Zu Ding
King of Shang dynasty
About Zu Ding
Lived 1500 BC – 1434 BC.
Zu Ding , personal name Zi Xin, was a king of the Chinese Shang dynasty.
Records In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the sixteenth Shang king, succeeding his uncle Wo Jia . He was enthroned in the year of Dingwei with Bi as his capital. He ruled for about 32 years before his death. He was given the posthumous name Zu Ding and was succeeded by his cousin Nan Geng .
Oracle script inscriptions on oracle bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the fifteenth Shang king.
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Who was Zu Ding?
king of Shang dynasty
When was Zu Ding born?
Zu Ding was born in 1500 BC.
When did Zu Ding die?
Zu Ding died in 1434 BC.
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