According to the ancient writings, Zhao Ming ( Zhāo Míng; ? – ?) was a Chinese noble man in ancient China. He was an ancestor of the Shang dynasty and ruler of the Predynastic Shang. His family name was Zi (子).

His father was Xie of Shang, born in Shangqiu (商丘), Henan (河南). Among the twelve ancestors of the King Tang of Shang, Zhao Ming was the second-generation king of the Shang Kingdom.

After the death of Xie, Zhao Ming inherited the throne and expanded the spread of civilization. After his death, his son Xiang Tu succeeded to the throne.

昭明（？ - ？），子姓，名昭明，契之子，相土之父，商汤的十二世祖。商部族的第二任首领。虽然司马迁著《史记·殷本纪》时，有提到他，不过没有描述其的事迹。

契因协助禹处理洪水完毕，被虞舜担任司徒一职，负责掌管教育人民的权力，同时封于商（今陕西省商县），使商部族因此诞生。契死后，昭明继位，昭明死后，相土继位。因昭明只见于晚出的书，且记载甚少，所以比较可疑，很可能是后人为了凑足「十有四世而兴」随意搀入的。

近来，学者郑慧生认为，「昭明相土昌若曹圉」是一句典诰古语，与《尧典》「百姓昭明协和万邦」是一类的话，古人不慎，将其变做人名羼入《世本》，太史公不察，将其摭入《本纪》，昭明、相土、昌若、曹圉四位商族的先公并不存在；而蔡哲茂受此启发，考证后认为后人误解《荀子》中「生昭明」之意，将形容词「昭明」误以为人名，而战国末赵人编纂《世本》将其采入，以致混淆。

丁山认为甲骨文之「囧」便是昭明。江林昌认为这是对「囧」字的误读。金相同、蔡哲茂等学者认为甲骨文之「岳」即指昭明。认为卜辞中有同音假借现象，如阳甲写作「羊甲」、「羌甲」，甲骨文「岳」字从羊从火（或从山，甲骨文中「山」、「火」形近，难以判定），假借「羊」音代表「阳」、「日」。

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