Lesser Court Hymns
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Lesser Court Hymns is a section of the ancient Chinese poetry anthology the Book of Songs, comprising ceremonial poems associated with courtly and ritual occasions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lesser Court Hymns canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10868944 — 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: Lesser Court Hymns Context triple: [Book of Songs, hasSection, Lesser Court Hymns]
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A.
Canticles
Canticles are biblical songs or lyrical passages, often drawn from the Psalms and other scripture, that are used in Christian worship and liturgy.
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B.
Hymns of the Spirit
Hymns of the Spirit is a 19th-century Unitarian hymnbook compiled by Samuel Longfellow that helped shape liberal Protestant worship in America.
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C.
Songs of the Seraphim
Songs of the Seraphim is a supernatural fiction book series by Anne Rice that blends angelic intervention, time travel, and spiritual redemption.
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D.
Lords of the Congregation
The Lords of the Congregation were a group of Scottish Protestant nobles who led the political and military movement that overthrew Catholic influence and established Protestantism during the Scottish Reformation.
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E.
Hymnes
Hymnes is a modernist orchestral composition by Igor Markevitch, noted for its complex rhythms and innovative harmonic language.
- 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: Lesser Court Hymns Target entity description: Lesser Court Hymns is a section of the ancient Chinese poetry anthology the Book of Songs, comprising ceremonial poems associated with courtly and ritual occasions.
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A.
Canticles
Canticles are biblical songs or lyrical passages, often drawn from the Psalms and other scripture, that are used in Christian worship and liturgy.
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B.
Hymns of the Spirit
Hymns of the Spirit is a 19th-century Unitarian hymnbook compiled by Samuel Longfellow that helped shape liberal Protestant worship in America.
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C.
Songs of the Seraphim
Songs of the Seraphim is a supernatural fiction book series by Anne Rice that blends angelic intervention, time travel, and spiritual redemption.
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D.
Lords of the Congregation
The Lords of the Congregation were a group of Scottish Protestant nobles who led the political and military movement that overthrew Catholic influence and established Protestantism during the Scottish Reformation.
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E.
Hymnes
Hymnes is a modernist orchestral composition by Igor Markevitch, noted for its complex rhythms and innovative harmonic language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Chinese literary work
ⓘ
section of a poetry anthology ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese ritual music tradition
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Zhou dynasty court rituals ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient China ⓘ |
| genre |
ceremonial poetry
ⓘ
court poetry ⓘ ritual poetry ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Confucian canon
ⓘ
linked to:
Confucian classics
|
| hasInfluenceOn |
Confucian ritual theory
ⓘ
linked to:
Confucian family rites
later Chinese ritual poetry ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| hasPart | individual hymns ⓘ |
| includedIn | Chinese classics ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
hymns
ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ |
| originalScript | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| partOf |
Book of Songs
ⓘ
Shijing ⓘ
linked to:
Book of Songs
Three Hundred Poems of the Book of Songs ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Airs of the States
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Eulogies ⓘ Greater Court Hymns ⓘ |
| religiousOrPhilosophicalTradition | Confucianism ⓘ |
| significance |
important source for early Chinese court culture
ⓘ
important source for early Chinese ritual practice ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classical Chinese literature
ⓘ
sinology ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Spring and Autumn period
ⓘ
Western Zhou period ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ceremonial occasions
ⓘ
courtly occasions ⓘ ritual occasions ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Lesser Court Hymns Description of subject: Lesser Court Hymns is a section of the ancient Chinese poetry anthology the Book of Songs, comprising ceremonial poems associated with courtly and ritual occasions.
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