Shi Gui of Shang

Shi Gui (Chinese: 示癸; pinyin: shì guǐ) was the fourteenth ruler of Predynastic Shang. He succeeded Shi Ren and was regarded as one of the culture's Six Spirits (六示 (lìushì)). He was the father of Tang of Shang, known to the Shang as Tai Yi (太乙), who in traditional Chinese historiography would go on to found the Shang dynasty by overthrowing Jie of Xia.

Little is known about the life of Shi Gui, as his life predates the Late Shang that oracle bones are known for. Prior to their unearthing in the late-19th century, he was only mentioned in Records of the Grand Historian when tracking the lineage of the Shang dynasty, along with a brief reference by a speech by a minister of the State of Lu in Guoyu when discussing the virtue of Tang of Shang, referring to a legend in which he was born from a "Dark Bird" to found Predynastic Shang. However, as he was invoked many times as an ancestral deity, details such as his spouse can still be derived.