Deshan Bensheng
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Deshan Bensheng was a prominent 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the Tang dynasty, known for his strict teaching style and influential role in the development of the Linji school.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Deshan Bensheng canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11673127 — 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: Deshan Bensheng Context triple: [Yunmen Wenyan, student, Deshan Bensheng]
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A.
Shuheng
Shuheng is the given name of He Shuheng, an early Chinese Communist revolutionary and political figure.
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B.
Shengzhi
Shengzhi is the given name of Tang Shengzhi, a prominent Chinese Nationalist general active during the early 20th century.
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C.
Zheyuan
Zheyuan is a given name most notably borne by the Chinese general and politician Song Zheyuan.
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D.
Weihan
Weihan is a Chinese given name most notably borne by Li Weihan, a prominent Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician.
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E.
Zhongxiao Xinsheng
Zhongxiao Xinsheng is a key Taipei Metro station in central Taipei that serves as an important transfer point between multiple subway lines.
- 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: Deshan Bensheng Target entity description: Deshan Bensheng was a prominent 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the Tang dynasty, known for his strict teaching style and influential role in the development of the Linji school.
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A.
Shuheng
Shuheng is the given name of He Shuheng, an early Chinese Communist revolutionary and political figure.
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B.
Shengzhi
Shengzhi is the given name of Tang Shengzhi, a prominent Chinese Nationalist general active during the early 20th century.
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C.
Zheyuan
Zheyuan is a given name most notably borne by the Chinese general and politician Song Zheyuan.
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D.
Weihan
Weihan is a Chinese given name most notably borne by Li Weihan, a prominent Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician.
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E.
Zhongxiao Xinsheng
Zhongxiao Xinsheng is a key Taipei Metro station in central Taipei that serves as an important transfer point between multiple subway lines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist monk
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Chan master ⓘ Chinese person ⓘ Tang dynasty person ⓘ |
| activity | monastic instruction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese monasteries
ⓘ
Linji school ⓘ
linked to:
Linji school of Chan
|
| centuryActive | 9th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | China ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Chinese Buddhist monastic culture ⓘ |
| dynasty | Tang dynasty ⓘ |
| era | medieval Chinese Buddhism ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Han Chinese ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
late Tang dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Late Tang warlord era
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| influenced | later Linji school masters ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influential role in development of the Linji school
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strict teaching style ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| movement |
Linji school
ⓘ
linked to:
Linji school of Chan
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| notableIn |
Chinese Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Chan Buddhism
Zen Buddhist history ⓘ |
| occupation |
Buddhist teacher
ⓘ
abbot ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
Buddhist meditation
ⓘ
Chan practice ⓘ |
| region | China ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder |
Mahāyāna Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Mahayana
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| roleInTradition | important patriarchal figure in Chan ⓘ |
| schoolOfThought | Linji school of Chan ⓘ |
| teachingStyle |
authoritative
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strict ⓘ |
| tradition |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
|
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: Deshan Bensheng Description of subject: Deshan Bensheng was a prominent 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master of the Tang dynasty, known for his strict teaching style and influential role in the development of the Linji school.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.