Jia Yi

Jia Yi (; c. 200169 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'' ), 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'' () and his ''Lament for Qu Yuan'' (), and is author of the treatise ''Xinshu'' (), containing political and educational insights. The Book of Han's Journal on Literature attributes thirty eight writings to him. Provided by Wikipedia