宁乡县
Qi Xueqi was born in Tieluo () village, Yanglin () township, Ningxiang County, Hunan province on August 28, 1900. He attended the Qi family's private homeschool. In 1912, his family moved to Changsha, the capital of Hunan. Qi Xueqi studied in Changjun middle school and showed strengths in literature and foreign language. Four years later, he went to Beijing and studied at Tsinghua University until 1920. While there Qi attended the great student movement on May 4, 1919.