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

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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.

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          Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage   Volume 17, Issue 2
          June 2024
          355 pages
          ISSN:1556-4673
          EISSN:1556-4711
          DOI:10.1145/3613557
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          • Published: 17 April 2024
          • Online AM: 21 February 2024
          • Accepted: 24 December 2023
          • Revised: 7 November 2023
          • Received: 4 April 2023
          Published in jocch Volume 17, Issue 2

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