Duke Ping of Qi (; died 456 BC) was from 480 to 456 BC the titular ruler of the
State of Qi
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, a major power during the
Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. His personal name was Lü Ao (呂驁),
ancestral name
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Jiang (
姜), and Duke Ping was his
posthumous title
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.
Reign
Duke Ping was a younger son of
Duke Dao of Qi, who was killed in 485 BC after four years of reign, probably by
Tian Heng
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, leader of the powerful Tian clan. Subsequently Duke Ping's older brother
Duke Jian ascended the throne. In 481 BC, Tian Heng staged a preemptive
coup d'etat and killed Duke Jian and his prime minister Kan Zhi, who had been plotting to attack and expel the Tian clan.
Tian Heng became the ''de facto'' ruler of Qi, but he installed Duke Ping on the throne as the figurehead ruler. Duke Ping ruled for 25 years and died in 456 BC. He was succeeded by his son
Duke Xuan of Qi.
Family
Sons:
* Prince Ji (; d. 405 BC), ruled as
Duke Xuan of Qi from 455–405 BC
Ancestry
References
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Year of birth unknown
Monarchs of Qi (state)
5th-century BC Chinese monarchs
456 BC deaths