Meanings
shang1
Shang2
- historicalan ancient dynasty in China
Hsing-t'ai, Han-tan, and Shih-chia-chuang are thus among the numerous Shang sites marked by heavy upper Erh-li-kang cultural manifestations.
2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare, Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1352 more examples
Wilma Fairbank strongly supports the piece mold theory but points out that the mastery of bronze technology by the Shang people was an outgrowth of their earlier mastery of ceramic technology.
1969, Rutherford John Gettens, The Freer Chinese Bronzes, volume II, Washington, D.C.: Meriden Gravure Company, →OCLC, page 28In the Shang and Chou periods our knowledge from archaeology of ordinary dwellings is thus far poor, but something can be said of the more pretentious edifices.
1971, William Watson, Cultural Frontiers in Ancient East Asia, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 81
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe imperial dynasty ruling China from about the 18th to the 12th centuries BC
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Origin
- Mandarin商
- EnglishShang
From Mandarin 商 (Shāng).
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Chinese 晌
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