Qin and Han · Official and Statesman

Wang Jia 王嘉

Attested BC 7 - BC 2

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wang Jia was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 7 to BC 2 哀、平
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 39, passage 26

Career and standing

Chancellor 丞相
Held
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passage 26

Events and relationships

Altered former emperors' statutes in over a hundred matters
Legal · Reformer · Mode named-source-report Speaker Liang Tong (梁統)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 39, passage 26

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 39Volume 34: Biography of Liang Tong · 1 passage

至哀、平繼體，而即位日淺，聽斷尚寡，丞相王嘉輕為穿鑿，虧除先帝舊約成律，數年之間，百有餘事，或不便於理，或不厭民心。 Under Aidi and Pingdi—short reigns and thin court experience—Chancellor Wang Jia rashly chipped away at statutes Gaodi had settled; in a few years over a hundred changes either offended reason or the people.