Xiao Xin was a Shang Dynasty King of China.
In the ''Records of the Grand Historian'' he was listed by Sima Qian as the twentieth Shang king, succeeding his older brother Pan Geng . He was enthroned in the year of Jiawu with as his capital. He ruled for 3 years, was given the posthumous name Xiao Xin and was succeeded by his younger brother Xiao Yi .
Oracle script inscriptions on unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the nineteenth Shang king.
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