Qi of Xia
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Qi (Chinese: 启) was the son of Yu the Great and the second sovereign of the Xia Dynasty. He ruled for approximately nine or ten years.
According to legend, Yu married Nu Jiao and stayed at home for only three days before going back to stop a flood. While Yu was stopping the flood, Yu's wife had a son. He named the boy Qi. After nine years, Yu had finished stopping the flood. When he finally went home, little Qi was very happy and rushed into his father's arms.
Yu died 45 years into his reign. According to the historian Sima Qian, Yu did not want his son to become king and intended to give the throne to Boyi, the son of Gao Yao. But due to Yu's great influence, all the leaders of the Xia states came to admire Qi instead of Boyi, so Yu had no choice but to pass the throne to Qi. Qi then succeeded Yu.
According to the Bamboo Annals, however, Boyi took the throne and became the king of China, but later Qi assassinated him and abducted the throne.
After Qi's rule, Tai Kang succeeded him as king.
Qi got his throne in the year of Guihai (癸亥), and he celebrated his inauguration with all his vassals at Juntai (钧台).
In the second year of his regime, Prime Minister Boyi (伯益) controlled the power.
Qi led his army fought Youhu (有扈) at Gan (甘).
In the sixth year of his regime, Boyi died, and Qi built a temple to memorize him.
In the eighth year of his regime, Qi sent Mengtu (孟涂), one of his minister to Ba(巴).
In the tenth year of his regime, he created a dance named Nine Shao (九韶) in Damu (大穆).
In the 11th year of his regime, Qi banished his son Wuguan (武观) to Xihe (西河).
In the 15th year of his regime, Wuguan rebelled at Westriver. Qi sent one of his ministers, Shou (寿) to lead an army to fight Wuguan, so Wuguan surrendered.
He died sixteen years after he got the throne. Some source say 10 years or 29 years.
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Qi of Xia
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King of China 2146 BC – 2117 BC |
Succeeded by Tai Kang |
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