Shang dynasty
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Shang Dynasty — Infobox Former Country native name = aut|商朝 Shang Dynasty conventional long name = common name = Shang Dynasty national motto = continent = Asia region = Pacific country = China era = status = Kingdom government type = Monarchy year start = 1766… … Wikipedia
Shang dynasty — or Yin dynasty Traditionally, the second of China s dynasties, following the Xia dynasty. Until excavations in the 20th century provided archaeological evidence for the Xia, the Shang was the first verifiable Chinese dynasty. Dates for its… … Universalium
Wen Zhong (Shang Dynasty) — Wen Zhong (Chinese: 闻仲; Pinyin: Wén Zhòng) is a major character featured within the famed ancient Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi ). Wen Zhong had been the top ranked official under King Da Yi since the times of old. Following the death of Da Yi,… … Wikipedia
Shang Rong — (Chinese: 商容; Pinyin: Shāng Róng) was a high official of Shang Dynasty. [Sima Qian, Records of the Grand Historian Vol.3.] He is also a major character featured in the famed ancient Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi . Plot in Fengshen Yanyi Shang Rong … Wikipedia
Dynasty — A dynasty is a succession of rulers who belong to the same family for generations. A dynasty is also often called a house , e.g. the House of Saud or House of Habsburg . In the histories of Europe, much of Asia and some of Africa, ruling and… … Wikipedia
dynasty — dynastic /duy nas tik/; Brit. also /di nas tik/, dynastical, adj. dynastically, adv. /duy neuh stee/; Brit. also /din euh stee/, n., pl. dynasties. 1. a sequence of rulers from the same family, stock, or group: the Ming dynasty … Universalium
Shang — noun the imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC • Syn: ↑Shang dynasty • Hypernyms: ↑dynasty … Useful english dictionary
dynasty — noun (C) 1 a family of kings or other rulers whose parents, grandparents etc have ruled the country for many years: The Habsburg dynasty ruled in Austria from 1278 to 1918. 2 a period of time when a particular family ruled a country or area:… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
dynasty — noun the fourth king of the Shang dynasty Syn: bloodline, line, ancestral line, lineage, house, family, ancestry, descent, succession, genealogy, family tree; regime, rule, reign, empire, sovereignty … Thesaurus of popular words
Shang Xiang — (zh cpw|c=上庠|p=shàng xiáng|w=shang hsiang), was a school founded in the Yu Shun (虞舜) era in China. Shun (舜, 2257 BCE–2208 BCE), the Emperor of the Kingdom of Yu (虞, or 有虞/Youyu), founded two schools. One was Shang Xiang (shang (上), means up,… … Wikipedia
