Xiang Tu

Xiang Tu
Chinese相土
Literal meaning(personal name)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiàng Tǔ
Wade–GilesHsiang4 T'u3
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSeung Tóu
Cheng Du
Chinese乘杜
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChéng Dù
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSìhng Dou6

Xiang Tu (Chinese: 相土; pinyin: Xiàng Tǔ; ? – ?) was an ancient Chinese noble, an ancestor of the Shang dynasty.[1] His family name is Zi (子), and his other name is Cheng Du (乘杜). His hometown is in Shangqiu (商丘), Henan (河南),[2] and he was the third leader of the Predynastic Shang.

  1. ^ Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian.
  2. ^ 《集解》宋忠曰:“相土就契封於商。春秋左氏傳曰‘閼伯居商丘,相土因之’。”