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Definition of Shang
1. Noun. The imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shang
Literary usage of Shang
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism by James Legge (1899)
"shang was the name under which the dynasty that superseded ... Yin then began to
be used as well as shang, and the dynasty was called indifferently shang or ..."
2. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism by Confucius, James Legge (1879)
"shang was the name under which the dynasty that superseded Hsii (BC 1766) held
... Yin then began to be used as well as shang, and the dynasty was called ..."
3. The Coppers of the Northwest Coast Indians: Their Origin, Development, and by Carol F. Jopling (1989)
"This yue, probably representative of an outlying vassal state, yet exemplifying
the pervasiveness of shang art style, technique, and concepts, ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1878)
"CHAMBLY [shang-ble], county of Canada, IV. 241. Chambly, county seat, IV. 241, 2 a.
... Champ de Mai [shang duh ma], IV. 247, 2 ab, c ; 291, 1 a. ..."
5. The Imperial History of China: Being a History of the Empire as Compiled by by John Macgowan (1906)
"*Po was in the modern shang-k'iu in the East of Honan. shang was in the present
Kwei-teh Fu, also in the E. of the same province. ..."
6. A Mandarin-Romanized Dictionary of Chinese: Including New Terms and Phrases by Donald MacGillivray (1921)
"... to ascend to Heaven (ti4 yii*). high antiquity (shang* ku3). birthday ...
in an inventory. the seat of honor. vomiting and purging (hsieh* tu*). shang ..."
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