NPprStandard Name: Qìng Fēng 慶封 (Died 538)Personal Name: Zǐ Jiā 子家 Alternative Name: Qìng Jì 慶季 A person of some status in Qi, contemporary with King Líng of Chǔ (reigned 540 - 529).
NPprBào Shūyá 鮑叔牙 (fl. 686-685), also referred to as Bao Shu 鮑叔was an admirer and a friend [HNZ 12.28a] of >Guan Zhong 管仲, and he made the selfless recommendation in Guan Zhong’s favour to the newly appointed >Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公. Guan Zhong was deeply grateful to him. Bào Shūyá figures prominently as a selflessly competent adviser in GUAN and elsewhere in the literature. HNZ 20.25b records his important contribution to the rise of Duke Huan to political hegemony. [ZUO Zhuang 8 and 9; Zhao 13; XUN 21; GUAN passim.] CH
NPprGōngzĭ Jiǔ 公子糾 (d. 685) was was a brother and rival of >Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公. >Guan Zhong 管仲 (d. 643) served originally as an advisor to Prince Jiu. In 685 Duke Huan defeated Prince Jiu, who fled to the state of Lu where he was killed by the ruler of Lu. (LY14.16 and14.17 describe this as Prince Jiu being murdered by his brother Duke Huan. The story is told in some detail in GUAN 18 and GUAN 20. [ZUO Zhuang 8; LSCQ 15.6]CH
NPprBīn Xūwú 賓胥無 (7th century) was a tailor in the court of >Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公, mentioned in HF 37. GUAN 18.1 has him - together with >Xi Peng 隰朋 (d. 645)- remonstrating with >Duke Huan of Qi. Throughout GUAN he is celebrated as one of the da fu 大夫 “dignitaries” (including prime minister >Guan Zhong 管仲 (d. 643)) who are taken to have been instrumental in the rise and the political success of Duke Huan of Qi. [GUAN 26, 51, 81, 83]CH
NPprChéng Huān 成驩 (early 3rd century), also written 成歡, was a courtier in the state of Qi 齊, probably during the reign of >King Min of Qi 齊湣王 (323 – 284, r. 300 – 284). Chéng Huān is said to have thought the state of Qí was weak as a result of excessive kind-heartedness. He is unattested outside HF 30.26. CH
NPprChéng Huān 成驩 (early 3rd century), sometimes written 成歡, was a courtier in the state of Qi 齊, probably during the reign of >King Min of Qi 齊湣王 (323 – 284, r. 300 – 284). Chéng Huān is said to have thought the state of Qí was weak as a result of excessive kind-heartedness. He is unattested outside HF 30.26. CH
NPprBào Wénzĭ 鮑文子 (fl. 528-501) appears to have been a descendant of >Bao Shuya 鮑叔牙 and is on record as a dignitary qualified to remonstrate on matters of state in the state of Qi. [ZUO Zhao 14 and 25, Ding 9; SY 17.28]CH