Yang Jia of Shang explained

Yang Jia
陽甲
Family Name:Zi (子)
Given Name:He (和)
King of Shang dynasty
Posthumous Name:Yang Jia (陽甲)

Yang Jia or Xiang Jia, personal name Zi He, was a Shang dynasty King of China.

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: Chinese: 壬戌) with Yan (Chinese: Chinese: ) as his capital. In the third year of his reign he sent troops against the barbarians of Danshan (Chinese: 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: Chinese: 象甲).

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bai, Shouyi . An Outline History of China . 2002 . Foreign Language Press . Beijing . 7-119-02347-0.
  2. Web site: The Shang Dynasty Rulers . August 7, 2007 . China Knowledge .
  3. Web site: Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship . August 7, 2007 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080409215121/http://www.indiana.edu/~g380/Kings.pdf . April 9, 2008 . dead .