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| Tang 湯 | |||||||||
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 Depiction of King Tang by Ma Lin | |||||||||
| King of the Shang dynasty | |||||||||
| Predecessor | Jie (Xia dynasty) | ||||||||
| Successor | Bu Bing Da Ding (disputed) | ||||||||
| Leader of the Predynastic Shang | |||||||||
| Predecessor | Zhu Gui | ||||||||
| Successor | Himself as King of the Shang dynasty | ||||||||
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| Tang of Shang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 湯 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 汤 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cheng Tang[a] (born Zi Lü[b][1]), recorded on oracle bones as, in English, Tai Yi[1] (太乙) or Da Yi (大乙), was the first king of the Shang dynasty. Tang is traditionally considered a virtuous ruler, as signified with the common nickname of "Tang the Perfect" (Cheng Tang) given to him.[2] According to legend,[3] as the last leader of the Predynastic Shang he overthrew Jie, the last king of the Xia dynasty.
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- ^ a b "Tang". Encyclopedia Britannica. 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ^ Theobald, Ulrich (2010-11-13). "Hetu luoshu 河圖洛書". Chinaknowledge. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
- ^ Lai, Selena; Brown, Waka Takahashi (November 2006). "The Shang Dynasty, 1600 to 1050 BCE". SPICE. Stanford University. Retrieved 2023-05-03.