Jia Yi

Jia Yi
18th century depiction of Jia Yi
Traditional Chinese賈誼
Simplified Chinese贾谊
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiǎ Yì
Gwoyeu RomatzyhJea Yih
Wade–GilesChia3 I4
IPA[tɕjà î]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGáa Yih
JyutpingGaa2 Ji6
IPA[ka˧˥ ji˨]
Southern Min
Tâi-lôKá Gī
Middle Chinese
Middle ChineseKǽ Ngje
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)*C.qˤ<r>aʔ ŋ(r)aj
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese賈生
Simplified Chinese贾生
Literal meaning"Scholar Jia"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiǎ shēng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGáa sāang
Southern Min
Tâi-lôKá sing
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)*C.qˤ<r>aʔ sreŋ

Jia Yi (Wade–Giles: Chia I; c. 200 – 169 BCE) was a Chinese essayist, poet and politician of the Western Han dynasty, best known as one of the earliest known writers of fu rhapsody and for his essay "Disquisition Finding Fault with Qin" (Guò Qín Lùn 過秦論), which criticises the Qin dynasty and describes Jia's opinions on the reasons for its collapse. In particular, he is famous for his two fu, On the Owl (鵩鳥賦) and his Lament for Qu Yuan (吊屈原賦), and is author of the treatise Xinshu (新書), containing political and educational insights.[1] The Book of Han's Journal on Literature attributes thirty eight writings to him.[2]

  1. ^ Svarverud, Rune. Methods of the Way: Early Chinese Ethical Thought. Leiden: Brill, 1998.
  2. ^ Hsiao 1979, pp. 474.