Xiao Xin

King of Shang dynasty

Xiao Xin

King of Shang dynasty
| Full name

* Family name:

Zi (子)

* Given name:

Song (颂)

Posthumous name
Xiao Xin (小辛)
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Xiao Xin (Chinese: 小辛), personal name Zi Song, was a Shang dynasty King of China.

## Records

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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 (甲午) with Yin as his capital. He ruled for 3 years, was given the posthumous name Xiao Xin and was succeeded by his younger brother Xiao Yi.[1][2][3] According to tradition, Xiao Xin was the 49th king of China. Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the nineteenth Shang king.[2][3]

## References

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1. ^ Bai, Shouyi (2002). An Outline History of China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press. ISBN 7-119-02347-0.
2. ^ a b "The Shang Dynasty Rulers". China Knowledge. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
3. ^ a b "Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship" (PDF). Indiana University. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2007.

Xiao Xin

Shang dynasty

Preceded by

Pan Geng

|  King of China | Succeeded by

Xiao Yi

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Kings of the Shang dynasty

Predynastic Shang|

* Xie
* Zhao Ming
* Xiang Tu
* Chang Ruo
* Cao Yu
* Ming
* Wang Hai
* Wang Heng
* Shang Jia
* Bao Yi
* Bao Bing
* Bao Ding
* Zhu Ren
* Zhu Gui
* Tang

Early Shang|

* Da Yi
* Da Ding
* Da Jia
* Bu Bing
* Da Geng
* Xiao Jia
* Da Wu
* Lü Ji
* Zhong Ding
* Bu Ren
* Jian Jia
* Zu Yi
* Zu Xin
* Qiang Jia
* Zu Ding
* Nan Geng
* Xiang Jia

Late Shang+|

* Pan Geng
* Xiao Xin
* Xiao Yi
* Wu Ding
* Zu Geng
* Zu Jia
* Lin Xin
* Kang Ding
* Wu Yi
* Wen Wu Ding
* Di Yi
* Di Xin

+ The term here refers to the period in the historiographical sense, starting from Pan Geng who is traditionally said to have moved the Shang capital to Yinxu. The same term can also refer to the historical polity as the earliest known literate civilization in China, starting from Wu Ding.
Xia → Shang → Zhou → Qin → Han → 3 Kingdoms → Jìn / 16 Kingdoms → S. Dynasties / N. Dynasties → Sui → Tang → 5 Dynasties & 10 Kingdoms → Liao / Song / W. Xia / Jīn → Yuan → Ming → Qing → ROC / PRC

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