After the Tang extinguished the summer, he took "Shang" as the country name. His descendant Pangeng moved the capital to Yin, so he was called "Yin", or "Yin Shang".

Legend has it that the Shang clan is a descendant of the Gaoxin clan, living in the lower reaches of the Yellow River and has a long history. During the Shun period, the Shang clan produced an outstanding military leader - Qi. Later, the merchants called him "King Xuan", as the ancestor, and made up an ode to him "The Xuanniao of Destiny, descended to give birth to merchants, and the house is vast" to praise him.

When Taikang lost the country, Qi's grandson Xiangtu began to develop to the east, and the "Book of Songs" said: "Xiangtu is fierce, and there are interceptions overseas." By the middle of the Xia Dynasty, the sixth Sun Ming of Qi "diligently died of his officials", and the merchants "suburb" worshipped him.

Wang Hai of the underworld "served the cow" and developed to Hebei. By the time of the fourteenth generation of Sun Tang, Shang had become a relatively powerful Fang state in the East.

After the Xia was revived in Shaokang and passed to Emperor Kongjia, the Xia Dynasty had ruled the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and gradually declined due to the increasingly corrupt rule.

At the same time, the Shang clan that arose in the east developed greatly and gradually became stronger, and under the leadership of Shang Tang, they had accumulated the strength to destroy the Xia.

Tang is Tianyi, surnamed "Zi", also known as Da Yi, later generations used to call it Chengtang, is a very cultivated Shang leader, after he became the leader of the Shang tribe, he saw that the Xia Dynasty was becoming more and more decaying, and Xia's tyranny and government had caused rebellion and separation, so he set out to establish a new dynasty.

First of all, with virtue and power, the soldiers and horses were strong, so that the neighboring tribes were attached one after another.

The Shang clan was still at the end of the clan society before the destruction of Xia. At this time, inequalities, slavery, and exploitation within the Shang clan had already occurred, but they were much more lenient and moderate than the rule of the Xia Dynasty.

Cheng Tang's diligent administration, weak and sympathetic to the people's feelings and other measures played a very significant role in winning the hearts of the people, consolidating the rule, and accumulating the strength to destroy the Xia. His actions not only won the support of his own people, but also made the Xia people and the people of other countries yearn for it.

Shang Tang's activities naturally attracted Xia Wei's attention. At this time, although Shang's power had developed greatly, it was still weak relative to Xia and had to temporarily submit to Xia. Out of suspicion, Xia Wei summoned Shang Tang and imprisoned him in Xia Tai.

Secondly, using Yi Yin's strategy, he divided the relationship between Xia Wei and his allies, the Jiuyi clan, so that the balance of power gradually turned in his favor.

After completing these preparations, Shang began to use troops against Xia.

At the oath-taking meeting of the army to destroy the Xia, Tang counted the sins of Xia Ji and the people's hatred of Ji, and pointed out the reasons for the war to destroy Xia by the will of God, pointing out that the destruction of Xia was an order of God and could not be violated, and those who made meritorious service would be rewarded, and those who did not obey would be severely punished.

Before the decisive battle with Xia Wei, of course, it was necessary to destroy the individual Fang tribes that were still under the command of King Xia at this time, and so far, Xia Wei's wings have all been cut off. However, at this time, Xia Wei did not take serious precautions against Shang Tang's attack.

Unfortunately, the results are obvious. The Xia army was defeated by the Shang army in the first battle, and Xia Wei fled to Nanchao and died.

The establishment of the Shang Dynasty greatly promoted the development of productive forces and brought about a turning point in the progress of ancient civilization. After the establishment of the Shang Dynasty, in order to resist natural disasters, the capital was moved repeatedly, and the economic level was very low. However, Shang Tang learned the lessons of the fall of the Xia Dynasty and extensively implemented benevolent government, which won the support of the people, and the Shang Dynasty's power was initially consolidated.

Agriculture and handicrafts developed rapidly in the Shang Dynasty. Grain crops such as millet, millet, rice, and wheat and cash crops such as mulberry, hemp, melons and fruits appeared, economic development accelerated, the private ownership system was further completed, and the Shang Dynasty entered an era in which slavery was dominant.

Before the Shang Tang destroyed the Xia and established the Shang Dynasty, the Shang tribe was a tribe dominated by animal husbandry, which flourished in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. The Shang Dynasty established its rule and built its capital in Bo, and later moved its capital to Yin during the Pangeng period, so the Shang Dynasty has always been called Yin Shang.

The Shang Dynasty's sphere of influence also greatly exceeded that of the Xia Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty had great development in the recording of astronomical phenomena and the use of the Ganzhi chronological method. The Shang Dynasty's agriculture, animal husbandry, and breeding industries developed relatively rapidly, especially the handicraft industry, and the smelting and manufacturing of bronze ware were quite mature, and all kinds of commonly used utensils, ritual vessels, and wine vessels were very exquisite.

In 1525 B.C., Zu Yi moved the capital to Gengdi. The following year, due to the river disaster, the capital was moved to Xing. and enshrined his younger brother Zu Bingyu Geng and established the Geng State. There are still ruins in Kawazu City.

Wu Ding is the son of Pan Geng's brother Xiao Yi, that is, Pan Geng's nephew, and after his death, he was called Gaozong, so he was also called Yin Gaozong. When he was young, Xiao Yi let him live in the people for a period of time, and he knew the hardships and hardships of people's lives. After he ascended the throne, he worked diligently, did not dare to be wasted, worked hard, and was determined to revitalize the great cause. He went out on expeditions in all directions, and conquered the ghost side, the earth side, the Qiang side, the human side, the tiger side and other countries, and the scale of the war was not small, often using thousands of troops, and the largest sent 13,000 troops at a time. During these campaigns, the Shang kings conquered many small states, expanded their territory, and captured a large number of prisoners.

The cultural relics of the Wuding period are quite rich, and the remains of palaces, tombs, workshops and other relics have been found. The bronze industry, which represented the level of development of the social productive forces at that time, made breakthroughs, such as the emergence of ternary alloys of copper, lead, and tin; the technology of separate casting has been widely used; the number of bronze ware produced has increased greatly, and there are also such heavy weapons as Simu Wu Dafang Ding, Evenfang Yi, and Sanlian Ling.

After Wu Ding's death, the peaceful and prosperous era he created did not last long. The kings after Zu Geng and Zu Jia, especially during the period of Emperor Yi Dixin, the domestic contradictions were very acute, and the princes in the southeast rebelled.

In the face of this situation, the Shang king Emperor Xin (纣) was a young man who was brave and sent his subordinates to the east to conquer Laiyi, attacked Jiumiao in the south himself, and extended Shang's power to the East China Sea and the Yangtze River Valley, but his successive campaigns greatly consumed national strength, further intensified domestic contradictions, and the domestic army was empty, so that its control over the northwest declined, giving Zhou an opportunity to take advantage of.

During the reign of King Wu of Zhou, Zhou raised troops to attack Shang, and the Shang Emperor Xin (纣) could only use slaves as an army to resist the Zhou people in a hurry, as a result, the army of the Shang King had no fighting spirit, "the former disciples defected", Muye fought a battle, "blood flowed and pestle", the domestic merchant army was exhausted, and Emperor Xin fled to Lutai ** and died. The Shang Dynasty perished, and the Zhou Dynasty was established.