
The Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1050 BCE), once centered in the North China Plain, is the first recorded Chinese dynasty for which documentary and archaeological evidence exists. Of interest to historians of religion, this dynasty contains ancient religious beliefs of Chinese history. The Shang Dynasty The Shang dynasty was a slave-owning aristocracy with a rural peasantry […]
The Religion of the Shang, China’s Earliest Historical Dynasty — Bishop’s Encyclopedia of Religion, Society and Philosophy