Ancient China · Ruler

Xia Qi 夏啟

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 3
Chapters: 3
Histories: 3

Overview

Xia Qi was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 30; Book of Later Han 32, passage 99

Key source chapters

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Book of Chen 24, passage 30

References in the histories

Book of Chen, Chapter 24Volume 24: Zhou Hongzheng; Yuan Xian · 1 passage

雖復夏啟、周誦，漢儲、魏兩，此數君者，安足為大王道哉。 Even Xia Qi, Zhou Song, the Han heir, and the two Wei heirs—what are such men beside Your Highness?

Book of Han, Chapter 5Volume 4: Annals of Emperor Wen · 1 passage

占曰：「大橫庚庚，余為天王，夏啟以光。」 The diviner interpreted: 'Great horizontal omen, bright and clear—I shall become the heavenly king, radiant like Xia Qi.'

Book of Later Han, Chapter 32Volume 28b: Biography of Feng Yan · 1 passage

訊夏啟於甘澤兮，傷帝典之始傾； I question Qi of Xia by Gan Pool and mourn where the golden age first cracked;