Duke Xuan of Qi Duke Xuan of Qi Duke Xuan of Qi (; died 405 BC) was from 455 to 405 BC the titular ruler of the State of Qi during the transition from the Spring and Autumn to the Warring States period of ancient China. His personal name was Lü Ji (呂積), ancestral name Jiang (姜), and Duke Xuan was his posthumous title. Duke Xuan succeeded his father, Duke Ping of Qi, who died in 456 BC after 25 years of reign as titular ruler of Qi. Since Tian Heng killed Duke Xuan's uncle Duke Jian in 481 BC, Tian had effectively ruled
The First Minute of a New Day The First Minute of a New Day The First Minute of a New Day is an album by American jazz vocalist Gil Scott-Heron and keyboardist Brian Jackson, released in January 1975 on Arista Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in the summer of 1974 at D&B Sound in Silver Spring, Maryland. It was the follow-up to Scott-Heron's and Jackson's critically acclaimed collaboration effort "Winter in America". "The First Minute of a New Day" was the first album to feature "Winter in America", the title track of Scott-Heron's previous album which was not featured on its original LP release.