In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the twelfth Shang king, succeeding his father Wai Ren.
He was enthroned in the year of Gengshen (Chinese: 庚申) with Ao (隞) as his capital.
In the fourth year of his reign he launched another attack against the Blue Barbarians.
He was given the posthumous name He Dan Jia and was succeeded by his son Zu Yi.
[1][2][3] Oracle script inscriptions on bones unearthed at Yinxu alternatively record that he was the eleventh Shang king, given the posthumous name Jian Jia (Chinese: 戔甲) and succeeded by his brother Zu Yi.