Book of Liang
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The Book of Liang is an official Chinese historical text that chronicles the history, politics, and culture of the Liang dynasty as part of the standard dynastic histories.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book of Liang canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8850585 — 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 Liang Context triple: [Emperor Taizong of Tang, commissionedWork, Book of Liang]
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Book of Jin
The Book of Jin is an official Chinese historical text compiled in the early Tang dynasty that chronicles the history of the Jin dynasty (266–420 CE).
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Hou Hanshu
Hou Hanshu is an official history of the Eastern Han dynasty of China, compiled in the 5th century and renowned for its detailed accounts of politics, society, and foreign relations.
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Book of Shu
The Book of Shu is the section of the historical chronicle *Records of the Three Kingdoms* that details the history, figures, and events of the Shu Han state during China’s Three Kingdoms period.
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Book of Wu
The Book of Wu is the section of the ancient Chinese historical text *Records of the Three Kingdoms* that chronicles the history and rulers of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
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Book of Lord Shang
The Book of Lord Shang is an influential ancient Chinese political treatise that systematizes Legalist doctrines of strict laws, centralized power, and state control to strengthen the ruler’s authority.
- 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 Liang Target entity description: The Book of Liang is an official Chinese historical text that chronicles the history, politics, and culture of the Liang dynasty as part of the standard dynastic histories.
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A.
Book of Jin
The Book of Jin is an official Chinese historical text compiled in the early Tang dynasty that chronicles the history of the Jin dynasty (266–420 CE).
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B.
Hou Hanshu
Hou Hanshu is an official history of the Eastern Han dynasty of China, compiled in the 5th century and renowned for its detailed accounts of politics, society, and foreign relations.
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C.
Book of Shu
The Book of Shu is the section of the historical chronicle *Records of the Three Kingdoms* that details the history, figures, and events of the Shu Han state during China’s Three Kingdoms period.
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D.
Book of Wu
The Book of Wu is the section of the ancient Chinese historical text *Records of the Three Kingdoms* that chronicles the history and rulers of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
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E.
Book of Lord Shang
The Book of Lord Shang is an influential ancient Chinese political treatise that systematizes Legalist doctrines of strict laws, centralized power, and state control to strengthen the ruler’s authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese historical text
ⓘ
official history ⓘ standard Chinese dynastic history ⓘ |
| associatedDynastyOfCompilation | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Twenty-Four Histories ⓘ |
| category |
Chinese classic text
ⓘ
medieval Chinese historiography ⓘ |
| ChineseName | 梁書 ⓘ |
| compiler |
Yao Cha
ⓘ
Yao Silian ⓘ |
| completionCentury | 7th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| dynastyCovered | Liang dynasty ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical history
ⓘ
dynastic history ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Southern Dynasties
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern and Southern dynasties period
|
| historicalValue | primary source for Liang dynasty history ⓘ |
| includes |
biographies of foreign peoples
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biographies of officials ⓘ imperial annals of Liang emperors ⓘ treatises on astronomy ⓘ treatises on geography ⓘ treatises on music ⓘ treatises on rites ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Book of Han
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Book of Song ⓘ Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | Classical Chinese prose ⓘ |
| mainCompiler | Yao Silian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
accounts of Buddhism in the Liang dynasty
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descriptions of foreign states ⓘ |
| periodCoveredEnd | 557 ⓘ |
| periodCoveredStart | 502 ⓘ |
| predecessorInSeries | Book of Qi ⓘ |
| preliminaryCompiler | Yao Cha ⓘ |
| romanization | Liáng Shū ⓘ |
| structure |
annals
ⓘ
biographies ⓘ treatises ⓘ |
| subject |
culture of the Liang dynasty
ⓘ
history of the Liang dynasty ⓘ politics of the Liang dynasty ⓘ |
| successorInSeries | Book of Chen ⓘ |
| usedAsSourceBy | later Chinese historians ⓘ |
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Subject: Book of Liang Description of subject: The Book of Liang is an official Chinese historical text that chronicles the history, politics, and culture of the Liang dynasty as part of the standard dynastic histories.
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