Xiao Jia

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Xiao Jia (Zi Gao) 小甲 (子高)
Ancestral name (姓): Zi (子)
Given name (名): Gao (高)
King of Shang Dynasty
Dates of reign:
Posthumous name: Xiao Jia (小甲)
Dates are in the proleptic Julian calendar

Xiao Jia (Chinese: 小甲, born Zi Gao, Chinese: 子高) was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the seventh Shang king, succeeding his brother Tai Geng (Chinese: 太庚). He was enthroned in the year of Dingsi (Chinese: 丁巳) with Bo (Chinese: 亳) as his capital. He ruled for 17 years, was given the posthumous name Xiao Jia and was succeeded by brother Yong Ji (Chinese: 雍己).[1][2][3]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the sixth Shang king succeeding his brother Da Geng (Chinese: 大庚), given the posthumous name Xiao Jia (Chinese: 小甲) and succeeded by his nephew Da Wu (Chinese: 大戊).[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.
Xiao Jia
Preceded by
Tai Geng		 King of China Succeeded by
Yong Ji
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