King Huiwen of Qin
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King Huiwen of Qin was a Warring States-era monarch who strengthened the Qin state through legalist reforms and territorial expansion, laying groundwork for its eventual unification of China.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Huiwen of Qin canonical | 8 |
| King Hui of Qin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9889891 — 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: King Huiwen of Qin Context triple: [State of Qin, notableRuler, King Huiwen of Qin]
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A.
King Zhuangxiang of Qin
King Zhuangxiang of Qin was a short-reigning monarch of the Qin state during the late Warring States period and the father of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China.
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B.
King Zhaoxiang of Qin
King Zhaoxiang of Qin was a powerful Warring States-era monarch whose long reign significantly expanded Qin’s territory and laid crucial groundwork for the eventual unification of China.
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C.
Duke Mu of Qin
Duke Mu of Qin was a prominent early ruler of the Qin state during China’s Spring and Autumn period, known for his military expansion and for laying foundations that later enabled Qin’s rise to imperial power.
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D.
Duke Xiao of Qin
Duke Xiao of Qin was a 4th-century BCE ruler of the Qin state who initiated major political and military reforms that laid the groundwork for Qin’s rise to power and eventual unification of China.
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E.
King Huiwen of Zhao
King Huiwen of Zhao was a prominent Warring States-era monarch known for strengthening the Zhao state through military reforms and territorial expansion in ancient China.
- 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: King Huiwen of Qin Target entity description: King Huiwen of Qin was a Warring States-era monarch who strengthened the Qin state through legalist reforms and territorial expansion, laying groundwork for its eventual unification of China.
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A.
King Zhuangxiang of Qin
King Zhuangxiang of Qin was a short-reigning monarch of the Qin state during the late Warring States period and the father of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of a unified China.
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B.
King Zhaoxiang of Qin
King Zhaoxiang of Qin was a powerful Warring States-era monarch whose long reign significantly expanded Qin’s territory and laid crucial groundwork for the eventual unification of China.
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C.
Duke Mu of Qin
Duke Mu of Qin was a prominent early ruler of the Qin state during China’s Spring and Autumn period, known for his military expansion and for laying foundations that later enabled Qin’s rise to imperial power.
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D.
Duke Xiao of Qin
Duke Xiao of Qin was a 4th-century BCE ruler of the Qin state who initiated major political and military reforms that laid the groundwork for Qin’s rise to power and eventual unification of China.
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E.
King Huiwen of Zhao
King Huiwen of Zhao was a prominent Warring States-era monarch known for strengthening the Zhao state through military reforms and territorial expansion in ancient China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Qin
ⓘ
Warring States-period ruler ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| capitalDuringReign | Xianyang ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
state of Han
ⓘ
state of Wei ⓘ state of Zhao ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
Qin
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
|
| dynasty |
Qin
ⓘ
linked to:
state of Qin
|
| era | Warring States period ⓘ |
| familyName | Ying ⓘ |
| father |
King Hui of Qin
ⓘ
linked to:
King Huiwen of Qin
|
| givenName | Si ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalSource | Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ |
| house | House of Ying ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy |
Legalist reforms
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centralization of power ⓘ military expansion policies ⓘ strengthening of Qin bureaucracy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advancing Legalist governance
ⓘ
strengthening Qin through reforms ⓘ territorial expansion ⓘ |
| laidGroundworkFor | Qin unification of China ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Old Chinese ⓘ |
| mother | Queen Dowager Xuan ⓘ |
| notableAdvisor |
Wei Ran
ⓘ
Zhang Yi ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of China
ⓘ
history of Qin ⓘ |
| personalName | Ying Si ⓘ |
| posthumousName | Huiwen ⓘ |
| predecessor | King Hui of Qin ⓘ |
| pursuedGoal | regional hegemony among Warring States ⓘ |
| regionRuled | western China ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 311 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | 338 BCE ⓘ |
| strengthened | Qin state power ⓘ |
| strengthenedInstitution |
Qin central administration
ⓘ
linked to:
Qin imperial bureaucracy
Qin military ⓘ |
| successor | King Wu of Qin ⓘ |
| territorialExpansion |
conquests against the state of Wei
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expansion along the Yellow River corridor ⓘ expansion into the Hexi region ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| title | King of Qin ⓘ |
| usedIdeology | Legalism ⓘ |
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: King Huiwen of Qin Description of subject: King Huiwen of Qin was a Warring States-era monarch who strengthened the Qin state through legalist reforms and territorial expansion, laying groundwork for its eventual unification of China.
Referenced by (9)
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