Xiao Yi of Shang
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Xiao Yi (Chinese:
In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the twenty-first Shang king, succeeding his older brother Xiao Xin. He was enthroned with Yin as his capital. In the sixth year of his reign he ordered his son Wu Ding to live at He (Chinese:
Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the twentieth Shang king.[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.