Tai Geng

Infobox Chinese emperor


name = Tai Geng (Zi Bian) 太庚 (子辨)
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given-name = Bian (辨)
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title1 = King of Shang Dynasty
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post-name = Tai Geng (太庚)
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Tai Geng (Chinese: 太庚, born Zi Bian, Chinese: 子辨) was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the "Records of the Grand Historian" he was listed by Sima Qian as the sixth Shang king, succeeding his older brother Xiao Xin (Chinese: 小辛). He was enthroned with Bo (Chinese: 亳) as his capital. He ruled for 25 years (although the "Bamboo Annals" claim 5 years), was given the posthumous name Tai Geng and was succeeded by his son Xiao Jia (Chinese: 小甲).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 fifth Shang king succeeding his uncle Bu Bing (Chinese: 卜丙), given the posthumous name Da Geng (Chinese: 大庚) and succeeded by his brother Xiao Jia.

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