The Song of the Pipa
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The Song of the Pipa is a renowned narrative poem by Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi that vividly portrays the melancholy life of a pipa-playing courtesan and reflects on the sorrows of human existence.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Song of the Pipa canonical | 2 |
| Pipa | 1 |
| Pipa xing | 1 |
| Pipa’s Story | 1 |
| “The Song of the Pipa Player” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10062768 — 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: The Song of the Pipa Context triple: [Bai Juyi, notableWork, The Song of the Pipa]
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A.
Die chinesische Flöte
Die chinesische Flöte ist eine von Hans Bethge zusammengestellte Gedichtsammlung nach chinesischer Lyrik, die vor allem als Textgrundlage für Gustav Mahlers sinfonischen Liederzyklus „Das Lied von der Erde“ bekannt ist.
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B.
Southern Song
The Southern Song was the later period of China's Song dynasty, during which the imperial court ruled from the south after losing northern territories to the Jurchen Jin.
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C.
Book of the Eight Tones
The Book of the Eight Tones is a liturgical hymn book used in Eastern Christian worship that organizes chants according to eight musical modes.
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D.
Yuan Quan
Yuan Quan is a Chinese actress and singer known for her acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater.
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E.
Yuan Dao
Yuan Dao is a famous prose essay by the Tang dynasty writer Han Yu that expounds his Confucian philosophical views and critiques prevailing religious and intellectual trends of his time.
- 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: The Song of the Pipa Target entity description: The Song of the Pipa is a renowned narrative poem by Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi that vividly portrays the melancholy life of a pipa-playing courtesan and reflects on the sorrows of human existence.
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A.
Die chinesische Flöte
Die chinesische Flöte ist eine von Hans Bethge zusammengestellte Gedichtsammlung nach chinesischer Lyrik, die vor allem als Textgrundlage für Gustav Mahlers sinfonischen Liederzyklus „Das Lied von der Erde“ bekannt ist.
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B.
Southern Song
The Southern Song was the later period of China's Song dynasty, during which the imperial court ruled from the south after losing northern territories to the Jurchen Jin.
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C.
Book of the Eight Tones
The Book of the Eight Tones is a liturgical hymn book used in Eastern Christian worship that organizes chants according to eight musical modes.
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D.
Yuan Quan
Yuan Quan is a Chinese actress and singer known for her acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater.
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E.
Yuan Dao
Yuan Dao is a famous prose essay by the Tang dynasty writer Han Yu that expounds his Confucian philosophical views and critiques prevailing religious and intellectual trends of his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tang dynasty poem
ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ |
| alternateName |
Pipa Song
ⓘ
Pipa xing ⓘ
linked to:
The Song of the Pipa
|
| associatedDynasty | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese classical music tradition
ⓘ
Chinese courtesan culture ⓘ |
| author | Bai Juyi ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
classic of Tang poetry
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frequently anthologized in Chinese literature collections ⓘ |
| depicts |
conversation between poet and courtesan
ⓘ
performance of pipa music at night ⓘ |
| genre |
narrative poetry
ⓘ
yuefu-style poem ⓘ |
| hasForm | regulated verse with narrative structure ⓘ |
| influence | inspired later Chinese musical and literary works about the pipa ⓘ |
| instrumentFeatured | pipa ⓘ |
| knownFor |
detailed onomatopoeic description of pipa sounds
ⓘ
emotional depth and pathos ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
detailed sound description
ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | pipa-playing courtesan ⓘ |
| medium | written literature ⓘ |
| motif |
meeting of strangers who share similar fates
ⓘ
music as expression of suffering ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| narrator | Bai Juyi ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| poet | Bai Juyi ⓘ |
| reflects | Bai Juyi’s feelings of demotion and exile ⓘ |
| setting |
a river at night
ⓘ
boat on the Yangtze River ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
decline from glory to obscurity
ⓘ
life of a former capital courtesan ⓘ |
| theme |
empathy
ⓘ
exile ⓘ impermanence of fame and fortune ⓘ melancholy ⓘ shared suffering ⓘ sorrow of human existence ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | Tang dynasty period of Bai Juyi’s exile ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Bai Juyi ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: The Song of the Pipa Description of subject: The Song of the Pipa is a renowned narrative poem by Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi that vividly portrays the melancholy life of a pipa-playing courtesan and reflects on the sorrows of human existence.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Song of the Pipa
linked to: The Song of the Pipa
linked to: The Song of the Pipa
subject linked to:
Juyi