Old Book of Tang
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The Old Book of Tang is an official Chinese dynastic history compiled in the 10th century that records the political, military, and institutional developments of the Tang dynasty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Old Book of Tang canonical | 13 |
| Book of Tang | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10057357 — 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: Old Book of Tang Context triple: [fubing system, documentedIn, Old Book of Tang]
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A.
Book of Liang
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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B.
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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C.
New History of the Five Dynasties
New History of the Five Dynasties is an 11th-century Chinese historical work that offers a revised and more critical account of the Five Dynasties period, emphasizing moral evaluation of rulers and officials.
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D.
The Glory of Tang Dynasty
The Glory of Tang Dynasty is a Chinese historical romance television drama set in the Tang dynasty, known for its lavish production and starring Jing Tian in a leading role.
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E.
Book of Chen
The Book of Chen is an official Chinese historical text that records the history of the Chen dynasty as part of the standard dynastic histories.
- 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: Old Book of Tang Target entity description: The Old Book of Tang is an official Chinese dynastic history compiled in the 10th century that records the political, military, and institutional developments of the Tang dynasty.
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A.
Book of Liang
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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B.
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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C.
New History of the Five Dynasties
New History of the Five Dynasties is an 11th-century Chinese historical work that offers a revised and more critical account of the Five Dynasties period, emphasizing moral evaluation of rulers and officials.
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D.
The Glory of Tang Dynasty
The Glory of Tang Dynasty is a Chinese historical romance television drama set in the Tang dynasty, known for its lavish production and starring Jing Tian in a leading role.
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E.
Book of Chen
The Book of Chen is an official Chinese historical text that records the history of the Chen dynasty as part of the standard dynastic histories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese historical text
ⓘ
Twenty-Four Histories ⓘ official dynastic history ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Jiu Tangshu
ⓘ
linked to:
Jiu Tang Shu
|
| ChineseName | 舊唐書 ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Later Jin imperial court
ⓘ
linked to:
Later Jin
|
| compiledDuringDynasty | Later Jin ⓘ |
| compiledDuringPeriod | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period ⓘ |
| compiledInCentury | 10th century ⓘ |
| compiler |
Jia Wei
ⓘ
Liu Xu ⓘ Zhang Zhao ⓘ Zhao Ying ⓘ other Later Jin court historians ⓘ |
| completionYear | 945 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| coversPeriodEnd | 907 ⓘ |
| coversPeriodStart | 618 ⓘ |
| genre | official history ⓘ |
| hasSectionOn |
Tang bureaucracy
ⓘ
Tang economy ⓘ Tang emperors ⓘ
linked to:
Emperor of the Great Tang
Tang legal system ⓘ Tang military institutions ⓘ biographies of notable Tang figures ⓘ |
| historicalScope |
institutional history of the Tang dynasty
ⓘ
military history of the Tang dynasty ⓘ political history of the Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| historicalValue |
primary source for Tang administrative geography
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primary source for Tang military campaigns ⓘ primary source for Tang political institutions ⓘ |
| influenced | later scholarship on Tang history ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| numberOfChapters | 200 ⓘ |
| partOf | Chinese official dynastic histories corpus ⓘ |
| preservedIn | various Chinese printed editions ⓘ |
| replacedBy | New Book of Tang ⓘ |
| structure |
annals
ⓘ
biographies ⓘ treatises ⓘ |
| subject | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| timeOfCompilationRelativeToDynasty | compiled after the fall of the Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| usedBy | historians of medieval China ⓘ |
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Referenced by (14)
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linked to: Old Book of Tang