Nan Geng (), personal name Zi Geng, was a king 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 ...

of ancient China.

Records

In the ''

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'' he was listed by Sima Qian as the seventeenth Shang king, succeeding his cousin Zu Ding. He was enthroned in the year of Bingchen () with Bi () as his capital. In the third year of his reign he moved his capital to Yan (). He ruled for about 29 years before his death. He was given the posthumous name Nan Geng and was succeeded by his cousin's son Yang Jia.

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inscriptions on

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unearthed at

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alternatively record that he was the sixteenth Shang king.

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