- Xiao Xin
Infobox Chinese emperor
name = Xiao Xin (Zi Song) 小辛 (子颂)
ances-name = Zi (子)
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given-name = Song (颂)
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title1 = King ofShang Dynasty
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post-name = Xiao Xin (小辛)
notes =Xiao Xin (Chinese: 小辛, born Zi Song, Chinese: 子颂) was a
Shang Dynasty King of China .In the "
Records of the Grand Historian " he was listed bySima Qian as the twentieth Shang king, succeeding his older brotherPan Geng (Chinese: 盤庚). He was enthroned in the year of Jiawu (Chinese: 甲午) with Yin (Chinese: 殷) as his capital. He ruled for 3 years, was given the posthumous name Xiao Xin and was succeeded by his younger brotherXiao Yi (Chinese: 小乙).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 nineteenth Shang king.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 = ]References
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