Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Favorite of Empress Jia

Jia Mi 賈謐

Attested AD 290 - AD 300

Passages: 7
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Jia Mi was a Favorite of Empress Jia.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 291 to AD 299 元康中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 53, passage 29
AD 290 to AD 300 賈謐乘惠皇之蒙昧
Derived from the source · Book of Jin 93, passage 14

Family

Betrothed to Elder daughter of Wang Yan (王衍長女)
betrothed 聘 · Betrothal
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passage 36

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Western Jin 西晉 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 14

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Empress Jia (賈后) · Quote true · Mode allegation Source Person Id Jia Mi (賈謐)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 37-40

Events and relationships

Made the stair of evil
Political · Instigator · With Emperor Hui (惠皇)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 93, passage 14
Slandered
Political · Slanderer · With Sima Yu (司馬遹)
Directly stated · Book of Jin 53, passages 37-40

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 23: Crown Prince Minhuai · 6 passages

太子性剛，知賈謐恃後之貴，不能假借之。 Yu refused to flatter Jia Mi.

謐至東宮，或舍之而於後庭遊戲。 He left Jia Mi cooling heels while he played inside.

詹事裴權諫曰：「賈謐甚有寵于中宮，而有不順之色，若一旦交構，大事去矣。 Household Superintendent Pei Quan remonstrated: "Jia Mi is deeply favored in the inner palace yet shows disrespectful looks—if they ever turn on you, the great enterprise is lost.

太子聞衍長女美，而賈后為謐聘之，心不能平，頗以為言。 Yu resented losing Wang's elder beauty to Jia Mi.

謐嘗與太子圍棋，爭道，成都王穎見而訶謐，謐意愈不平，因此譖太子于後曰：「太子廣買田業，多畜私財以結小人者，為賈氏故也。 Once while playing go with the crown prince Mi quarreled over a move; Prince Chengdu of Ying saw and rebuked Mi; Mi grew more resentful and slandered the crown prince to the empress: "The crown prince buys fields wholesale, hoards private wealth, and courts petty men—all because of the Jia clan.

密聞其言云：'皇后萬歲後，吾當魚肉之。 Mi quoted Yu vowing to slaughter the Jias after Jia died.

Book of Jin, Chapter 93Volume 93 Biographies 63: Imperial Affines · 1 passage

楊駿藉武帝之寵私，叨竊非據，賈謐乘惠皇之蒙昧，成此厲階，遂使悼后遇雲林之災，湣懷濫湖城之酷。 Yang Jun parlayed Emperor Wu’s favor into a post he never deserved; Jia Mi exploited Emperor Hui’s weakness and laid the steps to ruin—so Empress Dao met disaster at Yunlin, and Min Huai suffered cruel abuse at Hucheng.