Chang Ruo () was the ancestor of the

Shang dynasty The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty founded by Tang of Shang (Cheng Tang) that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and ...

. His family name is Zi (). He was the fourth leader of the Shang tribe.

History

His great-grandfather was Xie. His grandfather was Zhao Ming. His father was

Xiang Tu Xiang Tu (; ? – ?) was an ancient Chinese noble, an ancestor of the Shang dynasty. His family name is Zi (子), and his other name is Cheng Du (乘杜). His hometown is in Shangqiu (商丘), Henan (河南), and he was the third leader of the Shan ...

. His son was

Cao Yu Cao Yu (, September 24, 1910 — December 13, 1996) was a Chinese playwright, often regarded as one of China's most important of the 20th century. His best-known works are ''Thunderstorm'' (1933), ''Sunrise'' (1936) and ''Peking Man'' (1940). ...

, the founding monarch of the

Tang Tang or TANG most often refers to: * Tang dynasty * Tang (drink mix) Tang or TANG may also refer to: Chinese states and dynasties * Jin (Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) b ...

ancestors. In order to domesticate horses, his father, Xiang Tu, was in the position of

Xiang of Xia Xiang () is the name of a king of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty who is said to have reigned during the 3rd millennium BC. He was the fifth king of the Xia dynasty. Biography Xiang had been preceded on the throne of Xia by his father Zhong Kang ...

, and the horse was made. After the death of Xiang Tu, Chang Ruo succeeded him. When he died, his son, Cao Yu, succeeded him,《史記》：相土卒，子昌若立。昌若卒，子曹圉立。 but because the name of Chang Ruo appears later, it may be a fictitious one.

Family

*Great-great-grandfather:

Emperor Ku Kù (, variant graph ), usually referred to as Dì Kù (), also known as Gaoxin or Gāoxīn Shì () or Qūn (), was a descendant of the Yellow Emperor. He went by the name Gaoxin until receiving imperial authority, when he took the name Ku and th ...

() **Great-grandfather: Xie () ***Grandfather: Zhao Ming () ****Father:

() *****Self: Chang Ruo () ******Son: Cao Yu ({{Lang, zh, 曹圉)

Bibliography

Records of the Grand Historian ''Records of the Grand Historian'', also known by its Chinese name ''Shiji'', is a monumental history of China that is the first of China's 24 dynastic histories. The ''Records'' was written in the early 1st century by the ancient Chinese hist ...

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Shang dynasty kings