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Qi Xi 祁奚, also written 祁傒 or 祈いのり傒, personal name Ji Xi 姬ひめ奚, courtesy name Huangyang 黃き羊ひつじ, was a high minister in the state of Jin 晉すすむ during the Spring and Autumn period 春秋しゅんじゅう (770-5th cent. BCE) and a member of the house of Qi 祁.

Qi Xi served Duke Dao 晉すすむ悼公 (r. 573-558) as commander in the Central Army (zhongjun wei 中ちゅう軍ぐん尉じょう). When he was old and decided to retire he recommended to the Duke his own adversary Jie Hu 解かい狐きつね as successor. Asked by the Duke, why he recommended his own enemy, Qi Xi replied that Jie Hu was a competent person, which was a much more important matter than personal feelings. Yet shortly after Jie Hu died, and Qi Xi thereupon recommended his own son Wu 午うま as his successor. This decision was likewise motivated by competence and not by personal ties.

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Zhang Huizhi 張ちょう撝之, Shen Qiwei 沈起煒, Liu Dezhong 劉りゅう德重とくしげ, ed. (1999). Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian 中國ちゅうごく歷代れきだい人名じんめい大だい辭典じてん (Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe), Vol. 1, 735.

Zhang Ke 張ちょう克かつ, Huang Kangbo 黃き康やすし白しろ, Huang Fangdong 黃き方かた東ひがし, ed. (1991). Shiji renming cidian 史記しき人物じんぶつ辭典じてん (Nanning: Guangxi renmin chubanshe), 105.