Lishu
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Lishu is an ancient Chinese clerical script that emerged during the Qin and Han dynasties, marking a key transition from earlier seal scripts to more regular, standardized writing forms.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9889661 — 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: Lishu Context triple: [Small Seal Script, followedBy, Lishu]
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A.
Li Shu
Li Shu was a Tang dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of Emperor Dezong of Tang.
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B.
Xuan
Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
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C.
Xuan
Xuan is the posthumous honorific title given to the influential Cao Wei general and statesman Sima Yi, who played a key role in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.
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D.
Lingzhao
Lingzhao is the given name of Zhou Lingzhao, a notable Chinese artist and designer known for his contributions to modern Chinese visual culture.
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E.
Yuanzhen
Yuanzhen was the Chinese era name used during the reign of Temür Khan, the second emperor of the Yuan dynasty.
- 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: Lishu Target entity description: Lishu is an ancient Chinese clerical script that emerged during the Qin and Han dynasties, marking a key transition from earlier seal scripts to more regular, standardized writing forms.
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A.
Li Shu
Li Shu was a Tang dynasty imperial prince, known primarily as a son of Emperor Dezong of Tang.
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B.
Xuan
Xuan is a Vietnamese surname commonly used as a family name in Vietnam.
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C.
Xuan
Xuan is the posthumous honorific title given to the influential Cao Wei general and statesman Sima Yi, who played a key role in the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.
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D.
Lingzhao
Lingzhao is the given name of Zhou Lingzhao, a notable Chinese artist and designer known for his contributions to modern Chinese visual culture.
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E.
Yuanzhen
Yuanzhen was the Chinese era name used during the reign of Temür Khan, the second emperor of the Yuan dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese script
ⓘ
clerical script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
clerical script
ⓘ
linked to:
Clerical Script
|
| characterStyle |
emphasis on horizontal strokes
ⓘ
flattened, wide character shapes ⓘ more rectilinear than seal script ⓘ |
| classification | traditional Chinese calligraphy style ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
seal script
ⓘ
small seal script ⓘ |
| emergence |
3rd century BCE
ⓘ
late Warring States period ⓘ |
| eraOfPeakUse | Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| function | transition between seal script and regular script ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | contributed to standardization of Chinese writing ⓘ |
| influenced |
cursive script
ⓘ
regular script ⓘ semi-cursive script ⓘ standard script (Kaishu) ⓘ |
| language | Chinese ⓘ |
| nativeName |
隸書
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linked to:
Clerical Script
|
| primaryUse |
clerical documents
ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ legal documents ⓘ official records ⓘ |
| region | China ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Chinese character script ⓘ |
| scriptStage | intermediate stage in evolution of Chinese characters ⓘ |
| scriptType | logographic ⓘ |
| strokeFeatures |
distinctive wave-like stroke endings
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thick horizontal strokes ⓘ thin vertical strokes ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Han dynasty
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Qin dynasty ⓘ |
| transliteration |
Lìshū
ⓘ
linked to:
Lishu
|
| usedFor |
calligraphy
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monumental inscriptions ⓘ stelae inscriptions ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Han dynasty administration
ⓘ
Qin dynasty administration ⓘ |
| writingDirection |
right-to-left (traditional layout)
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top-to-bottom ⓘ vertical ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
bamboo slips
ⓘ
silk ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ wooden tablets ⓘ |
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: Lishu Description of subject: Lishu is an ancient Chinese clerical script that emerged during the Qin and Han dynasties, marking a key transition from earlier seal scripts to more regular, standardized writing forms.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lishu