State of Chu
E35122
The State of Chu was a powerful and culturally influential ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, known for its distinctive art, rituals, and major role in the Warring States period.
All labels observed (15)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State of Chu canonical | 102 |
| Chu (state) | 9 |
| state of Chu | 6 |
| Kingdom of Chu | 3 |
| Chu (ancient state) | 2 |
| Chu state | 2 |
| 楚 | 2 |
| Chu (major Zhou-era state) | 1 |
| Chu state (at times, as Pengcheng) | 1 |
| Chu state (various periods) | 1 |
| Chu state period | 1 |
| State of Chu (traditional attribution) | 1 |
| court of King Huai of Chu | 1 |
| state of Chu government | 1 |
| 楚国 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T267924 — 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: State of Chu Context triple: [Hubei Province, historicalRegionOf, State of Chu]
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A.
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of a unified China, known for centralizing power, standardizing writing and measurements, and initiating construction of the Great Wall.
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B.
Hanyang
Hanyang is a historic district and former city now incorporated into Wuhan in Hubei Province, China, known for its early industrial development and strategic location at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze rivers.
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C.
Taihoku
Taihoku was the Japanese colonial-era name for Taipei, which served as the administrative and political center of Taiwan under Japanese rule.
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D.
Manchukuo
Manchukuo was a Japanese puppet state established in northeastern China (Manchuria) from 1932 to 1945, used as a base for imperial expansion in East Asia during World War II.
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E.
Xuan
Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
- 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: State of Chu Target entity description: The State of Chu was a powerful and culturally influential ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, known for its distinctive art, rituals, and major role in the Warring States period.
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A.
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty was the first imperial dynasty of a unified China, known for centralizing power, standardizing writing and measurements, and initiating construction of the Great Wall.
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B.
Hanyang
Hanyang is a historic district and former city now incorporated into Wuhan in Hubei Province, China, known for its early industrial development and strategic location at the confluence of the Han and Yangtze rivers.
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C.
Taihoku
Taihoku was the Japanese colonial-era name for Taipei, which served as the administrative and political center of Taiwan under Japanese rule.
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D.
Manchukuo
Manchukuo was a Japanese puppet state established in northeastern China (Manchuria) from 1932 to 1945, used as a base for imperial expansion in East Asia during World War II.
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E.
Xuan
Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Warring States period kingdom
ⓘ
Zhou dynasty vassal state ⓘ ancient Chinese state ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chu bamboo slips
ⓘ
Chu silk manuscripts ⓘ |
| capital |
Danyang
ⓘ
Jiangling ⓘ Ying ⓘ |
| claimedDescentFrom | Zhuanxu ⓘ |
| conqueredBy | Qin dynasty ⓘ |
| conventionalLongName | State of Chu ⓘ |
| culture | Chu culture ⓘ |
| dissolvedBy |
Qin state
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
|
| emergedFrom | Zhou dynasty enfeoffment ⓘ |
| endTime | 223 BCE ⓘ |
| era |
Eastern Zhou period
ⓘ
linked to:
Warring States period
Spring and Autumn period ⓘ Warring States period ⓘ |
| founder | Xiong Yi ⓘ |
| governmentType | hereditary monarchy ⓘ |
| hadTitleForRuler | king ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Chinese literature
ⓘ
ritual and religious practices in southern China ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Chu Ci poetry tradition
ⓘ
distinctive bronze art ⓘ expansion into southern regions ⓘ lacquerware ⓘ powerful military ⓘ unique burial customs ⓘ |
| language | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Han River basin
ⓘ
Yangtze River valley ⓘ
linked to:
Yangtze River
southern China ⓘ |
| majorRival |
State of Han
ⓘ
State of Jin ⓘ State of Qi ⓘ State of Qin ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
State of Wu ⓘ
linked to:
Eastern Wu
State of Yue ⓘ |
| nativeName |
楚
ⓘ
linked to:
State of Chu
|
| notableFigure |
Qu Yuan
ⓘ
Wu Zixu ⓘ |
| notableRuler |
King Huai of Chu
ⓘ
King Kaolie of Chu ⓘ King Zhuang of Chu ⓘ |
| partOf | Zhou dynasty political system ⓘ |
| playedRoleIn |
power balance of the Warring States period
ⓘ
southern expansion of Zhou civilization ⓘ |
| religion |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
shamanistic practices ⓘ |
| rulingClan | Xiong clan ⓘ |
| startTime | c. 11th century BCE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: State of Chu Description of subject: The State of Chu was a powerful and culturally influential ancient Chinese kingdom during the Zhou dynasty, known for its distinctive art, rituals, and major role in the Warring States period.
Referenced by (134)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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state of Wei
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Yan
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state of Qin
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ancient State of Chen
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ancient State of Chen
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ancient State of Chen