Tai Geng

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Tai Geng (Zi Bian) 太庚 (子辨)
Ancestral name (姓): Zi (子)
Given name (名): Bian (辨)
King of Shang Dynasty
Dates of reign:
Posthumous name: Tai Geng (太庚)
Dates are in the proleptic Julian calendar

Tai Geng (Chinese: 太庚, born Zi Bian, Chinese: 子辨) was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the sixth Shang king, succeeding his older brother Xiao Xin (Chinese: 小辛). He was enthroned with Bo (Chinese: 亳) as his capital. He ruled for 25 years (although the Bamboo Annals claim 5 years), was given the posthumous name Tai Geng and was succeeded by his son Xiao Jia (Chinese: 小甲).[1][2][3]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the fifth Shang king succeeding his uncle Bu Bing (Chinese: 卜丙), given the posthumous name Da Geng (Chinese: 大庚) and succeeded by his brother Xiao Jia.[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.
Tai Geng
Preceded by
Wo Ding		 King of China Succeeded by
Xiao Jia
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