King Gaozong of Yin (殷高宗)

Overview

King Gaozong of Yin was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

Shang antiquity
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 51

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 109 Biographies 59: Feng Gang, Ashinashe'er, Qibi Heli, Heichi Changzhi, Li Duozuo, Li Siye, Bai Xiaode · 1 passage

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上表固辭曰：「臣聞古者殷高宗在諒闇之中，百官聽於冢宰，更無事跡，但存文字。 He memorialized a firm refusal: "I have heard that in antiquity, when King Gaozong of Yin mourned in seclusion, the hundred officials obeyed the regent—but we have no further record of actual governance from that time, only words on paper.