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Jia Shan
Early Western Han writer from Yingchuan, once a clerk to Guan Ying, whose memorials to Emperor Wen used Qin's fall as warning and urged ritual, an imperial academy and acceptance of criticism; his Zhi Yan is preserved in the Han History.
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Jia Shan of Yingchuan
Jia Shan came from Yingchuan (today's Yuzhou, Henan), an early Western Han writer who first served as attendant to Guan Ying, Marquis of Yingyin. Under Emperor Wen he submitted several memorials that used the rise and fall of Qin to discuss good government, urging the emperor to promote ritual and righteousness, found an imperial academy, welcome frank criticism and curb hunting and pleasure to restore the ways of the ancient kings. His Zhi Yan is preserved in full in his biography in the Han History; his other memorials are lost. His dates are unknown; the range is Emperor Wen's reign.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; active in the reign of Emperor Wen of Han (179–157 BCE)