Ancient China · Ruler

Yang Jia 陽甲

Attested BC 1600 - BC 1300

Passages: 5
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Yang Jia was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1408 to BC 1402 商王陽甲（史臣以盤庚繼陽甲為喻）
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 212
BC 1600 to BC 1300 帝陽甲
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 427
BC 1600 to BC 1300 殷
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 124

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zuding (祖丁)
father 父
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 124; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 427
Sibling of Pan Geng (盤庚)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 428; Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 127

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Shang 商 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 212

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 6, passage 212

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 6Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Ming of Southern Qi · 1 passage

若令壓紐之徵，必委天命，盤庚之祀，亦繼陽甲，杖運推公，夫何譏爾！ Had the cracked cord of succession truly been heaven's to mend, Pan Geng's rites would still have followed Yang Jia; when fate is the staff and the public good the path—what fault is there to name?

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 3 passages

帝南庚崩，立帝祖丁之子陽甲，是為帝陽甲。 Nangeng died; Zuding's son Yangjia became Emperor Yangjia.

帝陽甲之時，殷衰。 Under Yangjia Yin declined again.

帝陽甲崩，弟盤庚立，是為帝盤庚。 Yangjia died; his brother Pangeng became Emperor Pangeng.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 1 passage

帝陽甲，祖丁子。 Emperor Yangjia, son of Zuding.