Shang Jia
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Shang Jia, also known as Shang Jia Wei, is one of the 14 predynastic Shang Kings cited in Records of the Grand Historian. He was worshipped by the Shang kings as a sun deity and one of the Six Spirits.
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Predynastic Shang dynasty.
Relationships
- allied with
- Six Spirits, Hebo
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Shang people venerating Shang Jia with bao 報 sacrifices, which Confucius describes as being given to those who are of the ancestral line but did not do enough to be considered a zu 祖 ancestor; this would preserve their innate power”
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