Qi (Xia King)

Qǐ ( Chinese  啓  /  启 ), family name Sì ( Chinese  姒 ), entered in the historical works under the name Xia Qi ( Chinese  夏啓 ), according to legend, ruled as the second king of the Xia dynasty in the 2nd or 3rd millennium China . It is uncertain whether he is a historical figure.

According to the account of the influential historian Sima Qian , who wrote only centuries later, Qi's father Yu the Great initially had, as was the custom, his best advisor Boyi as his successor, but the leaders of the Xia tribes are said to be Yu because of his great reputation have successfully asked to transfer rule to his son. In traditional Chinese history, this was seen as a departure from the electoral principle and the beginning of the hereditary monarchy in China. The bamboo annals , on the other hand, report that Qi seized power by force and murdered Boyi. The information about the reign of Qi varies between 10 and 29 years.

literature

• Bai Shouyi et al. a .: China's history at a glance , Verlag für foreign-language literature, Beijing 1989, pp. 57–59, ISBN 7119005278
• Otto Franke: History of the Chinese Empire. A description of its origin, its becoming and its development up to the most recent times , Vol. 1: The antiquity and the becoming of the Confucian state, 2nd edition, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin – New York 1962, pp. 87f., ISBN 3- 11-017034-5

predecessor	Office	successor
Yu the great	King of china	Taikang