Tai Geng
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| Tai Geng (Zi Bian) 太庚 (子辨) | |
| Ancestral name (姓): | Zi (子) |
| Given name (名): | Bian (辨) |
| King of Shang Dynasty | |
| Dates of reign: | |
| Posthumous name: | Tai Geng (太庚) |
| Dates are in the proleptic Julian calendar | |
Tai Geng (Chinese: 太庚, born Zi Bian, Chinese: 子辨) was a Shang Dynasty King of China.
In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the sixth Shang king, succeeding his older brother Xiao Xin (Chinese: 小辛). He was enthroned with Bo (Chinese: 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 (Chinese: 小甲).[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 (Chinese: 卜丙), given the posthumous name Da Geng (Chinese: 大庚) and succeeded by his brother Xiao Jia.[2][3]
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- ^ Bai, Shouyi (2002). An Outline History of China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press. ISBN 7-119-02347-0.
- ^ a b "The Shang Dynasty Rulers" (in English). China Knowledge. http://chinaknowledge.de/History/Myth/shang-rulers.html. Retrieved on August 7 2007.
- ^ a b "Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship" (in English). Indiana University. http://www.indiana.edu/~g380/Kings.pdf. Retrieved on August 7 2007.
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| Preceded by Wo Ding |
King of China | Succeeded by Xiao Jia |
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