Nan Geng [SEP] noble family
Nan Geng
Nan Geng () was a king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China.
In the "Records of the Grand Historian" he was listed by Sima Qian as the seventeenth Shang king, succeeding his cousin Zu Ding. He was enthroned in the year of Bingchen () with Bi () as his capital. In the third year of his reign he moved his capital to Yan (). He ruled for about 29 years before his death. He was given the posthumous name Nan Geng and was
rebellions and his exhortations on personal living, and his wife Lady Lin (藺夫人). Ma was a marquess, and Lady Ma was therefore born into comfort and wealth, as a member of a noble family.
In 49, however, things would change. Ma, while on expedition against the Wulin tribes (in modern eastern Guizhou and northwestern Hunan), died during the campaign from a plague, which also killed a large number of his soldiers. After his death, Ma's deputy Geng Shu (耿舒)