Xiang Tu

Xiang Tu
Chinese 相土
Literal meaning (personal name)
Cheng Du
Chinese 乘杜

Xiang Tu(Chinese: 相土; pinyin: Xiàng Tǔ;?–?)The ancestors of the Shang dynasty.His family name is Zi(子),the other name is Cheng Du(乘杜),his hometown is in Shangqiu(商丘), Henan(河南),[1] the third leader of the Shang nation.

History

Tang's eleven ancestor, Xie's grandson,[2] the son of Zhao Ming.In the beginning, people still do not know the horse drawn cart is used to pack, wrangler a group diffusion method.It was said that he raised horses in the way of grooves and captivity，The horse is tamed and trained, so the horse can pull the car and become one of the important means of transportation.

It can be seen that in the phase of the Xiang Tu, the Shang people have migrated the nomadic life from the water and grass, and entered the age of settlement animal husbandry and agricultural cultivation.He developed forces in the east by force, on the coast of the Yellow Sea(黃海) and in the nearby islands.[3]

Family

  • Grandfather:Xie(契)
    • Father:Zhao Ming(昭明)

Bibliography

"Records of the Grand Historian"(《史記》)/Volume 3

Notes

  1. ↑ 《集解》宋忠曰：“相土就契封於商。春秋左氏傳曰‘閼伯居商丘，相土因之’。”
  2. ↑ 《正義》括地志云：“宋州宋城縣古閼伯之墟，即商丘也，又云羿所封之地。”
  3. ↑ 《索隱》相土佐夏，功著於商，詩頌曰“相土烈烈，海外有截”是也。左傳曰“昔陶唐氏火正閼伯居商丘，相土因之”，是始封商也。
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