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King Zhou (; Chinese: 紂王; pinyin: Zhòu Wáng) was the pejorative posthumous name given to Di Xin of Shang (商帝辛; Shāng Dì Xīn) or Shou, King of Shang (商王受; Shāng Wáng Shòu), the last king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China. [4] He is also called Zhou Xin (紂辛; Zhòu Xīn).
Rib of a rhinoceros killed in a royal hunt, bearing an inscription including the character 商 (Shāng, fifth character from the bottom on the right) [2]. The Late Shang, also known as the Anyang period, is the earliest known literate civilization in China, spanning the reigns of the last nine kings of the Shang dynasty, beginning with Wu Ding in the second half of the 13th century BC and ...
The oldest extant direct records date from c. 1250 BC at Anyang, covering the reigns of the last nine Shang kings. The Shang had a fully developed system of writing, preserved on bronze inscriptions and a small number of other writings on pottery, jade and other stones, horn, etc., but most prolifically on oracle bones. [49]
In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the nineteenth Shang king, succeeding his older brother Yang Jia. Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively identify him as the eighteenth Shang king. [1] [2] He ruled for about 28 years according to both the Bamboo Annals and the Records of the Grand ...
The Zhou kings contended that heaven favored their triumph because the last Shang kings had been evil men whose policies brought pain to the people through waste and corruption. [35] After the Zhou came to power, the mandate became a political tool. One of the duties and privileges of the king was to create a royal calendar.
Son of King Wen: Defeated the tyrannical King Zhou of Shang in the Battle of Muye [71] Cheng 成: Ji Song 姬誦: 1042–1021 (20–21 years) 1042–1006 (35–36 years) Son of Wu Most of his reign was controlled by the Duke of Zhou, who suppressed the Rebellion of the Three Guards [71] Kang 康: Ji Zhao 姬釗: 1020–996 (23–24 years) 1005 ...
Zu Xin (Chinese: 祖辛), personal name Zi Dan, 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 (祖乙). He was enthroned in the year of Wuzi (戊子) with Bi (庇) as his capital.
Yang Jia, 17th Shang king. Pan Geng, 18th Shang king. Traditionally regarded to be the founder of the Shang capital Yin. Xiao Xin, 19th Shang king. His reign saw the kingdom declining and losing dominance. Father: Wu Ding, reportedly succeeded the throne on January 4, 1250 BC or 1247 BC. He was an excellent monarch who restored the Shang and ...