Zu Ding

Infobox Chinese emperor


name = Zu Ding (Zi Xin) 祖丁 (子新)
ances-name = Zi (子)
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given-name = Xin (新)
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title1 = King of Shang Dynasty
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post-name = Zu Ding (祖丁)
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Zu Ding (Chinese: 祖丁, born Zi Xin (Chinese: 子新), was a Shang Dynasty King of China.

In the "Records of the Grand Historian" he was listed by Sima Qian as the sixthteenth Shang king, succeeding his uncle Wo Jia (Chinese: 沃甲). He was enthroned in the year of Dingwei (Chinese: 丁未) with Bi (Chinese: 庇) 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 (Chinese: 南庚).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 fifthteenth Shang king.

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