Xuefeng Yicun
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Xuefeng Yicun was an influential Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the late Tang dynasty, known for helping shape the development of the Chan tradition through his teaching and disciples.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Xuefeng Yicun canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11672993 — 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: Xuefeng Yicun Context triple: [Linji Yixuan, teacherOf, Xuefeng Yicun]
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A.
Jiuqu Xi
Jiuqu Xi is a scenic, winding river in China’s Wuyi Mountains, renowned for its dramatic gorges, bamboo-raft tours, and cultural significance.
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B.
Xishan
Xishan is the given name of Yan Xishan, a prominent Chinese warlord and political leader active in Shanxi during the early 20th century.
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C.
Hehuanshan
Hehuanshan is a high-altitude mountain and popular scenic area in Taiwan, known for its alpine landscapes, hiking trails, and seasonal snow.
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D.
Fuchun Mountains
The Fuchun Mountains are a scenic mountain range in eastern China, celebrated in traditional Chinese landscape painting and poetry for their picturesque views along the Fuchun River.
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E.
Xiaoguanyin Mountain
Xiaoguanyin Mountain is a prominent volcanic peak within Taiwan’s Yangmingshan range, known for its rugged terrain and scenic hiking routes.
- 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: Xuefeng Yicun Target entity description: Xuefeng Yicun was an influential Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the late Tang dynasty, known for helping shape the development of the Chan tradition through his teaching and disciples.
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A.
Jiuqu Xi
Jiuqu Xi is a scenic, winding river in China’s Wuyi Mountains, renowned for its dramatic gorges, bamboo-raft tours, and cultural significance.
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B.
Xishan
Xishan is the given name of Yan Xishan, a prominent Chinese warlord and political leader active in Shanxi during the early 20th century.
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C.
Hehuanshan
Hehuanshan is a high-altitude mountain and popular scenic area in Taiwan, known for its alpine landscapes, hiking trails, and seasonal snow.
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D.
Fuchun Mountains
The Fuchun Mountains are a scenic mountain range in eastern China, celebrated in traditional Chinese landscape painting and poetry for their picturesque views along the Fuchun River.
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E.
Xiaoguanyin Mountain
Xiaoguanyin Mountain is a prominent volcanic peak within Taiwan’s Yangmingshan range, known for its rugged terrain and scenic hiking routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
ⓘ
Chan master ⓘ Chinese religious leader ⓘ Zen master ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | late Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 9th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| era | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Buddhist philosophy
ⓘ
meditation ⓘ religious teaching ⓘ |
| genre | gong’an teaching style ⓘ |
| hasDisciples | influential Chan monks ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late imperial China ⓘ |
| influenced |
Chan tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Chan Buddhism
Chinese Zen ⓘ |
| languageOfTeaching | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| movement |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
|
| nativeLanguage | Chinese ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influential Chan teaching
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shaping development of Chan Buddhism ⓘ training important disciples ⓘ |
| occupation |
Buddhist teacher
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abbot ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Chan ⓘ |
| placeInHistory | important figure in Chinese Chan history ⓘ |
| region | China ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
|
| roleInReligion |
Chan lineage holder
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monastic leader ⓘ |
| teachingFocus |
direct realization of Buddha-nature
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meditative practice ⓘ non-conceptual insight ⓘ |
| tradition |
Mahāyāna Buddhism
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linked to:
Mahayana
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Xuefeng Yicun Description of subject: Xuefeng Yicun was an influential Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the late Tang dynasty, known for helping shape the development of the Chan tradition through his teaching and disciples.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.