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Jia Yi贾谊

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Han court official, offered remonstrance.

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Jia Yi, and the people around them.

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KINSHIP

Kinship

Blood, marriage and sworn bonds

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ALLEGIANCE

Allegiance

Rulers, appointments and allegiance

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CONFLICT

Conflict

Battles, captures and defeat

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THE UNSEEN

Mythic acts

Transformation, aid and divine punishment

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  1. Official history

    Book of Han

    20 profile notes
    6 relations12 verified quotations
    • Confucius→ comment →Jia Yi
    • Emperor Wen of Han→ accept advice →Jia Yi
    • Jia Yi→ memorialize →Emperor Wen of Han
    • Emperor Wen of Han→ distance →Jia Yi
    Verified original text · 12
    1. 如孔氏之门人用赋也，则贾谊登堂，相如入室矣

      comment · Book of Han, 艺文志

    2. 文帝即位，贾谊等以为

      heed advice · Book of Han, 五行志_ch. 27上

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  2. Official history

    Book of the Later Han

    5 profile notes
    2 relations2 verified quotations
    • Jia Yi→ state feelings →Marquis of Jiang
    • Jia Kui→ distant ancestor →Jia Yi
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    1. 昔贾谊感绛侯之困辱，因陈大臣廉耻之分

      state feelings · Book of the Later Han, 王充王符仲长统列传

    2. 九世祖谊

      distant ancestor · Book of the Later Han, 郑范陈贾张列传

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Where the histories differ

The same Jia Yi is portrayed as a frustrated literatus in the Records of the Grand Historian, but as a statecraft advisor in the History of Han.

  • histories differWhat is Jia Yi's standing in the official histories?

    The Records of the Grand Historian places Jia Yi in the 'Biographies of Qu Yuan and Jia Yi' in the same chapter as Qu Yuan, focusing on his slander, exile to Changsha, and reading his rhapsodies, saying 'he treated life and death as the same, and lightly regarded going or staying, and was utterly at a loss.' The History of Han's 'Biography of Jia Yi' gives him a separate chapter, extensively recording his memorials, and says he 'understood the state's institutions, and even the ancients Yi Yin and Guan Zhong could not surpass him far.' On one side, he is a frustrated literatus; on the other, a proposer of Han dynasty institutions.

Relationship network

7 figures · 12 links
Jia YiJia YiConfuciusConfuciusEmperor Wen of HanEmperor Wen of HanLiu XiangLiu XiangMarquis of JiangMarquis of JiangJia KuiJia KuiXiaowenXiaowen
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Sources: Records of the Grand Historian, 日者列传; Book of the Later Han, 儒林列传下; Book of Han, 五行志_ch. 27上; Book of the Later Han, 王充王符仲长统列传; Book of Han, 五行志_ch. 27下之上; Book of the Later Han, 班彪列传上; Book of Han, 儒林传; Book of the Later Han, 百官五州郡县乡亭里匈奴中郎将乌桓校尉护羌校尉王国宋卫公列侯关内侯四夷国百官奉

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