See other feudal states of the Zhou period. Don't confuse this
feudal state of the Zhou period with the Southern Qi dynasty 南齊
(479-502) or the Northern Qi dynasty 北齊 (550-577) of the
Southern and Northern Dynasties period 南北朝 (300~600). Qi 齊 was
an important feudal state of the Zhou period 周 (11th cent.-221
BCE). It ruling dynasty was during the Warring States period 戰國
(5th cent.-221 BCE) replaced by the family Tian 田. The ancient
territory of Qi was located in the northern parts of the
Shandong peninsula and then expanded towards the south and west.
The origin of the first dynasty (Jiang-Qi 姜齊) The ancestors of
the house of Qi are said to have been tribal chieftains under
the mythical emperors Yao 堯 and Shun 舜 and assistants of Yu the
Great 大禹, the founder of the Xia dynasty 夏 (17th-15th cent.
BCE). For this achievment they were enfeoffed with the fiefs of
Lü 呂 and Shen 申 (located in the border region of the modern
provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi). Lü later became one of their
family names. The dynastic fo