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Tang
Sign in to saveAlso known as King Tang, King Tang of Shang, Shang Tang, Shang Tangwang, Shang Wuwang, Martial King of Shang, Thang, King Thang
Legendary first king of the Shang dynasty in ancient China
Key facts
- Reign
- c. 1600 BC - c. 1587 BC
- Predecessor
- Position established , Shi Gui of Predynastic Shang , Jie of Xia
- Successor
- Bu Bing Da Ding
- Born
- c. 1670 B.C. , Predynastic Shang
- Died
- c. 1587 B.C. , Bo ( 亳 , modern-day Shangqiu, Henan )
- Spouse
- Bi Jia ( 妣甲 ) , Bi Bing ( 妣丙 )
- Issue
- Da Ding , Bu Bing
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- China
- Child
- Zhong Ren
- Occupation
- politician
- Family
- Shang dynasty
- Image
- King Tang of Shang.jpg
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- name in kana
- てんいつ
- date of birth
- 1675-00-00
- date of death
- 1587-00-00
- temple name
- 太祖
- Commons category
- Tang of Shang
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Military career AllegiancePredynastic Shang Conflicts Battle of Mingtiao
Temple name Chinese太乙 大乙
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.