Features:
? First, Jia Yi was the thinker with the deepest sense of hardship in the early Han Dynasty. His article pointed out a series of major problems, such as the worry of the country, the suffering of Xiongnu, the chaos of political order and the chaos of economy. Often based on facts, confident and affectionate. The article is sharp, emotional and straightforward.
Secondly, another feature of Jia Yi's articles is the legacy of strategists in the Warring States Period. The article embellishes and contrasts, rendering dripping wet, and won the charm of rhetoric of pre-Qin military strategists.
Jia Yi's works mainly include prose and ci fu. The main literary achievements of prose are political essays, commenting on current politics, simple and rigorous style and vivid discussion. Lu Xun called it "Hong Wen of the Western Han Dynasty", and his masterpieces include On Qin, On Accumulation and Storage, and Chen Zheng's Poems. His Ci and Fu are both in Sao style, and tend to be scattered in form, which is the forerunner of the development of Han Fu, especially Qu Yuan Fu and Fei niao Fu.
There are 58 pieces of Jia Yi's prose recorded in Hanshu Yiwenzhi, which is included in the new book. His works can be roughly divided into three categories: one is a special political paper, such as On Qin; One is to write scattered essays on specific issues, such as Chen Zheng's Poems; Everything else is an essay.