Wai Bing was a Shang Dynasty King of China.
In the ''Records of the Grand Historian'' he was listed by Sima Qian as the second Shang king, succeeding his father King following the earlier death of his elder brother Tai Ding . He was enthroned in the year of Yihai with Yi Yin as his prime minister and Bo as his capital. He ruled for about 2 years before his death. He was given the posthumous name Wai Bing and was succeeded by his younger brother Zhong Ren .
Oracle script inscriptions on unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the fourth Shang king, the second son of , given the posthumous name Bu Bing , and succeeded by .
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