Duke Min of Lu (; died 7 September 660 BC), personal name Ji Qi, was a duke of the

Lu state Lu (; 249 BC) was a vassal state during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China located around modern Shandong. Founded in the 11th century BC, its rulers were from a cadet branch of the House of Ji () that ruled the Zhou dynasty. The fi ...

. He ruled from 661 BC to 660 BC. Duke Min was a son of the

Duke Zhuang of Lu Duke Zhuang of Lu (; 7 October 706 BC – 11 August 662 BC), personal name Ji Tong (姬同), was a duke of the Lu state during the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. Early life Duke Zhuang was a son of Duke Huan of Lu and his main wif ...

and Shu Jiang (叔姜), one of Duke Zhuang's concubines and a sister of Ai Jiang (哀姜), Duke Zhuang's wife. He was installed by Prince Qingfu (慶父), who murdered

Ziban Ziban (; ; died 6 October 662 BC), personal name Ji Ban (姬般), was a ruler of the Lu (state), Lu state. He is generally known in historiography as Ziban due to his reign being less than a year long, as Ziban died in the same year as his father, ...

, Duke Zhuang's son, only two months after Duke Zhuang's death and Ziban's succession. Duke Min was a grandnephew of the

Duke Huan of Qi Duke Huan of Qi (), personal name Lü Xiaobai, was a duke of the Qi state, ruling from 685 BC to 643 BC. Duke Huan and his long-time advisor Guan Zhong managed to transform Qi into China's most powerful polity. Duke Huan is commonly listed amo ...

, one of the

hegemons Hegemony (, , ) is the political, economic, and military predominance of one state over other states, either regional or global. In Ancient Greece (ca. 8th BC – AD 6th c.), hegemony denoted the politico-military dominance of the ''hegemon'' ...

of the Spring and Autumn period, as

Duke Xiang of Qi Duke Xiang of Qi (), personal name Lü Zhu'er, was a ruler of the Qi state. He succeeded his father, Duke Xi, and reigned from 697 BC to 686 BC. Although under Duke Xiang the Qi state conquered the neighbouring state of Ji, its traditional en ...

, Shu Jiang's father, is one of Duke Huan's brothers. ''

Zuo Zhuan The ''Zuo Zhuan'' ( zh, t=左傳, w=Tso Chuan; ), often translated as ''The Zuo Tradition'' or as ''The Commentary of Zuo'', is an ancient Chinese narrative history traditionally regarded as a commentary on the ancient Chinese chronicle the '' ...

'' suggests that the Qi state helped to install Duke Min due to this relationship. Two years into his reign, Duke Min was murdered by a man named Bu Yi (卜齮), whose land had been appropriated by Duke Min's tutor, at the gate of the Lu palace on the command of Prince Qingfu, who had long sought the Lu throne. Prince You (友), a brother of Prince Qingfu and Duke Zhuang, who sought refuge in the Chen state after the murder of Ziban, fled to the nearby Zhu state, having had forced Prince Ya (牙), another brother, to kill himself after he voiced support for Prince Qingfu's succession of Duke Zhuang. He brought Prince Shen (申), another son of Duke Zhuang, with him. The people of Lu, angered by Prince Qingfu's repeated regicide, forced him out of Lu. Prince Qingfu then sought refuge in the nearby state of Ju. It was after this that Prince You returned to Lu with Prince Shen (

Duke Xi of Lu Duke Xi of Lu (; died 17 November 627 BC), personal name Ji Shen, was a ruler of Lu state, reigning from 659 BC to 627 BC. His father was Duke Zhuang. After Duke Xi died in 627 BC, his son, Duke Wen, succeeded him to the throne. Among the ruler ...

) and installed the latter to the Lu throne.

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Gongyang Zhuan The ''Gongyang Zhuan'', also known as the ''Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals'' or the ''Commentary of Gongyang'', is a commentary on the '' Spring and Autumn Annals'', and is thus one of the Chinese classics. Along with the '' Z ...

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Shiji The ''Shiji'', also known as ''Records of the Grand Historian'' or ''The Grand Scribe's Records'', is a Chinese historical text that is the first of the Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China. It was written during the late 2nd and early 1st cen ...

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