Jia Yi, together with Qu Yuan, is known as "Qu Jia", known as the first person in the Western Han Dynasty to have political talent. His works such as "Peng Niao Fu", "On the Passage of Qin", "Hanging Qu Yuan Fu" and so on are all classics, and even Liu Xin, the editor of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", praised him as a leader of Confucianism in the Han Dynasty. **Evaluate his "Public Security Policy" as "the best political theory of the Western Han Dynasty", Yuan Mei **, if Jia Yi did not die early, his achievements may surpass Chao Cuo and Dong Zhongshu.
Jia Yi, the son of Luoyang in the Western Han Dynasty, was talented and attracted the attention of Emperor Wen of Han early. Emperor Wen trusted him immensely, and it seemed that his career was bright. However, the ministers were jealous of Jia Yi and joined forces to slander him. Emperor Wen, who first ascended to the throne, had no choice but to sacrifice Jia Yi in order to stabilize the throne, demoted him to Changsha as the prince of Changsha, and then transferred to the prince of Lianghuai, but his position was not promoted.
Despite his talent, Jia Yi encountered injustice and was depressed. Shortly after the death of King Liang Huai, he died at the age of 33 full of grief.
In the face of Jia Yi's lack of talent, most of the predecessors regretted his talent and denounced Emperor Wen's misguided talent. However, Su Shi analyzed the inevitability of Jia Yi's tragedy from Jia Yi's own perspective. He criticized Jia Yi for failing to "use his talents for himself", "not being good at dealing with poverty", and "having big ambitions but small amounts", and reproached Jia Yi for failing to make friends with ministers in order to gain trust in the imperial court.
Su Shi said in "Jia Yi's Treatise": ".It is difficult for those who are not talented, so it is difficult for those who use it for themselves. It is not difficult to have talents, but the difficult thing is how to use one's talents well. And he said, ".If the husband and gentleman take it far away, it will be treated; Those who are great will endure it. If a gentleman wants to achieve his lofty ideals, he must learn to wait; If you want to do great things, you must learn to be patient.
Su Shi's insights are unique and profound, starting from an angle that others have not considered, which gives people a deeper understanding of Jia Yi's experience.
Su Shi mentioned in "On Jia Yi" that Jia Yi should follow the example of Confucius and Mencius and win the support of Emperor Wen of Han. But in fact, it is not that Emperor Wen of Han did not pay attention to Jia Yi, but that Jia Yi did not do anything worthy of attention. Su Shi passed the ** tune: It is difficult for those who have no ambition to achieve lofty goals, and it is difficult for those who have no bearing to strengthen their beliefs. Only those who do not flinch in the face of adversity and are indomitable can achieve success.
In fact, Su Shi and Jia Yi have many similarities. They are talented, ambitious, young and have a bright future. However, Su Shi's ups and downs in his career are similar to Jia Yi's. His brilliance has attracted jealousy and exclusion. But he did not feel sorry for himself, but lived his true self in adversity, showing a chic and open-minded Dongpo style. Compared with Jia Yi's untimely death and depression, Su Shi's way of living is obviously stronger.
Life needs to be planned, but in the face of unpredictable fate, we should adjust in time and live the best life. No matter what the situation is, Su Shi has always maintained his enthusiasm for life, even in the face of chicken feathers, he can skillfully make it into the most beautiful feather duster. In ordinary and trivial life, Su Shi can always find the happiness of the world, which makes people sigh.
It was these unfavorable circumstances that prompted Su Shi to comprehend life, temper his heart, and create many famous stories through the ages, shaping Su Dongpo, which is unique in Chinese history.