Ancient China · Consort

Xia Ji 夏姬

Attested BC 599

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xia Ji was a consort.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 599 十四年...皆通於夏姬
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 70

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 36Houses of Chen and Qi · 1 passage

十四年，靈公與其大夫孔寧、儀行父皆通於夏姬，衷其衣以戲於朝。 In the fourteenth year, Duke Ling and his grand officers Kong Ning and Yi Xingfu all had relations with Xia Ji. They wore her undergarments beneath their robes and made sport of it at court.