Zu Xin

Zu Xin (Zi Dan) 祖辛 (子旦)
Ancestral name (姓): Zi (子)
Given name (名): Dan (旦)
King of Shang Dynasty
Dates of reign:
Posthumous name: Zu Xin (祖辛)
Dates are in the proleptic Julian calendar

Zu Xin (Chinese: 祖辛, born Zi Dan (Chinese: 子旦), was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the fourteenth Shang king, succeeding his Father Zu Yi (Chinese: 祖乙). He was enthroned in the year of Wuzi (Chinese: 戊子) with Bi (Chinese: 庇) as his capital. He ruled for about 16 years (although the Bamboo Annals claim 14 years) before his death. He was given the posthumous name Zu Xin and was succeeded by his younger brother Wo Jia (Chinese: 沃甲).[1][2][3][4]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the thirteenth Shang king.[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. 
Zu Xin
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Zu Yi		 King of China Succeeded by
Wo Jia