Thursday, September 4, 2008

Zhong Ren

Zhòng Rén is traditionally held to be a Shang Dynasty King of China but recent archaeological evidence has thrown this into doubt.



In the ''Records of the Grand Historian'' he was listed by Sima Qian as the third Shang king, succeeding his father King and elder brother Wai Bing . He was enthroned in the year of Dingchou with Yi Yin as his prime minister and Bo as he capital. He ruled for 4 years before his death. He was given the posthumous name Zhong Ren and was succeeded by his nephew Tai Jia .



Oracle script inscriptions on unearthed at Yinxu do not list him as one of the Shang kings.

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