Qin and Han · Western Han memorialist who argued for abandoning Zhuya Commandery

Jia Juanzhi 賈捐之

Jiǎ Juānzhī

Died BC 48 to BC 33

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Overview

Jia Juanzhi was a Western Han memorialist who argued for abandoning Zhuya Commandery.

IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Han

Other names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Courtesy name Junfang 君房 Jūnfáng

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Key source chapters

  1. Book of Han, Chapter 75 Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 22 passages
  2. Book of Han, Chapter 105 Volume 93: Flatterers 2 passages
  3. Book of Han, Chapter 10 Volume 9: Annals of Emperor Yuan 1 passage

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Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment arguments trenchant, lucid, and morally plain; words recorded at length · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 303
  • Assessment death was his own doing; little cause to resent being slandered · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · Book of Han 75, passage 304

Source notes

References in the histories

25 passages

Book of Han, Chapter 10Volume 9: Annals of Emperor Yuan · 1 passage
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Book of Han, Chapter 75Volume 64b: Yan, Zhu, Wuqiu, Zhufu, Xu, Yan, Zhong, Wang, and Jia 2 · 22 passages
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上使侍中駙馬都尉樂昌侯王商詰問捐之曰：「珠崖內屬為郡久矣，今背畔逆節，而云不當擊，長蠻夷之亂，虧先帝功德，經義何以處之？」 The emperor ordered Wang Shang, the marquis of Yuechang, who served as palace attendant and commandant of household cavalry, to confront Jia Juanzhi. 'Zhuya has been an internal commandery for ages,' he said. 'Now it breaks faith. To refuse a campaign is to encourage barbarian revolt and blot the achievement of the late emperor. What do the classics say to that?'
乃下興、捐之獄，令皇后父陽平侯禁與顯共雜治，奏「興、捐之懷詐偽，以上語相風，更相薦譽，欲得大位，漏泄省中語，岡上不道。 Xing and Jia Juanzhi were therefore sent to prison, and the empress's father, Wang Jin, Marquis of Yangping, was ordered to conduct a joint investigation with Shi Xian. They memorialized: 'Xing and Juanzhi harbored deceit, used the emperor's words to hint to one another, praised and recommended each other in turn, sought high office, leaked words spoken within the palace, and deceived their sovereign in an impious way.
世稱公孫弘排主父，張湯陷嚴助，石顯譖捐之，察其行跡，主父求欲鼎亨而得族，嚴、賈出入禁門招權利，死皆其所也，亦何排陷之恨哉！ Posterity blames Gongsun Hong for sidelining Zhufu Yan, Zhang Tang for ruining Yan Zhu, and Shi Xian for destroying Jia Juanzhi—yet examine how these men lived. Zhufu Yan clawed after the honors of the high minister's tripod and instead won the execution of his entire kin; Yan Zhu and Jia Juanzhi used their passes through the forbidden gates to peddle influence and line their pockets. Each fell by his own doing; there is little cause to nurse a grudge against those who merely 'squeezed' or 'framed' them.
Book of Han, Chapter 105Volume 93: Flatterers · 2 passages
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