Zu Xin

Infobox Chinese emperor


name = Zu Xin (Zi Dan) 祖辛 (子旦)
ances-name = Zi (子)
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given-name = Dan (旦)
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title1 = King of Shang Dynasty
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post-name = Zu Xin (祖辛)
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Zu Xin (Chinese: 祖辛, born Zi Dan (Chinese: 子旦), was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the "Records of the Grand Historian" he was listed by Sima Qian as the fourteenth Shang king, succeeding his Father Zu Yi (Chinese: 祖乙). He was enthroned in the year of Wuzi (Chinese: 戊子) with Bi (Chinese: 庇) as his capital. He ruled for about 16 years (although the "Bamboo Annals" claim 14 years) before his death. He was given the posthumous name Zu Xin and was succeeded by his younger brother Wo Jia (Chinese: 沃甲).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://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/shang/shang-dynasty-emperors.htm |title = Emperor Table of Shang Dynasty |accessdate = April 15 |accessdaymonth = |accessmonthday = |accessyear = 2008 |author = |last = |first = |authorlink = |coauthors = |date = |year = |month = |format = |work = |publisher = Travel China Guide |pages = |language = English |doi = |archiveurl = |archivedate = |quote = ] 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 thirteenth Shang king.

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