Shang Gaozong (商高宗)

Overview

The translated histories identify Shang Gaozong as a ruler. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Shang Gaozong	商高宗
Temple name	Gaozong	高宗	Gaozong
Title	Shang High Ancestor	商高宗

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 商高宗 · Western Year: c. BC 1250
Explicit · mingshi:115:s0006

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 115Volume 115 Biographies 3: Emperor Xingzong Xiaokang, Emperor Ruizong Xingxian · 1 passage

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吳元年，年十三矣，命省臨濠墓，諭曰：「商高宗舊勞于外，周成王早聞《無逸》之訓，皆知小民疾苦，故在位勤儉，為守成令主。 In the first year of the Wu regime, when he was thirteen, he was sent to inspect the ancestral tombs at Fengyang. Hongwu instructed him: "The Shang High Ancestor once labored in the provinces; King Cheng of Zhou was taught the 'Against Idleness' early on—both understood the people's hardships, and so ruled diligently and frugally as successful heirs.