Yang Jia of Shang

Yang Jia (Chinese: 陽甲) or Xiang Jia, personal name Zi He, was a Shang dynasty King of China.

Yang Jia
陽甲
King of Shang dynasty
Full name
Posthumous name
Yang Jia (陽甲)

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the eighteenth Shang king, succeeding his father's cousin Nan Geng. He was enthroned in the year of Renxu (Chinese: 壬戌) with Yan (Chinese: 奄) as his capital. In the third year of his reign he sent troops against the barbarians of Danshan (Chinese: 丹山). He ruled for about 17 years (although other sources claim 7 years) before his death. He was given the posthumous name Yang Jia and was succeeded by his younger brother Pan Geng.[1][2][3]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the seventeenth Shang king, given the posthumous name Xiang Jia (Chinese: 象甲).[2][3]

References
  1. Bai, Shouyi (2002). An Outline History of China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press. ISBN 7-119-02347-0.
  2. "The Shang Dynasty Rulers". China Knowledge. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
  3. "Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship" (PDF). Indiana University. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
Yang Jia of Shang
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Nan Geng		 King of China Succeeded by
Pan Geng
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