Ancient China · Song Founder

Qi

Attested BC 1020 - BC 996

Passages
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Chapters
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Histories
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Overview

The translated histories identify Qi as a ruler. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Qi Qi
Title Wei Zi 微子 Wei Zi

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 康王 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1020 · End: BC 996
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:013:s117, shiji:013:s123

Family

  • Sibling of Wei Zhong (微仲)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: younger · Shared Parentage: uncertain

Places and affiliations

  • Polity: Song / 宋 · Relation: ruled
    Strongly inferred · shiji:013:s123

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 1 passage