Thursday, September 4, 2008

King Xiao Yi

Xiao Yi was a Shang Dynasty King of China.



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 as his capital. In the sixth year of his reign he ordered his son Wu Ding to live at He and study at Ganpan . He ruled for 10 years, was given the posthumous name Xiao Yi and was succeeded by his son.



Oracle script inscriptions on unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the twentieth Shang king.

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