Qin and Han · Official and Scholar

Jia Yi 賈誼

Jiǎ Yì

Attested BC 200 - BC 100

Passages
50
Chapters
16
Histories
8

Overview

The translated histories identify Jia Yi as an official, poet, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 50 passages from 16 chapters across 8 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Jia Yi 賈誼 Jiǎ Yì
Surname Jia 賈 Jiǎ
Surname Jia 賈
Personal name Jia Sheng 賈生 Jiǎ Shēng
Personal name Jia Yi 賈誼 Jiǎ Yì
Personal Jia Yi 賈誼 Jia Yi
Personal name Jia Yi 賈
Personal name Jia Yi 賈誼 Jia Yi
Personal Jia Yi 賈 Jia
Personal Jia Yi 賈生 Jia sheng
Personal Jia Yi 賈生 Jiǎ Yì
Given Yi 誼 Yì
Given Yi 誼
Surname 賈 Jia

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Official
  • Poet
  • Scholar
  • Statesman
  • Teacher
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

  • Cause: grief after failure as tutor / 自傷為傅無狀
    Explicit · shiji:084:s0240, shiji:084:s0241
  • Cause: grief and bitter remorse after refusing food / 不食，毒恨 · Manner: self-starvation
    Explicit · shiji:127:s0105
  • Text: already dead by the time of the policy examination
    Explicit · hanshu:058:s0382

Age

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 孝文皇帝 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:084:s0132, shiji:084:s0129
  • Source Date: Text: 文帝景帝之際 · Western Interval: Start: BC 200 · End: BC 154
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0041
  • Source Date: Text: 死時年三十三 · Western Year: BC 169
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:084:s0241, shiji:084:s0240
  • Source Date: Text: 漢之為漢幾四十年矣 · Western Year: BC 168
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:026:s0126
  • Source Date: Text: 漢興以來 · Western Interval: Start: BC 200 · End: BC 100
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:085:s0041
  • Source Date: Text: 論曰比擬 · Western Interval: Start: AD 996 · End: AD 1055
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:103:s0154
  • Source Date: Text: 賈生 · Western Year: BC 170
    Explicit event contextual date · qingshigao:445:s0208
  • Source Date: Text: 賈生之稱 · Western Year: c. BC 175
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:048:s0158
  • Source Date: Text: 賈誼 · Western Interval: Start: BC 200 · End: BC 168
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:037:s0090
  • Source Date: Text: 賈誼 · Western Interval: Start: BC 200 · End: BC 168
    Strongly inferred · nanqishu:047:s0268
  • Source Date: Text: 賈誼所言 · Western Year: AD 588
    Explicit event contextual date · suishu:077:s0066
  • Source Date: Text: 賈誼為博士 · Western Interval: Start: BC 178 · End: BC 169
    Explicit · shiji:127:s0007
  • Source Date: Text: 賈誼為梁懷王傅…毒恨而死 · Western Year: BC 169
    Explicit · shiji:127:s0105
  • Source Date: Text: 賈誼說上曰 · Western Interval: Start: BC 180 · End: BC 157
    Explicit event contextual date · hanshu:026:s0319

Family

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Label: versed in the Hundred Schools / 通諸子百家之書
    Explicit · shiji:084:s0133

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

Source notes

  • Historicity: historical
    Explicit · hanshu:026:s0319
  • Statement: Refused to eat after King Huai of Liang died / 王墮馬薨，誼不食
    Explicit · shiji:127:s0105

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 26Volume 24a: Treatise on Trade 1 · 2 passages
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Book of Han, Chapter 27Volume 24b: Treatise on Trade 2 · 3 passages
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Book of Han, Chapter 58Volume 49: Yuan Ang and Chao Cuo · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 2 passages
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Book of Han, Chapter 85Volume 74: Wei Xiang and Bing Ji · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 117Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 · 1 passage
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Book of Later Han, Chapter 31Volume 28a: Biographies of Huan Tan; Feng Yan · 1 passage
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Book of Later Han, Chapter 37Volume 32: Biographies of Fan Hong; Yin Shi · 1 passage
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History of Liao, Chapter 103Volume 103 Biographies 33: Literature 1 · 1 passage
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Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 47Volume 47 Biographies 28: Wang Rong, Xie Tiao · 1 passage
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Draft History of Qing, Chapter 445Volume 445 Biographies 232: Wu Kedu, Zhu Yixin, Tu Keshou, An Weijun, Wen Ti, Jiang Chunlin · 1 passage
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 48House of Chen She · 1 passage
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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 84Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia · 26 passages
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賈生以為漢興至孝文二十餘年，天下和洽，而固當改正朔，易服色，法制度，定官名，興禮樂，乃悉草具其事儀法，色尚黃，數用五，為官名，悉更秦之法。 Jia Sheng believed that more than twenty years had passed since the founding of the Han, and that the realm was now at peace. It was therefore time to reform the calendar, change the ritual colors, revise the laws and institutions, establish proper official titles, and promote the rites and music. He drafted a comprehensive plan for all of these measures, proposing yellow as the dynastic color, the number five as the governing numeral, and new official titles — entirely replacing the old Qin system.
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 127Biographies of Soothsayers · 6 passages
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Book of Song, Chapter 69Volume 69 Biographies 29: Liu Zhan, Fan Ye · 1 passage
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Book of Sui, Chapter 77Volume 77 Biographies 42: Recluses · 1 passage
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