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Pan Geng盘庚
Monarch of the Shang dynasty.
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Pan Geng, and the people around them.
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Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
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Kinship
Blood, marriage and sworn bonds
Pan Geng—Xiao Xinbrothers
Yang Jia—Pan Gengbrothers
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In history · Records of the Grand Historian
Younger brother of Yang Jia, he succeeded to the throne, moved the capital to Bo, and Yin revived.
In fiction · Investiture of the Gods
Monarch of the Shang dynasty.
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Investiture of the Gods
0 relations0 verified quotations - Official history1 profile notes
Records of the Grand Historian
2 relations2 verified quotations- Pan Geng→ brothers →Xiao Xin
- Yang Jia→ brothers →Pan Geng
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帝盘庚崩，弟小辛立
brothers · Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Yin
帝阳甲崩，弟盘庚立
brothers · Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Yin
History vs. fiction
Pan Geng, the reviving monarch of the Shang dynasty, is recorded in official histories as overcoming resistance to move the capital to Yin, and the novel largely follows historical facts.
According to the "Yin Benji" in the "Records of the Grand Historian": 「盘庚之时，殷已都河北，盘庚渡河南，复居成汤之故居，迺五迁，无定处……乃遂涉河南，治亳，行汤之政，然后百姓由宁，殷道复兴。」 Both the "Book of Documents·Pan Geng" and the "Records of the Grand Historian" record that Pan Geng led the Shang people to move the capital from Yan to Yin, alleviating class contradictions and rescuing the declining Shang dynasty; the novel's depiction of the background of the Shang dynasty's capital relocation aligns with official history.
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