title given_name family_name article_title name
king of shang dynasty zhuang -lrb- 庄 -rrb- zi -lrb- 子 -rrb- zhong ding
 zhong ding 仲丁
zhong ding

zhong ding -lrb- -rrb- was a shang dynasty king of china .
in the `` records of the grand historian '' he was listed by sima qian as the tenth shang king , succeeding his father tai wu -lrb- -rrb- .
he was enthroned in the year of xinchou -lrb- chinese : 辛丑 -rrb- with bo -lrb- -rrb- as his capital .
in the first year of his reign he moved his capital to ao -lrb- -rrb- .
in the sixth year of his reign he attacked the blue barbarians -lrb- -rrb- .
he ruled for 11 years -lrb- other sources say 9 years -rrb- before his death .
he was given the posthumous name zhong ding and was succeeded by his brother wai ren -lrb- -rrb- .
oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at yinxu alternatively record that he was the ninth shang king succeeding his uncle yong ji -lrb- -rrb- , given the posthumous name sanzu ding -lrb- -rrb- and succeeded by his brother bu ren .
