Wo Jia

Wo Jia (Zi Yu) 沃甲 (子逾)
Ancestral name (姓): Zi (子)
Given name (名): Yu (逾)
King of Shang Dynasty
Dates of reign:
Posthumous name: Wo Jia (沃甲)
Dates are in the proleptic Julian calendar

Wo Jia (Chinese: 沃甲, born Zi Yu (Chinese: 子逾), was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the fifthteenth Shang king, succeeding his brother Zu Xin (Chinese: 祖辛). He was enthroned in the year of Renyan (Chinese: 壬寅) with Bi (Chinese: 庇) as his capital. He ruled for about 25 years (although other sources claim 20 years) before his death. He was given the posthumous name Wo Jia and was succeeded by his nephew Zu Ding (Chinese: 祖丁).[1][2][3][4]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the fourteenth Shang king, given the posthumous name Qiang Jia (Chinese: 羌甲).[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Bai, Shouyi (2002). An Outline History of China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press. ISBN 7-119-02347-0. 
  2. ^ "Emperor Table of Shang Dynasty". Travel China Guide. Archived from the original on March 23, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080323101157/http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/shang/shang-dynasty-emperors.htm. Retrieved April 15, 2008. 
  3. ^ a b "The Shang Dynasty Rulers". China Knowledge. http://chinaknowledge.de/History/Myth/shang-rulers.html. Retrieved August 7, 2007. 
  4. ^ a b "Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship". Indiana University. http://www.indiana.edu/~g380/Kings.pdf. Retrieved August 7, 2007. 
Wo Jia
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Zu Xin		 King of China Succeeded by
Zu Ding