- Xiao Jia
Infobox Chinese emperor
name = Xiao Jia (Zi Gao) 小甲 (子高)
ances-name = Zi (子)
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given-name = Gao (高)
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title1 = King ofShang Dynasty
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post-name = Xiao Jia (小甲)
notes =Xiao Jia (Chinese: 小甲, born Zi Gao, Chinese: 子高) was a
Shang Dynasty King of China .In the "
Records of the Grand Historian " he was listed bySima Qian as the seventh Shang king, succeeding his brotherTai Geng (Chinese: 太庚). He was enthroned in the year of Dingsi (Chinese: 丁巳) with Bo (Chinese: 亳) as his capital. He ruled for 17 years, was given the posthumous name Xiao Jia and was succeeded by brotherYong Ji (Chinese: 雍己).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 sixth Shang king succeeding his brother Da Geng (Chinese: 大庚), given the posthumous name Xiao Jia (Chinese: 小甲) and succeeded by his nephew Da Wu (Chinese: 大戊).References
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