Xiao Jia (), personal name Zi Gao (), was a

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 ...

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. In the ''

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 ...

'' he was listed by

Sima Qian Sima Qian (; ; ) was a Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty (206AD220). He is considered the father of Chinese historiography for his ''Records of the Grand Historian'', a general history of China covering more than two thousand years b ...

as the seventh Shang king, succeeding his brother

Tai Geng Tai Geng () or Da Geng, personal name Zi Bian (), was a king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China. In the ''Records of the Grand Historian'' he was listed by Sima Qian as the sixth Shang king, succeeding his brother Wo Ding (). He was enthroned ...

(). He was enthroned in the year of Dingsi () with Bo () as his capital. He ruled for 17 years, was given the posthumous name Xiao Jia and was succeeded by brother

Yong Ji Yong Ji () or Lü Ji, personal name Zi Dian or Zi Zhou, was a Shang dynasty King of China. In the ''Records of the Grand Historian'' he was listed by Sima Qian as the eighth Shang king, succeeding his brother Xiao Jia (). He was enthroned in the ...

().

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inscriptions on

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unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the sixth Shang king succeeding his brother Da Geng (), given the posthumous name Xiao Jia () and succeeded by his nephew Da Wu ().

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