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Tang of Shang

King Cheng Tang of Shang
Shang Dynasty

The Shang Dynasty or Yin Dynasty was according to traditional sources the first Dynasties in Chinese history. They ruled in the northeastern region of the area known as "China proper", in the Yellow River valley....
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Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
:"?", born Zi Lü, in Chinese:"??") (1675 BC-1646 BC).

Tang was the first ruling king of the Shang dynasty

Shang Dynasty

The Shang Dynasty or Yin Dynasty was according to traditional sources the first Dynasties in Chinese history. They ruled in the northeastern region of the area known as "China proper", in the Yellow River valley....
in Chinese history. He overthrew Jie, the last ruler of the Xia dynasty

Xia Dynasty

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Xia Dynasty

The Xia Dynasty of China is the first dynasty to be described in ancient historical records such as Records of the Grand Historian and Bamboo Annals....
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He was the head of his tribe for more than 17 years, and during that time period, he employed wise men as civil officials and revamped his government.

Seeing that the Xia Dynasty has began to falter, Tang initiated eleven wars against Xia Dynasty, taking large quantities of land and subduing many vassal states. After an internal rebellion in Xia, Tang swept away the Xia armies in one final victory in 1600 BC. He then set Jie into exile until he died.

Tang's reign was regarded as a good one by the Chinese. He lowered taxes and the conscription rate of soldiers. His influence spread to the Yellow River

Yellow River

The Yellow River or Huang He / Hwang Ho is the second-longest river in China and the List of rivers by length in the world at 4,845 kilometers ....
, and many outlying tribes became vassal states. He also established Anyang

Anyang

Anyang is a prefecture-level city in Henan province of China, People's Republic of China. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the east, Hebi and Xinxiang to the south, and the provinces of Shanxi and Hebei to its west and north respectively....
as the new capital of China.

Tang, his given name is Lu(?). His ancestor is Yilu(??), married with Jiandi(??), daughter of Gaoxin(???). Yilu had a son called Yao Situ(???), he was appointed as Vassal by Xia King by his contribution to his people. and after 13 generations, born a man called Zhuggui(??), father of Tang.

After 18 years as leader of Shang tribe, which was Xia's state, Tang defeated Xia and he got his throne in the year of Guihai(??). His capital was at Bo(?).

The war between Xia and Shang happened in the year of Renwu(??).

He built a palace called Xia She to remember Xia Dynasty,

In the 19th year of his regime (2nd year after defeated Xia), there was a drought.

The Di(?) and Qiang(?) people sent an envoy to worship him, also regarded him as their king.

In the 20th year of his regime, there was a drought and the last king Jie of Xia

Jie of Xia

King Jie was the last ruler of the Xia Dynasty of China, and is blamed for its fall. He reputedly mistreated his people and became a tyrant. Records from the later Qin dynasty say that during the last year of Jie's reign, ice formed during the summer mornings and frosts occurred through July....
died at Tingshan(??). He banned dancing and singing, in order to plead with heaven to rain.

In the 21st year of his regime, there was drought again. Tang made Golden coins to be given to the poor family that sold their children caused by the drought, so that they can buy their children back.

From the 22nd year to 24th year of his regime, there was still drought.

After 5 years of continuous drought, Tang prayed at Sanglin(??), promised that if it did not rain, he will sacrifice himself to the God in charge of Raining. Finally it rained.

In the 25th year of his regime, he wrote Dahu music(???). This year was the first time he hunted.

In the 27th year of his regime, he moved the 9 bronze vessels, or ding(?), made by Yu of Xia, to the Shang Palace.

In the 29th year of his regime, he died. He ruled 13 years after defeated Xia.