Zhenguan
E761283
Zhenguan was the reign era of Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty, remembered as a period of political stability, effective governance, and cultural flourishing in early imperial China.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zhenguan canonical | 5 |
| Early Tang period | 1 |
| Emperor Taizong’s “Reign of Zhenguan” | 1 |
| Zhenguan era of Emperor Taizong | 1 |
| early Tang period | 1 |
| 貞觀 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8850562 — 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: Zhenguan Context triple: [Emperor Taizong of Tang, eraName, Zhenguan]
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A.
Kaiyuan era
The Kaiyuan era was a prosperous and culturally flourishing period during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong in the High Tang dynasty of China.
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B.
Sui–Tang period
The Sui–Tang period was a formative era in Chinese history (late 6th to early 10th century) marked by imperial unification, major administrative reforms, and flourishing culture that laid the foundations for later dynasties.
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C.
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty was a powerful and culturally flourishing imperial era of China (618–907 CE) renowned for its advances in art, literature, technology, and cosmopolitan trade along the Silk Road.
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D.
Kaiyuan
Kaiyuan is a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, southwestern China.
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E.
Tang
Tang is a common Chinese surname with historical roots and cultural significance across Chinese-speaking communities.
- 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: Zhenguan Target entity description: Zhenguan was the reign era of Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty, remembered as a period of political stability, effective governance, and cultural flourishing in early imperial China.
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A.
Kaiyuan era
The Kaiyuan era was a prosperous and culturally flourishing period during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong in the High Tang dynasty of China.
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B.
Sui–Tang period
The Sui–Tang period was a formative era in Chinese history (late 6th to early 10th century) marked by imperial unification, major administrative reforms, and flourishing culture that laid the foundations for later dynasties.
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C.
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty was a powerful and culturally flourishing imperial era of China (618–907 CE) renowned for its advances in art, literature, technology, and cosmopolitan trade along the Silk Road.
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D.
Kaiyuan
Kaiyuan is a county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, southwestern China.
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E.
Tang
Tang is a common Chinese surname with historical roots and cultural significance across Chinese-speaking communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese historical period
ⓘ
reign era ⓘ |
| associatedEmperorPersonalName | Li Shimin ⓘ |
| associatedEmperorTempleName | Taizong ⓘ |
| capital |
Chang’an
ⓘ
linked to:
Chang'an
|
| country | China ⓘ |
| dynasty | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| endYear | 649 ⓘ |
| eraNameWritten |
貞觀
ⓘ
linked to:
Zhenguan
|
| followedBy | continued Tang expansion ⓘ |
| foreignRelations |
diplomatic missions from neighboring states
ⓘ
expansion of Tang influence in East Asia ⓘ |
| governmentType | imperial monarchy ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
idealized in later Chinese historiography
ⓘ
used as a benchmark for benevolent rule ⓘ |
| historicalReputation |
golden age of early Tang
ⓘ
model of good governance ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese political thought
ⓘ
Korean political thought ⓘ later Chinese political thought ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Confucian statecraft
ⓘ
administrative reforms ⓘ cultural flourishing ⓘ economic recovery ⓘ effective governance ⓘ legal reforms ⓘ military consolidation ⓘ political stability ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| notableInstitution |
centralized bureaucracy
ⓘ
imperial examination system ⓘ |
| partOf |
early Tang period
ⓘ
linked to:
Sui–Tang period
|
| precededBy | Sui dynasty unification ⓘ |
| predecessorEra | Wude ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
New Book of Tang
ⓘ
Old Book of Tang ⓘ Zizhi Tongjian ⓘ |
| reignOf | Emperor Taizong of Tang ⓘ |
| religiousPolicy |
promotion of Confucianism
ⓘ
state support for Buddhism ⓘ toleration of Daoism ⓘ |
| romanization | Zhēnguàn ⓘ |
| startYear | 627 ⓘ |
| successorEra | Yonghui ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 7th century ⓘ |
| typeOfEraName | regnal era name ⓘ |
| usedFor |
dating historical records
ⓘ
dating official documents ⓘ |
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: Zhenguan Description of subject: Zhenguan was the reign era of Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty, remembered as a period of political stability, effective governance, and cultural flourishing in early imperial China.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Zhenguan
linked to: Zhenguan
linked to: Zhenguan
linked to: Zhenguan
linked to: Zhenguan