Tai Geng

Full name
	Family name: Zi (子こ); Given name: Bian (辨べん);

Tai Geng
太ふとし庚かのえ
Tai Geng; 太ふとし庚かのえ
King of Shang dynasty
Reign	1592–1567 BCE
Full name
Full name
	Family name: Zi (子こ); Given name: Bian (辨べん);

Tai Geng (Chinese: 太ふとし庚かのえ) or Da Geng, personal name Zi Bian (子こ辨べん), 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 sixth Shang king, succeeding his brother Wo Ding (小しょう辛からし). He was enthroned with Bo (亳) as his capital. He ruled for 25 years (although the Bamboo Annals claim 5 years), was given the posthumous name Tai Geng and was succeeded by his son Xiao Jia (小甲こかぶと).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the fifth Shang king succeeding his uncle Bu Bing (卜ぼく丙へい), given the posthumous name Da Geng (大だい庚かのえ) and succeeded by his brother Xiao Jia.^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^ Bai, Shouyi (2002). An Outline History of China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press. ISBN 7-119-02347-0.
^ ^a ^b "The Shang Dynasty Rulers". China Knowledge. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship" (PDF). Indiana University. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2007.

Regnal titles
Tai Geng Shang dynasty
Preceded by Bu Bing	King of China	Succeeded by Xiao Jia

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[BaiShouyi-1] Bai, Shouyi (2002). An Outline History of China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press. ISBN 7-119-02347-0.

[chinaKnowledge-2] "The Shang Dynasty Rulers". China Knowledge. Retrieved August 7, 2007.

[uniIndiana-3] "Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship" (PDF). Indiana University. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2007.

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v t e Kings of the Shang dynasty
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