Ch'i

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chi"

English

Alternative forms

• Chi

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 齊 / 齐 (Qí), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻi².

Proper noun

Ch'i

1. (historical, dated) Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, viscounty, and kingdom under the Zhou dynasty
   • 1940, H.Y. (盧興源) Lowe, “The Story of Ch’ui P’ing”, in The Adventures of Wu: The Life Cycle of a Peking Man‎^[1], Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, published 1983, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 146–147:

     There lived a young political genius, not more than thirty years of age, by the name of Ch’ui P’ing (he is better known to the Chinese as Ch’ui Yuan). Young Ch’ui hailed from a rich and influential family of nobles and before long he won the confidence of the then Ch’u emperor, Hwai Wang, and was appointed to a high administrative position. He made recommendations in lengthy memorials and advocated giving the citizens of Ch’u a new deal and a square one at that. The emperor had taken him in as his right hand man allowing him a free hand in the politico-military situation with a high-sounding title which would translates no less than Supreme Crown Adviser and Expert Consultant, and entrusted to him the important duties, on account of his diplomatic acumen, of an ambassador-at-large on a politically inspired tour of the various minor states, notably the Kingdom of Ch’i (the present Shantung province) in an attempt to negotiate some alliance of joint action in defending themselves against the expansionists schemes of the Kingdom of Ch’in, whose domain then was roughly the present Shensi province. He almost succeeded in his mission.

   • 1965 May 1 [1965 March 29], Kai-shek Chiang, “Documents: The President's Youth Day Message”, in Taiwan Today‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-05-30:

     In 284 B.C., near the end of the Era of the Warring States, the state of Yen seized all but two of the more than 70 cities of the state of Ch'i. For five years, the loyal people of Ch'i defended those cities, namely, Chu and Chi-mo, against Yen's troops.

   • 1983, Robert Buswell, Jr., “Introduction: The Life and Thought of Chinul”, in Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's Korean Way of Zen‎^[3], Abridgement edition, published 1991, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4:

     By the time of the Warring States period (403-221 B.C.), when refugees from the northern Chinese states of Yen, Ch'i, and Chao immigrated into the state of Ancient Choson during the Han unification wars, Chinese influence became all-pervasive.

   • 1983, Wanda Garnsey, Rewi Alley, “Shantung”, in China, Ancient Kilns and Modern Ceramics: A Guide to the Potteries‎^[4], Australian National University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 35:

     In the latter part of the Chou Dynasty before Ch’in Shih Huang Ti’s victory, the powerful Kingdom of Ch’i made its capital city near modern Tzu-po municipality in which Po-shan is situated today.

   • 2001, George Fetherling, “CHING K'o”, in The Book of Assassins‎^[5], Edison, NJ: Castle Books, published 2006, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 98:

     The remaining major kingdoms (Han, Ch'u, Chao, Yen and Ch'i) searched for a means to stop the aggressive Ch'in, who appeared to have more in common with the Hsiung-nu than with the Chinese.

2. A Chinese surname.

Anagrams

• CIH, HCI, ICH, IHC, Ich, hic, ich