Book of Odes
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The Book of Odes is one of the oldest and most revered classics of Chinese literature, comprising a canonical anthology of ancient poems and songs traditionally attributed to Confucius.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book of Odes canonical | 6 |
| Major Odes of the Kingdom | 1 |
| Minor Odes of the Kingdom | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5232838 — 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: Book of Odes Context triple: [Chinese imperial examination system, coreText, Book of Odes]
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A.
Hymns of Callimachus
Hymns of Callimachus is a celebrated collection of learned, stylistically refined religious poems by the Hellenistic poet Callimachus, dedicated to various Greek deities.
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B.
Odes
Odes is the celebrated collection of lyric poems by the Roman poet Horace, renowned for its refined style and exploration of themes such as love, politics, and the art of living.
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C.
Odes
Odes is a poetry collection by Sharon Olds that offers intimate, candid, and often celebratory explorations of the human body, sexuality, and everyday life.
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D.
Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica is a famous 1926 lyric poem by Archibald MacLeish that meditates on the nature and purpose of poetry, encapsulated in its dictum that "a poem should not mean but be."
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E.
Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica is a didactic poem by the Roman poet Horace that offers influential guidance on the art and principles of poetic composition.
- 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: Book of Odes Target entity description: The Book of Odes is one of the oldest and most revered classics of Chinese literature, comprising a canonical anthology of ancient poems and songs traditionally attributed to Confucius.
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A.
Hymns of Callimachus
Hymns of Callimachus is a celebrated collection of learned, stylistically refined religious poems by the Hellenistic poet Callimachus, dedicated to various Greek deities.
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B.
Odes
Odes is the celebrated collection of lyric poems by the Roman poet Horace, renowned for its refined style and exploration of themes such as love, politics, and the art of living.
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C.
Odes
Odes is a poetry collection by Sharon Olds that offers intimate, candid, and often celebratory explorations of the human body, sexuality, and everyday life.
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D.
Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica is a famous 1926 lyric poem by Archibald MacLeish that meditates on the nature and purpose of poetry, encapsulated in its dictum that "a poem should not mean but be."
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E.
Ars Poetica
Ars Poetica is a didactic poem by the Roman poet Horace that offers influential guidance on the art and principles of poetic composition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese classic text
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Confucian classic ⓘ poetry anthology ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
agriculture
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ancestral worship ⓘ love ⓘ moral instruction ⓘ ritual propriety ⓘ war ⓘ |
| compiledFrom |
court songs
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folk songs ⓘ ritual hymns ⓘ |
| contains |
eulogies
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hymns ⓘ poems ⓘ songs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient China ⓘ |
| dateOfCompilation | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Book of Songs
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Classic of Poetry ⓘ Odes ⓘ |
| hasChineseName | 詩經 ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus | Chinese national literary heritage ⓘ |
| hasInterpretiveTradition |
Mao Commentary
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Zheng Xuan’s annotations ⓘ |
| hasPinyinName |
Shijing
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linked to:
Book of Songs
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| hasReligiousRole | text for ritual performance ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Airs of the States
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Eulogies ⓘ Greater Court Hymns ⓘ Lesser Court Hymns ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
daily life in ancient China
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relations between ruler and subject ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chinese poetry
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Confucian philosophy ⓘ East Asian literary tradition ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| literaryForm | four-character lines ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems | 305 ⓘ |
| partOf | Five Classics ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Chinese canon ⓘ |
| regardedAs |
canonical text in Confucianism
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one of the oldest existing collections of Chinese poetry ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Confucian scholars ⓘ |
| traditionallyEditedBy | Confucius ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Confucian education
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imperial civil service examinations ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
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linked to: Book of Odes
linked to: Book of Odes