(former 200 ~ former 168)

Political commentator, thinker and writer in the Western Han Dynasty. Luoyang (now northeast of Luoyang, Henan) people. /kloc-at the age of 0/8, he was famous for reciting poetry books. Later, he was recommended by Wu Tingwei, and Wendi called him a doctor. Every time you participate in the imperial edict, you can answer in detail. And was recognized by everyone, so he was appreciated by Emperor Wen and moved to Taichung to be a doctor. He believes that the Han Dynasty was established for more than 20 years, and the world is one. It is necessary to be correct, easy to adapt to color, establish more laws and regulations, set official names, and promote rites and music. Wendi thought Jia Yi was very talented and proposed to be a minister, but he was opposed by Zhou Bo, Guan Ying and other ministers and gave up. So he was appointed as the teacher of Changsha Wang. When crossing Xiangjiang River, Qu Yuan was given to him as a gift.

When I was in Changsha, I wrote "Bird Fu" to relieve the sadness in my chest. Later, Emperor Wen specially summoned him and appointed him as the teacher of King Huai Liang. He tried several times to explain the law and discipline, and suggested that the power of governors should be weakened and centralization should be consolidated by the method of "building fewer governors with more people". Advocate attaching importance to agriculture and restraining commerce, and "driving people back to agriculture"; And urged to fight against the Huns' attack and plunder. He believes that "moral creation, morality based on Tao" gives birth to yin and yang, heaven and earth, people and everything, and everything is constantly changing. He also put forward the view that "change depends on time" and thought that corresponding policies and laws should be formulated according to the development of society. These views had a great influence on politics at that time and even the whole Han Dynasty. In the eleventh year of Emperor Wendi (BC 169), King Huai of Liang fell from a horse and died. He hurt himself, neglected his duty and cried for several years. Jia Yi is also a famous essayist. His political essays are thorough in analysis and sharp and fluent in writing. He is the author of "Public Security Policy" and "On Crossing the Qin Dynasty", which are great works of the Western Han Dynasty. According to the Records of Hanshu Yiwenzhi, Jia Yi wrote Jia Zi. Xinyu is a collection of Jia Yi's works compiled by later generations.