Bìyán Lù
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Bìyán Lù is a classic Song dynasty Chan (Zen) Buddhist koan collection known in English as the Blue Cliff Record.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bìyán Lù canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11673606 — 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: Bìyán Lù Context triple: [Blue Cliff Record, transliteration, Bìyán Lù]
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A.
Ji Bian
Ji Bian was the personal name of King Xian of Zhou, a monarch of the Eastern Zhou dynasty in ancient China.
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B.
Hòu Liáng
Hòu Liáng refers to the Later Liang dynasty, a short-lived Chinese regime during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period that ruled parts of northern China in the late ninth and early tenth centuries.
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C.
Tuoba Gui
Tuoba Gui was the founding emperor of the Northern Wei dynasty who unified northern China and initiated major political and cultural transformations.
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D.
Lishu
Lishu is an ancient Chinese clerical script that emerged during the Qin and Han dynasties, marking a key transition from earlier seal scripts to more regular, standardized writing forms.
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E.
Yangluo
Yangluo is a town in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, known as an industrial and port area along the Yangtze River.
- 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: Bìyán Lù Target entity description: Bìyán Lù is a classic Song dynasty Chan (Zen) Buddhist koan collection known in English as the Blue Cliff Record.
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A.
Ji Bian
Ji Bian was the personal name of King Xian of Zhou, a monarch of the Eastern Zhou dynasty in ancient China.
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B.
Hòu Liáng
Hòu Liáng refers to the Later Liang dynasty, a short-lived Chinese regime during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period that ruled parts of northern China in the late ninth and early tenth centuries.
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C.
Tuoba Gui
Tuoba Gui was the founding emperor of the Northern Wei dynasty who unified northern China and initiated major political and cultural transformations.
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D.
Lishu
Lishu is an ancient Chinese clerical script that emerged during the Qin and Han dynasties, marking a key transition from earlier seal scripts to more regular, standardized writing forms.
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E.
Yangluo
Yangluo is a town in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, known as an industrial and port area along the Yangtze River.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chan Buddhist koan collection
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Chinese classic ⓘ Song dynasty text ⓘ Zen Buddhist text ⓘ |
| approximateCentury | 11th century ⓘ |
| basedOn | Xuedou Chongxian’s verse commentary ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | major Chan classic ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Yuanwu Keqin ⓘ |
| contains |
commentaries
ⓘ
koans ⓘ verses ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| era |
Northern Song dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Song dynasty
|
| form | prose and verse ⓘ |
| genre | koan collection ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Blue Cliff Record ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | Biyan Lu ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryBy | Yuanwu Keqin ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Blue Cliff Record ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
contemporary Zen practice
ⓘ
modern Zen scholarship ⓘ |
| hasLaterCommentaryBy | Hakuin Ekaku ⓘ |
| hasStructure | case, commentary, and verse for each koan ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Song dynasty ⓘ |
| influenced |
Japanese Zen Buddhism
ⓘ
Korean Seon Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Korean Buddhism
Rinzai Zen koan practice ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| numberOfKoans | 100 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Linji lu
ⓘ
linked to:
Linji Yixuan
Shōyōroku ⓘ Wúménguān ⓘ
linked to:
Mohe Zhiguan
|
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousCanon |
Chan Buddhist canon
ⓘ
linked to:
Chinese Buddhist Canon
|
| school |
Linji school
ⓘ
linked to:
Linji school of Chan
|
| studiedIn |
Chan monasteries
ⓘ
Zen monasteries ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Buddhist practice
ⓘ
enlightenment ⓘ master–disciple encounters ⓘ non-duality ⓘ |
| tradition |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
|
| usedFor |
koan study
ⓘ
meditation practice ⓘ monastic training ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bìyán Lù Description of subject: Bìyán Lù is a classic Song dynasty Chan (Zen) Buddhist koan collection known in English as the Blue Cliff Record.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.