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When a white horse is not a horse

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When a white horse is not a horse

Summary

When a white horse is not a horse is a chengyu[1]. It draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (chengyu category, ranking #6 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • When a white horse is not a horse authored Gongsun Long[3].
  • When a white horse is not a horse's instance of is recorded as chengyu[4].
  • When a white horse is not a horse's instance of is recorded as paradox[5].
  • When a white horse is not a horse's language of work or name is recorded as Chinese[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include chengyu[4] and paradox[5].

Why It Matters

When a white horse is not a horse draws 71 Wikipedia views per month (chengyu category, ranking #6 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author → Gongsun Long
    P14541 → 5Bffb
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → chengyu, paradox
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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