Yongming Yanshou
E292241
Yongming Yanshou was a 10th-century Chinese Buddhist monk renowned for integrating Chan (Zen) and Pure Land practices, profoundly shaping East Asian Pure Land thought.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yongming Yanshou canonical | 2 |
| Yongming | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2722365 — 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: Yongming Yanshou Context triple: [Pure Land Buddhism, keyFigure, Yongming Yanshou]
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A.
Qi Xin
Qi Xin is a Chinese revolutionary and former Party official best known as the mother of China’s paramount leader Xi Jinping.
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B.
Yunmen Wenyan
Yunmen Wenyan was a renowned 10th-century Chinese Chan master and founder of the Yunmen school, celebrated for his terse, enigmatic teaching style and influential role in Zen koan literature.
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C.
Yan Xiu
Yan Xiu was a prominent early 20th-century Chinese educator and reformer who played a key role in modernizing China's education system.
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D.
Zongmi
Zongmi was a prominent Tang dynasty Buddhist scholar-monk known for synthesizing Chan (Zen) and Huayan thought into a comprehensive doctrinal system.
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E.
Shen Yiqin
Shen Yiqin is a Chinese politician who serves as a senior national leader and prominent advocate for women's affairs in China.
- 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: Yongming Yanshou Target entity description: Yongming Yanshou was a 10th-century Chinese Buddhist monk renowned for integrating Chan (Zen) and Pure Land practices, profoundly shaping East Asian Pure Land thought.
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A.
Qi Xin
Qi Xin is a Chinese revolutionary and former Party official best known as the mother of China’s paramount leader Xi Jinping.
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B.
Yunmen Wenyan
Yunmen Wenyan was a renowned 10th-century Chinese Chan master and founder of the Yunmen school, celebrated for his terse, enigmatic teaching style and influential role in Zen koan literature.
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C.
Yan Xiu
Yan Xiu was a prominent early 20th-century Chinese educator and reformer who played a key role in modernizing China's education system.
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D.
Zongmi
Zongmi was a prominent Tang dynasty Buddhist scholar-monk known for synthesizing Chan (Zen) and Huayan thought into a comprehensive doctrinal system.
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E.
Shen Yiqin
Shen Yiqin is a Chinese politician who serves as a senior national leader and prominent advocate for women's affairs in China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist writer
ⓘ
Chan master ⓘ Chinese Buddhist monk ⓘ Pure Land patriarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
King Qian Chu of Wuyue
ⓘ
Wuyue court ⓘ
linked to:
Wuyue
|
| birthDate | 904 ⓘ |
| century | 10th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| deathDate | 975 ⓘ |
| doctrine |
harmonization of different Buddhist schools
ⓘ
unity of Chan and Pure Land ⓘ |
| employer | Yongming Temple ⓘ |
| era | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| givenName | Yanshou ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
Yongming
ⓘ
linked to:
Yongming Yanshou
|
| influenced |
Japanese Pure Land Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Pure Land Buddhism
Korean Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Pure Land Buddhism
Song-dynasty Pure Land thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Huayan Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Huayan / Kegon
Pure Land devotional traditions ⓘ
linked to:
Pure Land Buddhism
Tiantai Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Tiantai school
|
| knownFor |
influence on East Asian Pure Land thought
ⓘ
integration of Chan and Pure Land practices ⓘ synthesis of meditative and devotional practices ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
Buddhist doctrine
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Buddhist practice ⓘ Pure Land rebirth ⓘ meditation ⓘ |
| name | Yongming Yanshou ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Wanshan tonggui ji
ⓘ
Zongjing lu ⓘ
linked to:
Chan zong
|
| philosophicalSchool | syncretic Buddhism ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Hangzhou
ⓘ
Wuyue kingdom ⓘ
linked to:
Wuyue
|
| positionHeld | abbot of Yongming Temple ⓘ |
| region | East Asia ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousSchool |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Pure Land Buddhism ⓘ |
| teaching |
Chan and Pure Land are not two paths
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all practices return to one mind ⓘ |
| tradition |
Mahayana Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
|
| veneratedIn |
Chinese Buddhism
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Japanese Buddhism ⓘ Korean Buddhism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yongming Yanshou Description of subject: Yongming Yanshou was a 10th-century Chinese Buddhist monk renowned for integrating Chan (Zen) and Pure Land practices, profoundly shaping East Asian Pure Land thought.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yongming Yanshou