Zhòng Rén is traditionally held to be a Shang Dynasty

Shang Dynasty

The Shang Dynasty or Yin Dynasty was, according to traditional sources, the second Chinese dynasty, after the Xia. They ruled in the northeastern regions of the area known as "China proper" in the Yellow River valley...

 King of China but recent archaeological evidence has thrown this into doubt.

In the Records of the Grand Historian

Records of the Grand Historian

The Records of the Grand Historian, also known in English by the Chinese name Shiji , written from 109 BC to 91 BC, was the Magnum opus of Sima Qian, in which he recounted Chinese history from the time of the Yellow Emperor until his own time...

he was listed by Sima Qian

Sima Qian

Sima Qian was a Prefect of the Grand Scribes of the Han Dynasty. He is regarded as the father of Chinese historiography for his highly praised work, Records of the Grand Historian , a "Jizhuanti"-style general history of China, covering more than two thousand years from the Yellow Emperor to...

 as the third Shang king, succeeding his father King Tang

Tang of Shang

King Cheng Tang of Shang was the first ruling king of the Shang dynasty in Chinese history. He overthrew Jie, the last ruler of the Xia dynasty.-Early life:...

 (Chinese: 唐) and elder brother Wai Bing (Chinese: 外丙). He was enthroned in the year of Dingchou (Chinese: 丁丑) with Yi Yin (Chinese: 伊尹) as his prime minister and Bo (Chinese: 亳) as his capital. He ruled for 4 years before his death. He was given the posthumous name Zhong Ren (Chinese: 仲壬) and was succeeded by his nephew Tai Jia

Tai Jia

Tai Jia was the son of Tai Ding and a Shang Dynasty King of China.In the Records of the Grand Historian he was listed by Sima Qian as the fourth Shang king, succeeding his uncles Wai Bing and Zhong Ren...

 (Chinese: 太甲).

Oracle script inscriptions on bones

Oracle bone

Oracle bones are pieces of bone normally from ox scapula or turtle plastron which were used for divination chiefly during the late Shang Dynasty. The bones were first inscribed with divination in oracle bone script by using a bronze pin, and then heated until crack lines appeared in which the...

 unearthed at Yinxu

Yinxu

Yinxu is the ruins of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty. The capital served 255 years for 12 kings in 8 generations.Rediscovered in 1899, it is one of the oldest and largest archeological sites in China and is one of the historical capitals of China and a UNESCO World Heritage Site...

do not list him as one of the Shang kings.