Mao Chang
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Mao Chang is an ancient Chinese scholar traditionally credited with producing one of the most influential commentaries on the Confucian classic "Book of Songs" (Shijing).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mao Chang canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10868972 — 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: Mao Chang Context triple: [Book of Songs, commentedOnBy, Mao Chang]
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A.
Mao Yichang
Mao Yichang was the father of Mao Zedong and a relatively prosperous peasant farmer in Hunan, China.
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B.
Mao Xuewu
Mao Xuewu is a Chinese individual known primarily as a notable bearer of the surname Mao, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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C.
Mao Zemin
Mao Zemin was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician, and the younger brother of Mao Zedong, who held key financial and logistical roles in the early Chinese Communist Party before being executed in Xinjiang in 1943.
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D.
Mao Buyi
Mao Buyi is a Chinese singer-songwriter known for his introspective lyrics and breakout success after winning the talent show "The Coming One."
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E.
Mao II
Mao II is a 1991 novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of terrorism, mass media, and the diminishing power of the individual writer in a spectacle-driven world.
- 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: Mao Chang Target entity description: Mao Chang is an ancient Chinese scholar traditionally credited with producing one of the most influential commentaries on the Confucian classic "Book of Songs" (Shijing).
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A.
Mao Yichang
Mao Yichang was the father of Mao Zedong and a relatively prosperous peasant farmer in Hunan, China.
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B.
Mao Xuewu
Mao Xuewu is a Chinese individual known primarily as a notable bearer of the surname Mao, though detailed public information about his life or achievements is limited.
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C.
Mao Zemin
Mao Zemin was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician, and the younger brother of Mao Zedong, who held key financial and logistical roles in the early Chinese Communist Party before being executed in Xinjiang in 1943.
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D.
Mao Buyi
Mao Buyi is a Chinese singer-songwriter known for his introspective lyrics and breakout success after winning the talent show "The Coming One."
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E.
Mao II
Mao II is a 1991 novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of terrorism, mass media, and the diminishing power of the individual writer in a spectacle-driven world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Chinese scholar
ⓘ
commentator ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Han dynasty scholarly tradition (by later attribution)
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Mao school of Shijing exegesis ⓘ |
| commentaryOn |
Book of Songs
ⓘ
Shijing ⓘ
linked to:
Book of Songs
|
| countryOfCitizenship | Ancient China ⓘ |
| era | pre-imperial or early imperial China (traditionally dated) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Chinese literature
ⓘ
Confucian classics ⓘ textual commentary ⓘ |
| genreOfWriting | classical commentary ⓘ |
| hasVariantName |
Mao Heng
ⓘ
Mao-shih (Mao’s Songs) ⓘ |
| importance | produced the most influential received commentary on the Shijing ⓘ |
| influenced |
imperial examinations’ understanding of the Book of Songs
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later Confucian scholarship on the Shijing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Mao tradition of the Shijing
ⓘ
commentary on the Book of Songs ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| legacy | his Mao Commentary became the standard version of the Shijing in later dynasties ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mao Commentary on the Book of Songs
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linked to:
Mao Commentary
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| partOf | Confucian classical commentary tradition ⓘ |
| religion | Confucianism ⓘ |
| sourceOf | Mao version of the Shijing text ⓘ |
| traditionallyCreditedWith | producing the Mao Commentary on the Shijing ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Book of Songs
ⓘ
Shijing ⓘ
linked to:
Book of Songs
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mao Chang Description of subject: Mao Chang is an ancient Chinese scholar traditionally credited with producing one of the most influential commentaries on the Confucian classic "Book of Songs" (Shijing).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.