King Huiwen of Zhao
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King Huiwen of Zhao was a prominent Warring States-era monarch known for strengthening the Zhao state through military reforms and territorial expansion in ancient China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| King Huiwen of Zhao canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7984238 — 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: King Huiwen of Zhao Context triple: [State of Zhao, notableRuler, King Huiwen of Zhao]
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A.
King Wuling of Zhao
King Wuling of Zhao was a reformist ruler of the State of Zhao during China’s Warring States period, best known for introducing military and cultural reforms such as the adoption of nomadic-style cavalry warfare.
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B.
King Wei of Qi
King Wei of Qi was a prominent Warring States-era monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Qi, known for strengthening his kingdom’s power and fostering political and military reforms.
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C.
King Jian of Qi
King Jian of Qi was the final monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Qi, ruling during the late Warring States period before its conquest by Qin.
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D.
Qin Bangxian
Qin Bangxian, better known by his alias Bo Gu, was a prominent early leader and theoretician of the Chinese Communist Party who played a key role in its revolutionary activities during the 1930s.
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E.
King Zhuang of Chu
King Zhuang of Chu was a prominent Spring and Autumn period monarch renowned for transforming Chu into one of the most powerful states in ancient 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: King Huiwen of Zhao Target entity description: King Huiwen of Zhao was a prominent Warring States-era monarch known for strengthening the Zhao state through military reforms and territorial expansion in ancient China.
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A.
King Wuling of Zhao
King Wuling of Zhao was a reformist ruler of the State of Zhao during China’s Warring States period, best known for introducing military and cultural reforms such as the adoption of nomadic-style cavalry warfare.
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B.
King Wei of Qi
King Wei of Qi was a prominent Warring States-era monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Qi, known for strengthening his kingdom’s power and fostering political and military reforms.
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C.
King Jian of Qi
King Jian of Qi was the final monarch of the ancient Chinese state of Qi, ruling during the late Warring States period before its conquest by Qin.
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D.
Qin Bangxian
Qin Bangxian, better known by his alias Bo Gu, was a prominent early leader and theoretician of the Chinese Communist Party who played a key role in its revolutionary activities during the 1930s.
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E.
King Zhuang of Chu
King Zhuang of Chu was a prominent Spring and Autumn period monarch renowned for transforming Chu into one of the most powerful states in ancient China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Zhao
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Warring States-period ruler ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Handan culture ⓘ |
| birthCentury | 4th century BC ⓘ |
| capital | Handan ⓘ |
| contemporaneousWith |
State of Chu
ⓘ
State of Han ⓘ State of Qi ⓘ State of Qin ⓘ State of Wei ⓘ
linked to:
state of Wei
State of Yan ⓘ
linked to:
state of Yan
|
| country |
State of Zhao
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Zhao
|
| deathCentury | 3rd century BC ⓘ |
| dynasty | Zhao ⓘ |
| engagedIn | interstate warfare during the Warring States period ⓘ |
| era | Warring States period ⓘ |
| familyName | Zhao ⓘ |
| father | King Wuling of Zhao ⓘ |
| givenName | He ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Era of the Seven Warring States
ⓘ
linked to:
Warring States period
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| implementedPolicy | continuation of military reforms initiated by King Wuling of Zhao ⓘ |
| knownFor |
consolidating Zhao territory
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enhancing Zhao’s position among the Warring States ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| name | King Huiwen of Zhao ⓘ |
| notableFor |
military reforms
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strengthening the State of Zhao ⓘ territorial expansion ⓘ |
| placeOfRule | Handan ⓘ |
| posthumousName | Huiwen ⓘ |
| predecessor | King Wuling of Zhao ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Records of the Grand Historian
ⓘ
Zhanguo Ce ⓘ |
| region | North China ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 266 BC ⓘ |
| reignStart | 298 BC ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Zhao ⓘ |
| strengthened |
Zhao military power
ⓘ
central royal authority in Zhao ⓘ |
| successor | King Xiaocheng of Zhao ⓘ |
| successorState |
Qin dynasty (as eventual unifier of China after Warring States)
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linked to:
Qin dynasty
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| timeInOffice |
early 3rd century BC
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late 4th century BC ⓘ |
| title | King of Zhao ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: King Huiwen of Zhao Description of subject: King Huiwen of Zhao was a prominent Warring States-era monarch known for strengthening the Zhao state through military reforms and territorial expansion in ancient China.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.