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Wu Ding (Chinese: 武丁; died c. 1200 BC); personal name Zi Zhao (子昭), was a king of the Chinese Shang dynasty who ruled the central Yellow River valley c. 1250 BC – c. 1200 BC. He is the earliest figure in Chinese history mentioned in contemporary records.
What is known is that King Wu Ding cultivated the allegiance of neighbouring tribes by marrying one woman from each of them. Fu Hao (who was believed to be one of the king's 64 wives) entered the royal household through such a marriage and took advantage of the semi-matriarchal slave society to rise through the ranks [6] to become one of King Wu Ding's three consorts.
From this evidence, scholars have assembled the implied king list and genealogy, finding that it is in substantial agreement with the later accounts, especially for later kings. According to this implied king list, Wu Ding was the twenty-first Shang king. [89] The Shang kings were referred to in the oracle bones by posthumous names.
Tai Geng (Chinese: 太庚) or Da Geng, personal name Zi Bian (子辨), was a king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China. In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the sixth Shang king, succeeding his brother Wo Ding (小辛). He was enthroned with Bo (亳) as his capital.
A Shang oracle text written by the Bīn group of diviners from period I, corresponding to the reign of King Wu Ding (c. 1250 BCE) [1]The Shang dynasty of China (c. 1600 – 1046 BCE), which adhered to a polytheistic religion centered around worshipping ancestors, structured itself into key religious roles with the king acting as head.
Wen Wu Ding (Chinese: 文武丁) or Wen Ding (文丁) or Tai Ding (太丁), personal name Zi Tuo (子托; Zǐ Tuō), was a king of the Shang dynasty of Ancient China.His reign was from 1116 to 1106 BC [1] according to the Cambridge History, or 1112 to 1102/1 BC according to the Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project.
Rather, members of the aristocracy created divinations themselves; there are four groups of these so-called 'non-king divinations' [139] [140] made during the early and middle periods of Wu Ding's reign: [141] one group comprises 500 inscriptions excavated at the Huayuanzhuang East site that were originally commissioned by a Shang prince, [142 ...
It is to date the only Shang royal tomb found intact with its contents and excavated by archaeologists. [1] Among the wealth of goods found in the tomb were bronze vessels bearing the name of Fu Hao, who is mentioned on oracle bones as a military leader and consort of king Wu Ding, who reigned c. 1200 BCE. [2]