Bu Bing
| Wai Bing (Zi Sheng) 外丙 (子胜) | |
| Ancestral name (姓): | Zi (子) |
| Given name (名): | Sheng(胜) |
| King of Shang Dynasty | |
| Dates of reign: | |
| Posthumous name: | Wai Bing (外丙) |
| Dates are in the proleptic Julian calendar | |
Bu Bing (or Wai Bing) (Chinese: 外丙, born Zi Sheng, Chinese: 子勝) was a Shang Dynasty King of China.
In the Records of the Grand Historian, he was listed by Sima Qian as the second Shang king, succeeding his father King Tang (Chinese: 汤), following the earlier death of his elder brother Tai Ding (Chinese: 太丁). He was enthroned in the year of Yihai (Chinese: 乙亥), with Yi Yin (Chinese: 伊尹) as his prime minister and Bo (Chinese: 亳) as his capital. He ruled for about 2 years before his death. He was given the posthumous name "Wai Bing" (Chinese: 外丙) and was succeeded by his younger brother Zhong Ren (Chinese: 仲壬).[1][2][3]
Oracle script inscriptions, on bones unearthed at Yinxu, alternatively record that he was the fourth Shang king, the second son of Da Ding, given the posthumous name "Bu Bing" (Chinese: 卜丙), and succeeded by Da Geng.[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ Bai, Shouyi (2002). An Outline History of China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press. ISBN 7-119-02347-0.
- ^ a b "The Shang Dynasty Rulers". China Knowledge. http://chinaknowledge.de/History/Myth/shang-rulers.html. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
- ^ a b "Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship" (PDF). Indiana University. http://www.indiana.edu/~g380/Kings.pdf. Retrieved August 7, 2007.[dead link]
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| Preceded by Da Ding |
King of China | Succeeded by Zhong Ren or Da Geng |
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