Qi is a powerful state during the Spring and Autumn Period and Period of the Warring States in ancient China.

Its capital is Linzi, now part of the modern day city of Zibo in Shandong Province.Qi is founded around in 1046 BCE as one of the many vassal states of the Zhou Dynasty.

The first ruler of Qi is Jiang Shang, the most powerful official during that time.

The Jiang family rules Qi for several centuries before it is replaced by the Tian family in 386 BCE.

In 221 BCE, Qi is the last state of pre-Imperial China to be conquered by the State of Qin, which allows the Qin Dynasty to consolidate the first centralized and imperial empire over China.