| Xiao Xin 小辛 | |||||||||
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Xiao Xin (Chinese: 小辛), personal name Zi Song, was a Shang dynasty King of China.
Records
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. According to tradition, Xiao Xin was the 49th king of China. Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the nineteenth Shang king.
References
- Bai, Shouyi (2002). An Outline History of China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press. ISBN 7-119-02347-0.
- ^ "The Shang Dynasty Rulers". China Knowledge. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
- ^ "Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship" (PDF). Indiana University. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
| Xiao Xin Shang dynasty | ||
| Preceded byPan Geng | King of China | Succeeded byXiao Yi |
| Kings of the Shang dynasty | ||
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| Predynastic Shang | 商 | |
| Early Shang | ||
| Late Shang | ||
| The term here refers to the period in the historiographical sense, starting from Pan Geng who is traditionally said to have moved the Shang capital to Yinxu. The same term can also refer to the historical polity as the earliest known literate civilization in China, starting from Wu Ding. 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 | ||
