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Also known as Gaozong, Zi Zhao

King of Shang dynasty, ancient China

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  • Er tong wen xue yan jiu
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  • Yang zhai cuo yao

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Key facts

Reign
c. 1250 – 1192 BC
Predecessor
Xiao Yi
Successor
Zu Geng
Chancellors
Gan Pan Fu Yue
Born
c. first half of 13th century BC, Shang dynasty
Died
c. 1192 BC , Yin
Spouse
Fu Jing Fu Hao Fu Shi ( 婦睪 ) About 60 other concubines
Issue
Zu Ji

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date of death
1192-01-01
date of birth
1300-00-00
Commons category
Wu Ding (Shang dynasty)
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FatherXiao Yi ReligionShang state religion

Wu Ding (Chinese: 武丁; died c. 1192 BC); personal name Zi Zhao (子昭), was a king of the Chinese Shang dynasty who ruled the central Yellow River valley. He is the earliest figure in Chinese history mentioned in contemporary records. The annals of the Shang dynasty compiled by later historians were once thought to be little more than legends until oracle script inscriptions on bones dating from his reign were unearthed at the ruins of his capital Yin (near modern Anyang) in 1899. Oracle bone inscriptions from his reign have been radiocarbon dated to 1254–1197 BC ±10 years, closely according with regnal dates derived by modern scholars from received texts, epigraphic evidence, and astronomical calculations.

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