejing Hill
Yuejing Hill is one of the scenic hills within Guangzhou’s Yuexiu Park, known for its greenery, walking paths, and city views.
- 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: Dongshan Liangjie Target entity description: Dongshan Liangjie was a 9th-century Chinese Chan master regarded as the founder of the Caodong (Sōtō) school of Zen Buddhism.
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A.
Zhujiajiao
Zhujiajiao is an ancient water town on the outskirts of Shanghai, famed for its historic canals, stone bridges, and traditional architecture.
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B.
Zijincheng
Zijincheng is the Chinese name for the Forbidden City, the vast imperial palace complex in central Beijing that served as the home of emperors and the political heart of China for nearly five centuries.
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C.
Laiyuan
Laiyuan was a late 19th-century Chinese armored cruiser of the Beiyang Fleet that fought in the First Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Yangsansi
Yangsansi is a city in South Korea located within Gyeonggi Province, forming part of the greater Seoul metropolitan area.
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E.
Yuejing Hill
Yuejing Hill is one of the scenic hills within Guangzhou’s Yuexiu Park, known for its greenery, walking paths, and city views.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
Chan master ⓘ Chinese Zen master ⓘ founder of Caodong school ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Five Ranks of merit and attainment
ⓘ
silent illumination (as a precursor) ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| birthCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 9th century ⓘ |
| coFounderWith | Caoshan Benji ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| deathCentury | 9th century ⓘ |
| era | Tang dynasty Chan ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| givenName | Liangjie ⓘ |
| historicalContext | mature period of Tang dynasty Chan schools ⓘ |
| honorificName |
Dongshan
ⓘ
linked to:
Dongshan Liangjie
|
| influenced |
Caodong school
ⓘ
Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Sōtō Zen
|
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| movement |
Caodong Chan lineage
ⓘ
linked to:
Caodong school
|
| nativeName | 洞山良价 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding the Caodong school of Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
influence on Japanese Sōtō Zen ⓘ teaching the Five Ranks doctrine ⓘ |
| occupation |
monastic leader
ⓘ
religious teacher ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
meditation practice in daily life
ⓘ
non-duality of absolute and relative ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | China ⓘ |
| region | East Asia ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Buddhist monastic sangha ⓘ |
| roleInLineage | patriarch of Caodong school ⓘ |
| schoolFounded |
Caodong school
ⓘ
Sōtō Zen (as its Chinese precursor) ⓘ
linked to:
Caodong school
|
| spiritualDiscipline |
koan-like dialogue
ⓘ
meditation ⓘ |
| teacherOf | Caoshan Benji ⓘ |
| tradition |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
|
| veneratedIn |
Chinese Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Chan Buddhism
Japanese Sōtō Zen ⓘ
linked to:
Sōtō Zen
|
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: Dongshan Liangjie Description of subject: Dongshan Liangjie was a 9th-century Chinese Chan master regarded as the founder of the Caodong (Sōtō) school of Zen Buddhism.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dongshan Liangjie
linked to: Dongshan Liangjie
linked to: Dongshan Liangjie
linked to: Dongshan Liangjie
subject linked to:
Liangjie
linked to: Dongshan Liangjie
subject linked to:
Five Houses of Chan
subject linked to:
Five Houses and Seven Schools of Chan