Shang Jia

Shang Jia
上甲
Shang grapheme for Shàngjiǎ 上甲 (Supreme Ancestor)
Leader of the Predynastic Shang
SuccessorBao Yi (报乙)
PredecessorWang Hai (王亥)
Names
Temple name
Shang Jia (上甲)
Shang Jia
Chinese上甲(微)
Literal meaning"High I"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinshàng jiǎ (wēi)
Bopomofoㄕㄤˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ (ㄨㄟˊ)
Wade–Gilesshang2-chia3(-wei1)
Wu
Romanizationzaon6 ciaq7 (vi6)
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationsoeng5 gaap3 (mei4)
Middle Chinese
Middle ChinesedzyangH kaep (mj+j)
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)/*daŋʔ-s [k]ˤr[a]p (məj)/
Zhengzhang/*djaŋs kraːb (mɯl)/

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)).