Bao Yi of Shang
| Bao Yi 匚乙 | |||||||||
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| Ruler of Predynastic Shang | |||||||||
| Predecessor | Shang Jia | ||||||||
| Successor | Bao Bing | ||||||||
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| Father | Shang Jia | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 匚乙 or 報(报)乙 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Bao II" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bao Yi (Chinese: 匚乙; pinyin: Bào Yǐ) was the tenth ruler of Predynastic Shang. Succeeding Shang Jia, he is regarded as one of the culture's Six Spirits (六示 (lìushì)). Veneration of him as an ancestral deity is recorded in oracle bone inscriptions, though little is known about his contemporary reign. He was succeeded by Bao Bing.