Feichang
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Nativename
費昌
AllegianceShang dynasty
KnownforDescendant of Bo Yi
Serving Tang of Shang
Serving Tang of Shang
ConflictsBattle of Mingtiao
Feichang | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 費昌 |
| Allegiance | Shang dynasty |
| Known for | Descendant of Bo Yi Serving Tang of Shang |
| Conflicts | Battle of Mingtiao |
| Relations | Bo Yi (founding ancestor) Lian the Great (great grandfather) Ruomu (great grandfather) |
Feichang (simplified Chinese: 费昌; traditional Chinese: 費昌; pinyin: Fèichāng) was a figure in traditional Chinese historiography.
In the Records of the Grand Historian, Sima Qian's account of the origins of the House of Ying state that Feichang was the great-great-grandson of Ruomu, one of the sons of Bo Yi.[1]
Feichang served in the Battle of Mingtiao in Tang of Shang's army. He is recorded as having driven a chariot for Tang, allowing him to defeat Jie of Xia. After his defeat, Jie of Xia was exiled to Nanchao, bringing about the beginning of the Shang dynasty.[2] Taiping Yulan notes Feichang as going to Shang and unifying it prior to the war, after merely asking which was Xia and which was [3]