Bu Bing
卜丙
King of the Shang dynasty
PredecessorKing Tang
SuccessorDa Geng
Full name
Posthumous name
Bu Bing (卜丙)
FatherKing Tang

Bu Bing[a] or Wai Bing[b] (born Zǐ Shèng[c]), was the second king of the Shang dynasty, according to the Records of the Grand Historian.

In the Records of the Grand Historian, he was listed by Sima Qian as the second Shang king, succeeding his father Tang, following the earlier death of his elder brother Tai Ding. He was enthroned in the year of Yihai (Chinese: 乙亥), with Yi Yin as his prime minister and Bo (亳) as his capital. He ruled for about 2 years before his death. He was given the posthumous name Wai Bing and was succeeded by his younger brother.[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] The substitution of Wai (外) for Bu (卜) is a scribal transmission error dating to antiquity.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ Chinese: 卜丙
  2. ^ Chinese: 外丙
  3. ^ Chinese: 子勝

References

  1. ^ Bai, Shouyi (2002). An Outline History of China. Beijing: Foreign Language Press. ISBN 7-119-02347-0.
  2. ^ a b "The Shang Dynasty Rulers". China Knowledge. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
  3. ^ a b "Shang Kingship And Shang Kinship" (PDF). Indiana University. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2008. Retrieved August 7, 2007.
  4. ^ Hopkins, L.C. (1917). "The Sovereigns of the Shang Dynasty, B.C. 1766–1154". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press: 74. JSTOR 25189506.
Bu Bing Shang dynasty Regnal titles Preceded byDa Jia King of China Succeeded byDa Geng
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