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Perspective of Digital Humanities On Person Names in Chinese Pre-Qin Classic

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Knowledge annotation and mining from ancient Chinese classics have become a new trend in digital humanities research in China, and historical persons get the most attention. However, few studies have focused exclusively on person names, which is rather important for understanding Chinese traditional culture. This study focused on person names in Chinese Pre-Qin classics. We conducted a humanities computing study on pre-Qin person name knowledge through an in-depth categorization and manual annotation of person name components. The results included the disambiguation of person names, a statistical distribution of famous persons, patterns in name components, and statistical analysis of name components. Furthermore, machine learning methods on the named entity recognition of person name knowledge were also examined, indicating the feasibility of future related research.

Source: Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage

DOI: 10.1145/3647997

Authors: Liu Liu, Chufei Liu, Wenqi Li, Dongbo Wang, Shuiqing Huang

Institution: Nanjing Agricultural University

Language: English

Topic: Digital Humanities and Scholarship

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences

Awards: G3853500931, G5172366569, G6636062271