Ancient China · Royal Family Member

Xi Qi 奚齊

Attested BC 676 - BC 651

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xi Qi was a Royal Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 676 to BC 651 昔者晉獻公
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 99, passage 161

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Duke Xian of Jin (晉獻公)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 99, passage 161
Child of Li Ji (骊姬)
mother 母
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 99, passage 161

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 99Biographies of Liu Jing and Shusun Tong · 1 passage

漢十二年，高祖欲以趙王如意易太子，叔孫通諫上曰：「昔者晉獻公以驪姬之故廢太子，立奚齊，晉國亂者數十年，為天下笑。 In the twelfth year of Han, Gaozu wished to replace the Crown Prince with King Ruyi of Zhao. Shusun Tong admonished the High Emperor, saying, 'Formerly, Duke Xian of Jin deposed the crown prince because of Li Ji and established Xi Qi, plunging Jin into disorder for several decades and making it the laughingstock of the empire.