Yang Jia
Shang Dynasty king
About Yang Jia
Lived 1500 BC – 1402 BC.
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: ) with Yan (Chinese: ) as his capital. In the third year of his reign he sent troops against the barbarians of Danshan (Chinese: ). 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.
Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the seventeenth Shang king, given the posthumous name Xiang Jia (Chinese: ).
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Who was Yang Jia?
Shang Dynasty king
When was Yang Jia born?
Yang Jia was born in 1500 BC.
When did Yang Jia die?
Yang Jia died in 1402 BC.
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