E Jun Qi

E Jun Qi 鄂君啟, lord of the state of E (Warring States period), son of the King Huai of Chu, years of life unclear.

E Jun Qi is mostly known due to the uniquely shaped tallies addressed to him by the king. The tallies were discovered in the Shou County, Anhui Province, in April 1957.

Literature

Falkenhausen, Lothar von. “The E Jun Qi Metal Tallies: Inscribed Texts and Ritual Contexts.” In Text and Ritual in Early China, ed. Martin Kern, 79–123. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2005.

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