Yang Jia

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Yang Jia (Zi He) 陽甲 (子和)
Ancestral name (姓): Zi (子)
Given name (名): He (和)
King of Shang Dynasty
Dates of reign:
Posthumous name: Yang Jia (陽甲)
Dates are in the proleptic Julian calendar

Yang Jia (Chinese: 陽甲, born Zi He (Chinese: 子和), was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the eighteenth Shang king, succeeding his father's cousin Nen Geng (Chinese: 南庚). He was enthroned in the year of Renxu (Chinese: 壬戌) with Yan (Chinese: 奄) as his capital. In the third year of his reign he sent troops against the barbarians of Danshan (Chinese: 丹山). He ruled for about 17 years (although other sources claim 7 years) before his death. He was given the posthumous name Yang Jia and was succeeded by his younger brother Pan Geng (Chinese: 盤庚).[1][2][3][4]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the seventeenth Shang king, given the posthumous name Xiang Jia (Chinese: 象甲).[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.
Yang Jia
Preceded by
Nan Geng		 King of China Succeeded by
Pan Geng
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