The Moving of Capital & The Succession Rule
of Throne:The Political Reform of King
Pangeng(盤庚)
Chiang, Ta-Chih
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Due to the mistakes of the throne succession rule, that caused the Shang Dynasty’s dispute for a long time in nine kings. In this period, the Kings who scrambled for the kingship by destructing the throne succession rule, always moved the capital for taking away the resisting power. After the King Pangeng (盤庚)succeeded the king, he firstly moved the capital to Yin( 殷) and then reformed the rule of succession. Thereafter, the Sang Dynasty stopped the struggle for the kingship and never moved the capital again. Because of its table politics, Song Dynasty developed a splendid civilization in later period.
Keywords:
moving of capital; throne succession Rule; dispute the kingship; Pangeng
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