Qin campaign against Chu

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Warring States period event military campaign

The Qin campaign against Chu was a decisive late Warring States military offensive in which the Qin state crushed the powerful Chu kingdom, paving the way for the unification of China under Qin rule.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Qin conquest of Chu	2
Chu–Qin rivalry	1
Qin campaign against Chu canonical	1
Qin campaign against Wei	1
conquest of Chu	1
秦灭楚之战	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7922791 — 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: Qin campaign against Chu
Context triple: [Wang Jian, campaign, Qin campaign against Chu]

A. Battle of Changping
The Battle of Changping was a decisive 3rd-century BCE clash between the Qin and Zhao states that annihilated Zhao’s forces and paved the way for Qin’s eventual unification of China.
B. Chu–Han Contention
The Chu–Han Contention was a civil war (206–202 BCE) between the Chu and Han states that led to the founding of China’s Han dynasty.
C. Jingnan campaign
The Jingnan campaign was a civil war in early Ming China in which the Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, rebelled against his nephew the Jianwen Emperor and ultimately seized the throne as the Yongle Emperor.
D. Menglianggu Campaign
The Menglianggu Campaign was a major 1947 Chinese Civil War battle in Shandong in which Communist forces decisively defeated and annihilated a key Nationalist elite division.
E. Zhongyuan War
The Zhongyuan War was a major 1930 Chinese civil conflict in which regional warlords challenged Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government for control of central 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: Qin campaign against Chu
Target entity description: The Qin campaign against Chu was a decisive late Warring States military offensive in which the Qin state crushed the powerful Chu kingdom, paving the way for the unification of China under Qin rule.

A. Battle of Changping
The Battle of Changping was a decisive 3rd-century BCE clash between the Qin and Zhao states that annihilated Zhao’s forces and paved the way for Qin’s eventual unification of China.
B. Chu–Han Contention
The Chu–Han Contention was a civil war (206–202 BCE) between the Chu and Han states that led to the founding of China’s Han dynasty.
C. Jingnan campaign
The Jingnan campaign was a civil war in early Ming China in which the Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, rebelled against his nephew the Jianwen Emperor and ultimately seized the throne as the Yongle Emperor.
D. Menglianggu Campaign
The Menglianggu Campaign was a major 1947 Chinese Civil War battle in Shandong in which Communist forces decisively defeated and annihilated a key Nationalist elite division.
E. Zhongyuan War
The Zhongyuan War was a major 1930 Chinese civil conflict in which regional warlords challenged Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government for control of central China.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Warring States period event ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Chu state ⓘ linked to: State of Chu Qin state ⓘ linked to: state of Qin
cause	Qin ambition to unify the Warring States ⓘ strategic need to neutralize Chu’s military power ⓘ
ChineseName	秦灭楚之战 ⓘ linked to: Qin campaign against Chu
combatantStrength	Chu deployed several hundred thousand troops ⓘ Qin deployed several hundred thousand troops ⓘ
conflict	Qin–Chu War ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
describedIn	Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ
endTime	223 BC ⓘ
followedBy	Qin campaign against Qi ⓘ Qin campaign against Yan ⓘ
hasCasualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
hasCommander	Meng Wu ⓘ Wang Jian ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Warring States period ⓘ
ledBy	Qin king Ying Zheng ⓘ linked to: Qin Shi Huang
location	Chu territory ⓘ linked to: Chu commandery southern China ⓘ
longTermEffect	consolidation of Qin dominance over central and southern China ⓘ facilitated establishment of the Qin dynasty ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle in the region of Shouchun ⓘ
opposingCommander	Lord Changping ⓘ Xiang Yan ⓘ
outcome	capture of the Chu capital ⓘ execution of Lord Changping ⓘ suicide of Chu general Xiang Yan ⓘ
partOf	Qin wars of unification ⓘ linked to: Qin conquest of rival states
precededBy	Qin campaign against Wei ⓘ linked to: Qin campaign against Chu
relatedTo	Qin’s policy of expansion and centralization ⓘ unification of China in 221 BC ⓘ
result	decisive Qin victory ⓘ destruction of Chu as an independent state ⓘ
significance	eliminated the largest territorial rival to Qin ⓘ paved the way for Qin unification of China ⓘ
startTime	224 BC ⓘ
strategy	massive concentrated offensive by Qin ⓘ
territorialChange	annexation of Chu lands by Qin ⓘ

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