Yong Ji () or Lü Ji, personal name Zi Dian or Zi Zhou, 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 eighth Shang king, succeeding his brother

Xiao Jia Xiao Jia (), personal name Zi Gao (), was a Shang dynasty King of China. In the ''Records of the Grand Historian'' he was listed by Sima Qian as the seventh Shang king, succeeding his brother Tai Geng (). He was enthroned in the year of Dingsi ( ...

(). He was enthroned in the year of Jiaxu () with Bo () as his capital. He ruled for 12 years, was given the posthumous name Yong Ji and was succeeded by brother

Tai Wu Tai Wu () or Da Wu, personal name Zi Mi (), was a Shang dynasty King of China. In the ''Records of the Grand Historian'' he was listed by Sima Qian as the ninth Shang king, succeeding his brother Yong Ji (). He was enthroned with Bo () as his cap ...

().

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inscriptions on

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s unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the eighth Shang king succeeding his brother

(), given the posthumous name Lü Ji () and succeeded by his nephew

Zhong Ding Zhong Ding (), personal name Zǐ Zhuāng, was a Shang dynasty King of China. In the ''Records of the Grand Historian'' he was listed by Sima Qian as the tenth Shang king, succeeding his father Tai Wu (). He was enthroned in the year of Xinchou () ...

(). The economy began to decline under his rule.

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