Fu Hao
E703591
Fu Hao was a powerful Shang dynasty queen, military general, and high priestess whose richly furnished tomb at Yinxu is one of the most important archaeological discoveries in ancient Chinese history.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fu Hao canonical | 4 |
| Fu Hao (Lady Hao) | 1 |
| Fu Hao (Shang dynasty consort and general) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7966281 — 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: Fu Hao Context triple: [Yinxu, containsTombOf, Fu Hao]
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A.
King Wu Ding
King Wu Ding was a prominent Shang dynasty ruler of ancient China, known for his military campaigns, political consolidation, and the extensive oracle bone inscriptions from his reign.
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B.
King of Anshan
King of Anshan was an early royal title held by Cyrus the Great as ruler of the ancient Elamite region of Anshan in southwestern Iran, preceding his founding of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
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C.
King Zhou of Shang
King Zhou of Shang was the infamous final monarch of China’s Shang dynasty, remembered in tradition for his tyranny and moral decadence that led to the dynasty’s downfall.
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D.
Sima Yan
Sima Yan was the founding emperor of the Jin dynasty in China, known for ending the Three Kingdoms period by unifying the realm after overthrowing the state of Cao Wei.
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E.
Daizong
Daizong is the posthumous temple name of the Ming dynasty's Jingtai Emperor, used in ancestral rites and historical records.
- 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: Fu Hao Target entity description: Fu Hao was a powerful Shang dynasty queen, military general, and high priestess whose richly furnished tomb at Yinxu is one of the most important archaeological discoveries in ancient Chinese history.
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A.
King Wu Ding
King Wu Ding was a prominent Shang dynasty ruler of ancient China, known for his military campaigns, political consolidation, and the extensive oracle bone inscriptions from his reign.
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B.
King of Anshan
King of Anshan was an early royal title held by Cyrus the Great as ruler of the ancient Elamite region of Anshan in southwestern Iran, preceding his founding of the Achaemenid Persian Empire.
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C.
King Zhou of Shang
King Zhou of Shang was the infamous final monarch of China’s Shang dynasty, remembered in tradition for his tyranny and moral decadence that led to the dynasty’s downfall.
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D.
Sima Yan
Sima Yan was the founding emperor of the Jin dynasty in China, known for ending the Three Kingdoms period by unifying the realm after overthrowing the state of Cao Wei.
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E.
Daizong
Daizong is the posthumous temple name of the Ming dynasty's Jingtai Emperor, used in ancestral rites and historical records.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shang dynasty person
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high priestess ⓘ historical figure ⓘ military general ⓘ queen ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Yinxu ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Anyang
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Yinxu ⓘ |
| civilization | ancient China ⓘ |
| commandedForcesSize | thousands of soldiers ⓘ |
| countryOfBurial | China ⓘ |
| culture | Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| floruit | 13th century BCE ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn |
Shang state ritual system
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linked to:
Shang ancestral worship
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| knownFor |
being one of the earliest known female military leaders in China
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leading military campaigns ⓘ religious and divinatory activities ⓘ richly furnished tomb at Yinxu ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| marriedInto | Shang royal family ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | oracle bone inscriptions ⓘ |
| militaryCampaignsAgainst |
Ba
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Qiang ⓘ Tufang ⓘ Yifang ⓘ
linked to:
Guifang
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| nameWrittenOn |
bronze inscriptions
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oracle bones ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
high priestess of the Shang court
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military commander ⓘ queen consort of Wu Ding ⓘ |
| religion |
Shang ancestor worship
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Shang state cult ⓘ |
| residence |
Shang capital at Yinxu
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linked to:
Yinxu
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| roleInDivination |
officiant in sacrificial rituals
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subject of oracle bone divinations ⓘ |
| spouse | King Wu Ding ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late Shang dynasty ⓘ |
| tombContents |
bone artifacts
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bronze ritual vessels ⓘ cowrie shells ⓘ human sacrificial victims ⓘ ivory artifacts ⓘ jade artifacts ⓘ weapons ⓘ |
| tombDesignation | Tomb of Fu Hao ⓘ |
| tombDiscoveredBy | Chinese archaeologists ⓘ |
| tombDiscoveryYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| tombLocation |
Yinxu archaeological site
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linked to:
Yinxu
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| tombSignificance |
major source for understanding Shang ritual and society
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one of the best-preserved Shang royal tombs ⓘ |
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: Fu Hao Description of subject: Fu Hao was a powerful Shang dynasty queen, military general, and high priestess whose richly furnished tomb at Yinxu is one of the most important archaeological discoveries in ancient Chinese history.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
King Wu Ding
subject linked to:
King Wu Ding
subject linked to:
King Wu Ding
linked to: Fu Hao