Template talk:Kings of Shang

The term "Late Shang"

Please note that the article Late Shang uses a different definition of the term than the one used in this template. As stated in the article Periodization of the Shang dynasty, there are more than one ways to periodize the Shang dynasty. And as @Kanguole (the creator of the Late Shang article) had previously mentioned elsewhere, the definition used in the "Late Shang" article specifically refers to the historical polity based on archaeology as the earliest known literate civilization in China, starting from Wu Ding. But the term as appearing in this template is used in the historiographical sense, starting from Pan Geng who is traditionally said to have moved the Shang capital to Yinxu. So the definitions used by them are not the same. I have added a note in the template for clarifications. --Wengier (talk) 01:40, 21 August 2024 (UTC)