91 BC) mention and describe a Xia dynasty (c.
296 BC) and the Records of the Grand Historian (c. Ancient historical texts such as the Book of Documents (early chapters, 11th century BC), the Bamboo Annals (c. 1600–1046 BC), during the king Wu Ding's reign, who was mentioned as the twenty-first Shang king by the same. The earliest known written records of the history of China date from as early as 1250 BC, from the Shang dynasty (c.
