Bu Bing

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Wai Bing (Zi Sheng) 外丙 (子胜)
Ancestral name (姓): Zi (子)
Given name (名): Sheng(胜)
King of Shang Dynasty
Dates of reign:
Posthumous name: Wai Bing (外丙)
Dates are in the proleptic Julian calendar

Wai Bing (Chinese: 外丙, born Zi Sheng, Chinese: 子勝) was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the second Shang king, succeeding his father King Tang (Chinese: 汤) following the earlier death of his elder brother Tai Ding (Chinese: 太丁). He was enthroned in the year of Yihai (Chinese: 乙亥) with Yi Yin (Chinese: 伊尹) as his prime minister and Bo (Chinese: 亳) as his capital. He ruled for about 2 years before his death. He was given the posthumous name Wai Bing (Chinese: 外丙) and was succeeded by his younger brother Zhong Ren (Chinese: 仲壬).[1][2][3]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the fourth Shang king, the second son of Da Ding, given the posthumous name Bu Bing (Chinese: 卜丙), and succeeded by Da Geng.[2][3]

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  1. ^ Bai, Shouyi (2002). An Outline History of China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press. ISBN 7-119-02347-0. 
  2. ^ a b The Shang Dynasty Rulers (English). China Knowledge. Retrieved on August 7, 2007.
  3. ^ a b Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship (English). Indiana University. Retrieved on August 7, 2007.
Bu Bing
Preceded by
Da Ding		 King of China Succeeded by
Zhong Ren
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