Nan Geng
King of Shang dynasty China
About Nan Geng
Lived 1500 BC – 1409 BC.
Nan Geng , personal name Zi Geng, was a king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China.
Records In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the seventeenth Shang king, succeeding his cousin Zu Ding. He was enthroned in the year of Bingchen with Bi as his capital. In the third year of his reign he moved his capital to Yan . He ruled for about 29 years before his death. He was given the posthumous name Nan Geng and was succeeded by his cousin's son Yang Jia.
Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the sixteenth Shang king.
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Who was Nan Geng?
King of Shang dynasty China
When was Nan Geng born?
Nan Geng was born in 1500 BC.
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Nan Geng died in 1409 BC.
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