Xiao Xin

Xiao Xin 小辛

King of Shang dynasty

Full name
Family name: Zi (子) Given name: Song (颂)
Posthumous name
Xiao Xin (小辛)

Xiao Xin (Chinese: 小辛) was a Shang dynasty King of China.

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the twentieth Shang king, succeeding his older brother Pan Geng. He was enthroned in the year of Jiawu (甲午) with Yin as his capital. He ruled for 3 years, was given the posthumous name Xiao Xin and was succeeded by his younger brother Xiao Yi.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the nineteenth 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.

Xiao Xin Shang dynasty
Preceded by Pan Geng	King of China	Succeeded by Xiao Yi

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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