Qi of Xia

Qi (Chinese: / ) was a Chinese king, the son of Yu 2 Events during his reign
the Great and the second sovereign of the Xia Dynasty.
He ruled for approximately nine or ten years.* [1]* [2]
The Bamboo Annals record the following events for Qi's
reign:

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In his rst year, he held great feasts in both the former capital, and his new one.

Biography

In the second year, Boyileft the court and went to

his state. Qi led his army to ght the rebellious
prince of Hu County at the Battle of Gan (background of theSpeech at Ganchapter in the Shang
shu).

Family

Yu married Nu Jiao and stayed at home for only three

days before going back to stop a ood. While Yu was
stopping the ood, Yu's wife bore a son. He named the
boy Qi. After nine years, Yu had nished stopping the
ood. When he nally went home, little Qi was very
happy and rushed into his father's arms.

In the sixth year, Boyi died, and Qi appointed a

sacriceto memorialize him.
In the eighth year of his reign, Qi sent Mengtu, one
of his ministers to Ba 'to preside over litigations'.

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Reign

In the tenth year, he made a tour of inspection,

and celebrated a complete service of Shun's music
in Damu. Some sources may add that he created a
dance named Nine Shao.

Yu died 45 years into his reign. Qi's succession to the

throne is unclear.
According to the historian Sima Qian, Yu did not want
his son to become king and intended to give the throne
to Gao Yao, his Minister of Justice, but when Gao died
Yu designated as his heir Yi (also known as Boyi), his
former companion for thirteen years ghting the ood and
his current Minister of Animal Husbandry.* [3] But due
to Yu's great inuence, all the leaders of the Xia states
came to admire Qi instead of Yi, so Yi had no choice but
to pass up the throne to Qi at the end of three years of
mourning for Yu.

In his 11th year, Qi banished his youngest son

Wuguan 'beyond the western Ho', i.e., to Xihe.
In the 15th year, Wuguan led a rebellion on the western Ho. Qi sent one of his ministers, Shou to lead
an army to punish Wuguan, when Wuguan surrendered.

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The Bamboo Annals also mention that Yu appointed Yi

as his successor, but mention nothing of Yi's reigning,
stating only that Yu's son Qi took the throne of Xia after
the 3 years of mourning for Yu. It relates that Boyi (Yi
or Yih) died in Qi's 6th year and that Qi appointed a
sacrice for him. However, in a footnote, translator
James Legge observes:This account does not agree with
the account of the death of Yih, which is often attributed
to the Annals, and which was no doubt in some of the
Bamboo Books; viz. that 'Yih was aiming at the throne,
and K'e [Qi] put him to death'.

[1] Mungello, David E. The Great Encounter of China and

the West, 15001800. Rowman & Littleeld; 3 edition
(28 Mar 2009) ISBN 978-0-7425-5798-7 p.97
[2] , . [2002] (2003) .
. Intelligence press. ISBN 962-8792-80-6. p 40.
[3] Wu, 116

4 References

Qi got his throne in the year of Guihai, and he celebrated

his inauguration with all his vassals at Juntai. He died
sixteen years after he got the throne (some source say 10
years or 29 years).

Wu, K. C. (1982). The Chinese Heritage. New York:

Crown Publishers. ISBN 0-517-54475X.

After Qi's rule, Qi's son Tai Kang succeeded him as king.
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