Xiao Xin

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Xiao Xin (Zi Song) 小辛 (子颂)
Ancestral name (姓): Zi (子)
Given name (名): Song (颂)
King of Shang Dynasty
Dates of reign:
Posthumous name: Xiao Xin (小辛)
Dates are in the proleptic Julian calendar

Xiao Xin (Chinese: 小辛, born Zi Song, Chinese: 子颂) was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the twentieth Shang king, succeeding his older brother Pan Geng (Chinese: 盤庚). He was enthroned in the year of Jiawu (Chinese: 甲午) with Yin (Chinese: 殷) as his capital. He ruled for 3 years, was given the posthumous name Xiao Xin and was succeeded by his younger brother Xiao Yi (Chinese: 小乙).[1][2][3][4]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the nineteenth 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.
Xiao Xin
Preceded by
Pan Geng		 King of China Succeeded by
Xiao Yi
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