Qi of Xia

Qǐ (Chinese启/启), kinship name Sì (Chinese姒), in the history books received under the name Xia Qi (Chinese夏启), there was, according to legend over as the second king of the Xia Dynasty in the 2nd or 3rd millennium China. Whether he is a historical figure, is uncertain.

After the presentation of the influential historian Sima Qian, who wrote, however, until centuries later, Qi's father Yu the Great had initially, as was the custom, his best advisers Boyi provided as a successor, but to the leaders of the Xia strains Yu because of his great reputation have successfully requested to transfer his son's reign. In traditional Chinese historiography it was considered a departure from the principle of election and as the beginning of a hereditary monarchy in China. The bamboo annals, however, that Qi with violence tore the domination and Boyi murdered. The details of the reign Qi vary from 10 to 29 years.