Editing Shang dynasty (section)

=== Descendants of the Shang royal family ===
After the collapse of the Shang dynasty, Zhou's rulers forcibly relocated "Yin diehards" and scattered them throughout Zhou territory.<ref>[http://www.guoxue.com/jrxz/lztdzdxl/yuan231.htm 一 被剥削者的存在类型] (Exploited by the presence of...)</ref> Some surviving members of the Shang royal family collectively changed their surname from the ancestral name [[Zi (surname)|Zi]] to the name of their fallen dynasty, Yin. The family retained an aristocratic standing and often provided needed administrative services to the succeeding Zhou dynasty. King Wu of Zhou ennobled Lin Jian ({{zhi|c=林堅}}), the son of Prince [[Bigan]], as the Duke of Bo'ling. The ''Shiji'' states that [[King Cheng of Zhou]], with the support of his regent and uncle, the [[Duke of Zhou]], enfeoffed Weiziqi ({{zhi|c=微子啟}}), a brother of Di Xin, as the Duke of [[Song (state)|Song]], with its capital at [[Shangqiu]]. This practice was known as 'enfeoffment of three generations for two kings'. The dukes of Song would maintain rites honouring the Shang kings until [[Qi (state)|Qi]] conquered Song in 286&nbsp;BC. [[Confucius]] was possibly a descendant of the Shang Kings through the Dukes of Song.<ref>{{citation |surname=Yao |given=Xinzhong |title=An Introduction to Confucianism |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2000 |isbn=0-521-64430-5 |quote=Confucius is believed to have been a descendant of the royal house of the Shang Dynasty and his family lived in the state of Song until his grandfather was forced to move to the state of Lu.}}</ref><ref>{{citation |surname=Yao |given=Xinzhong |title=Confucianism and Christianity: A Comparative Study of Jen and Agape |publisher=Sussex Academic Press |year=1997 |isbn=1-898723-76-1 |page=29}}</ref><ref>{{citation |surname=Rainey |given=Lee Dian |title=Confucius & Confucianism: The Essentials |publisher=Wiley |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-4051-8841-8}}</ref>

The Eastern Han dynasty bestowed the title of Duke of Song and 'Duke Who Continues and Honours the Yin' upon Kong An, because he was part of the legacy of the Shang.<ref>{{citation |given=Rafe |surname=de Crespigny |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=49OvCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA389 |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23–220 AD) |date=28 December 2006 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-474-1184-0 |pages=389}}</ref><ref>《汉书·杨胡朱梅云传》：初，武帝时，始封周后姬嘉为周子南君，至元帝时，尊周子南君为周承休侯，位次诸侯王。使诸大夫博士求殷后，分散为十余姓，郡国往往得其大家，推求子孙，绝不能纪。时，匡衡议，以为"王者存二王后，所以尊其先王而通三统也。其犯诛绝之罪者绝，而更封他亲为始封君，上承其王者之始祖。《春秋》之义，诸侯不能守其社稷者绝。今宋国已不守其统而失国矣，则宜更立殷后为始封君，而上承汤统，非当继宋之绝侯也，宜明得殷后而已。今之故宋，推求其嫡，久远不可得；虽得其嫡，嫡之先已绝，不当得立。《礼记》孔子曰：'丘，殷人也。'先师所共传，宜以孔子世为汤后。"上以其语不经，遂见寝。</ref> This branch of the Confucius family is a separate branch from the line that held the title of Marquis of Fengsheng village and later Duke Yansheng.

Another remnant of the Shang established the vassal state of [[Guzhu]] (present-day [[Tangshan]]), which [[Duke Huan of Qi]] destroyed.<ref>[http://guzhuwenhua.com/index.asp 中国孤竹文化网] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401085352/http://guzhuwenhua.com/index.asp |date=1 April 2010}} (Chinese Guzhu Cultural Network)</ref><ref>[http://www.guoxue.com/xsjy/2000.7/guzhuguo.htm 解开神秘古国 ——孤竹之谜] (unlocking the ancient mystery of Guzhu)</ref><ref>[http://www.lulong.ccoo.cn/bendi/culture-2.html 孤竹析辨] (Guzhu analysis identified)</ref> Many Shang clans that migrated northeast after the dynasty's collapse were integrated into [[Yan (state)|Yan]] culture during the Western Zhou period. These clans maintained an elite status and continued practising the sacrificial and burial traditions of the Shang.{{sfnp|Sun|2006}}

Both Korean and Chinese legends, including reports in the ''Book of Documents'' and ''Bamboo Annals'', state that a disgruntled Shang prince named [[Jizi]], who had refused to cede power to the Zhou, left China with a small army. According to these legends, he founded a state known as [[Gija Joseon]] in northwest Korea during the [[Gojoseon]] period of ancient Korean history. However, scholars debate the historical accuracy of these legends.