Shang Jia
| Shang Jia 上甲 | |||||||||
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Shang grapheme for Shàngjiǎ 上甲 (Supreme Ancestor) | |||||||||
| Leader of the Predynastic Shang | |||||||||
| Successor | Bao Yi (报乙) | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Wang Hai (王亥) | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 上甲(微) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "High I" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shang Jia (Chinese: 上甲), also known as Shang Jia Wei (Chinese: 上甲微), is one of the 14 predynastic Shang Kings cited in Records of the Grand Historian. He was worshipped by the Shang kings as a sun deity and one of the Six Spirits (六示 (lìushì)).