Hyakujo’s Fox
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Hyakujo’s Fox is a famous Zen koan about a monk who is reborn as a fox for denying karmic causality, illustrating the subtle understanding of enlightenment and cause-and-effect.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hyakujo’s Fox canonical | 2 |
| Case 2: Baizhang’s Fox | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11673678 — 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: Hyakujo’s Fox Context triple: [Gateless Gate, hasNotableKoan, Hyakujo’s Fox]
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A.
The Night Fox
The Night Fox is a suave, world-renowned master thief and rival to Danny Ocean in the film "Ocean's Twelve."
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B.
Ōkagami
Ōkagami is a Japanese historical tale (rekishi monogatari) that offers a semi-fictionalized chronicle of court politics and aristocratic life surrounding the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.
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C.
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune was a prominent early Heian-period Japanese court poet and nobleman, celebrated as one of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry and a key figure in the development of classical waka.
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D.
Goshichi no kiri
Goshichi no kiri is a traditional Japanese emblem featuring a stylized paulownia plant, historically associated with the government and now widely used as a national and official symbol.
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E.
One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshu
One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshu is the famous nickname of Japanese warlord Date Masamune, a powerful and charismatic daimyo of the late Sengoku period known for his missing eye, crescent-moon helmet, and role in unifying northern Japan.
- 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: Hyakujo’s Fox Target entity description: Hyakujo’s Fox is a famous Zen koan about a monk who is reborn as a fox for denying karmic causality, illustrating the subtle understanding of enlightenment and cause-and-effect.
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A.
The Night Fox
The Night Fox is a suave, world-renowned master thief and rival to Danny Ocean in the film "Ocean's Twelve."
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B.
Ōkagami
Ōkagami is a Japanese historical tale (rekishi monogatari) that offers a semi-fictionalized chronicle of court politics and aristocratic life surrounding the Fujiwara clan during the Heian period.
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C.
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune was a prominent early Heian-period Japanese court poet and nobleman, celebrated as one of the Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry and a key figure in the development of classical waka.
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D.
Goshichi no kiri
Goshichi no kiri is a traditional Japanese emblem featuring a stylized paulownia plant, historically associated with the government and now widely used as a national and official symbol.
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E.
One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshu
One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshu is the famous nickname of Japanese warlord Date Masamune, a powerful and charismatic daimyo of the late Sengoku period known for his missing eye, crescent-moon helmet, and role in unifying northern Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist parable
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Zen koan ⓘ Zen teaching story ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Gateless Gate
ⓘ
linked to:
Gateless Gate
|
| associatedWith |
Chan Buddhism
ⓘ
Zen Buddhism ⓘ
linked to:
Zen
cause and effect ⓘ enlightenment ⓘ karmic causality ⓘ |
| featuresEvent |
Hyakujo gives a corrective answer about not being blind to cause and effect
ⓘ
a monk answers a question about enlightened beings and karma ⓘ the fox asks Hyakujo to resolve his error ⓘ the fox’s body is found and given a monk’s funeral ⓘ the monk is reborn as a fox for 500 lives ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic story
ⓘ
religious narrative ⓘ |
| hasAnswer | An enlightened person is not blind to cause and effect ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter |
Hyakujo
ⓘ
an old monk reborn as a fox ⓘ |
| hasMoral |
avoid clinging to one-sided views of emptiness
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enlightenment does not exempt one from karma ⓘ |
| hasQuestion | Does an enlightened person fall into cause and effect? ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
integration of wisdom and causality
ⓘ
misunderstanding of absolute freedom ⓘ relationship between doctrine and realization ⓘ responsibility for actions ⓘ |
| language | Classical Chinese (original form) ⓘ |
| period |
Tang dynasty (traditional setting)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tang dynasty
|
| relatedTo |
Hyakujo Ekai
ⓘ
Mumonkan ⓘ |
| setIn | a Zen monastery ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
Buddhist scholars
ⓘ
Zen practitioners ⓘ students of comparative religion ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
consequences of doctrinal error
ⓘ
entanglement in samsara ⓘ liberation through right understanding ⓘ |
| teaches |
danger of holding absolute views
ⓘ
non-dual view of cause and effect ⓘ relationship between enlightenment and karma ⓘ subtle understanding of karmic causality ⓘ |
| transmittedThrough |
Zen monastic oral tradition
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koan collections ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Rinzai Zen training
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Zen meditation practice ⓘ koan study ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hyakujo’s Fox Description of subject: Hyakujo’s Fox is a famous Zen koan about a monk who is reborn as a fox for denying karmic causality, illustrating the subtle understanding of enlightenment and cause-and-effect.
Referenced by (3)
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