Bu Bing

Infobox Chinese emperor


name = Wai Bing (Zi Sheng) 外丙 (子胜)
ances-name = Zi (子)
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given-name = Sheng(胜)
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title1 = King of Shang Dynasty
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post-name = Wai Bing (外丙)
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Wai Bing (Chinese: 外丙, born Zi Sheng, Chinese: 子勝) was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the "Records of the Grand Historian" he was listed by Sima Qian as the second Shang king, succeeding his father King Tang (Chinese: 汤) following the earlier death of his elder brother Tai Ding (Chinese: 太丁). He was enthroned in the year of Yihai (Chinese: 乙亥) with Yi Yin (Chinese: 伊尹) as his prime minister and Bo (Chinese: 亳) as his capital. He ruled for about 2 years before his death. He was given the posthumous name Wai Bing (Chinese: 外丙) and was succeeded by his younger brother Zhong Ren (Chinese: 仲壬).cite book |last=Bai |first=Shouyi |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=An Outline History of China |year=2002 |publisher=Foreign Language Press |location=Beijing |isbn=7-119-02347-0] cite web |url =http://chinaknowledge.de/History/Myth/shang-rulers.html |title = The Shang Dynasty Rulers |accessdate = August 7 |accessdaymonth = |accessmonthday = |accessyear = 2007 |author = |last = |first = |authorlink = |coauthors = |date = |year = |month = |format = |work = |publisher = China Knowledge |pages = |language = English |doi = |archiveurl = |archivedate = |quote = ] cite web |url =http://www.indiana.edu/~g380/Kings.pdf |title = Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship |accessdate = August 7 |accessdaymonth = |accessmonthday = |accessyear = 2007 |author = |last = |first = |authorlink = |coauthors = |date = |year = |month = |format = |work = |publisher = Indiana University |pages = |language = English |doi = |archiveurl = |archivedate = |quote = ]

Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the fourth Shang king, the second son of Da Ding, given the posthumous name Bu Bing (Chinese: 卜丙), and succeeded by Da Geng.

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