Zhong Ding

Zhong Ding , personal name Zǐ Zhuāng, was a king of the Shang dynasty.

In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the tenth Shang king, succeeding his father Tai Wu . He was enthroned in the year of Xinchou with Bo as his capital. In the first year of his reign he moved his capital to Ao . In the sixth year of his reign he attacked the Blue Barbarians . He ruled for 11 years (other sources say 9 years) before his death. He was given the posthumous name Zhong Ding and was succeeded by his brother Wai Ren .

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the ninth Shang king succeeding his uncle Yong Ji , given the posthumous name Sanzu Ding and succeeded by his brother Bu Ren.