Nan Geng

Nan Geng 南庚

King of Shang dynasty

Full name
Family name: Zi (子) Given name: Geng (更)
Posthumous name
Nan Geng (南庚)

Nan Geng (Chinese: 南庚) was a king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China.

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the seventeenth Shang king, succeeding his cousin Zu Ding. He was enthroned in the year of Bingchen (丙辰) with Bi (庇) as his capital. In the third year of his reign he moved his capital to Yan (奄). He ruled for about 29 years before his death. He was given the posthumous name Nan Geng and was succeeded by his cousin's son Yang Jia.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the sixteenth Shang king.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Bai, Shouyi (2002). An Outline History of China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press. ISBN 7-119-02347-0.
1 2 "The Shang Dynasty Rulers". China Knowledge. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
1 2 "Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship" (PDF). Indiana University. Retrieved August 7, 2007.

Regnal titles
Nan Geng Shang dynasty
Preceded by Zu Ding	King of China	Succeeded by Xiang Jia

Kings of the Shang dynasty

Early Shang	Da Yi Da Ding Da Jia Bu Bing Da Geng Xiao Jia Da Wu Lü Ji Zhong Ding Bu Ren Jian Jia Zu Yi Zu Xin Qiang Jia Zu Ding Nan Geng Xiang Jia

Yin period	Pan Geng Xiao Xin Xiao Yi Wu Ding Zu Geng Zu Jia Lin Xin Kang Ding Wu Yi Wen Wu Ding Di Yi Di Xin

Xia → Shang → Zhou → Qin → Han → 3 Kingdoms → Jìn / 16 Kingdoms → S. Dynasties / N. Dynasties → Sui → Tang → 5 Dynasties & 10 Kingdoms - Liao / Song / W. Xia / Jīn → Yuan → Ming → Qing → ROC / PRC

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