King Xiao Yi

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Xiao Yi (Zi Lian) 小乙 (子敛)
Ancestral name (姓): Zi (子)
Given name (名): Lian (敛)
King of Shang Dynasty
Dates of reign:
Posthumous name: Xiao Yi (小乙)
Dates are in the proleptic Julian calendar

Xiao Yi (Chinese: 小乙, born Zi Lian, Chinese: 子敛) was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the twenty-first Shang king, succeeding his older brother Xiao Xin (Chinese: 小辛). He was enthroned with Yin (Chinese: 殷) as his capital. In the sixth year of his reign he ordered his son Wu Ding (Chinese: 武丁) to live at He (Chinese: 河) and study at Ganpan (Chinese: 甘盘). He ruled for 10 years, was given the posthumous name Xiao Yi and was succeeded by his son.[1][2][3][4]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the twentieth Shang king.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Bai, Shouyi (2002). An Outline History of China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press. ISBN 7-119-02347-0. 
  2. ^ Emperor Table of Shang Dynasty (English). Travel China Guide. Retrieved on April 15, 2008.
  3. ^ a b The Shang Dynasty Rulers (English). China Knowledge. Retrieved on August 7, 2007.
  4. ^ a b Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship (English). Indiana University. Retrieved on August 7, 2007.
King Xiao Yi
Preceded by
Xiao Xin		 King of China Succeeded by
Wu Ding
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