Emperors of Shang Dynasty

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Emperor Table

Emperors of the Shang Dynasty

Order	Name	Notes	Reign Time (years)
1	Tang	Family name: Zi; Given name: Tang; He overthrew the tyrannical rule of Jie of the Xia Dynasty. The society was stable and the people lived happy lives during his reign.	30
2	Wai Bing	Son of Tang	3
3	Zhong Ren	Son of Tang and younger brother of Wai Bing	4
4	Tai Jia	grandson of Tang	33
5	Wo Ding	Son of Tai Jia	29
6	Tai Geng	Son of Tai Jia and the younger brother of Wo Ding	25
7	Xiao Jia	Son of Tai Geng	36
8	Yong Ji	Brother of Xiao Jia; The dynasty began to decline under his rule.	12
9	Tai Wu	Younger brother of Yong Ji	75
10	Zhong Ding	Son of Tai Wu	11
11	Wai Ren	Son of Tai Wu and younger brother of Zhong Ding	15
12	He Dan Jia	Son of Tai Wu and younger brother of Wai Ren	9
13	Zu Yi	Son of He Dan Jia; the Shang Dynasty came into prosperity again.	19
14	Zu Xin	Son of Zu Yi	16
15	Wo Jia	Son of Zu Yi and the younger brother of Zu Xin	20
16	Zu Ding	Son of zu Xin	32
17	Nan Geng	Son of Wo Jia	29
18	Yang Jia	Son of Zu Ding; the country was in decline during his reign.	7
19	Pan Geng	Son of Zu Ding and the younger brother of Yang Jia; He moved the capital to Yin, thus the dynasty is also called Yin Shang. The country was prosperous during his reign.	28
20	Xiao Xin	Son of Zu Ding and the younger brother of Pan Geng. The country declined again in his reign.	21
21	Xiao Yi	Son of Zu Ding and the younger brother of Xiao Xin	21
22	Wu Ding	The best emperor after Pan Geng. He enlarged the domain of the country through a war. Social productivity developed to a high level, including aspects of textile, medicine, and astronomy. There were great achievements during his reign.	59
23	Zu Geng	Son of Wu Ding	7
24	Zu Jia	Son of Wu Ding and younger brother of Zu Geng	33
25	Lin Xin	Son of Zu Jia	6
26	Geng Ding	Son of Zu Jia and younger brother of Lin Xin	6
27	Wu Yi	Son of Geng Ding	4
28	Tai Ding	Son of Wu Yi	3
29	Di Yi	Son of Tai Ding; the country was declined even worse.	37
30	Zhou	Family name: Zi; Given name: Xin; He acted atrociously toward his people and doted on his imperial concubine, Daji. He was finally defeated by the tribe of Zhou.	33

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