Zu Ding

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Zu Ding (Zi Xin) 祖丁 (子新)
Ancestral name (姓): Zi (子)
Given name (名): Xin (新)
King of Shang Dynasty
Dates of reign:
Posthumous name: Zu Ding (祖丁)
Dates are in the proleptic Julian calendar

Zu Ding (Chinese: 祖丁, born Zi Xin (Chinese: 子新), was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the sixthteenth Shang king, succeeding his uncle Wo Jia (Chinese: 沃甲). He was enthroned in the year of Dingwei (Chinese: 丁未) with Bi (Chinese: 庇) as his capital. He ruled for about 32 years before his death. He was given the posthumous name Zu Ding and was succeeded by his cousin Nan Geng (Chinese: 南庚).[1][2][3][4]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the fifthteenth 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.
Zu Ding
Preceded by
Wo Jia		 King of China Succeeded by
Nan Geng
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