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Jia Yi (200 BC - 168 BC) A native of Luoyang in the Western Han Dynasty, he was both a litterateur and a political commentator. Emperor Wen summoned him to be a court academician and promoted him to Grand Master of Remonstrance. Most of his proposals were adopted. Due to slander and jealousy, he was sent out to be the tutor of the King of Changsha and later the tutor of the King of Liang. After the King of Liang fell off his horse and died, Jia Yi blamed himself for his incompetence as a tutor and died more than a year later. People called him the "Tutor Jia", the "Changsha Jia", and also the "Scholar Jia". When he was on his way to take up his post in Changsha, he crossed the Xiang River and wrote "Lament for Qu Yuan" to express his sorrow. When he was the tutor of the King of Changsha, seeing an owl fly into his house, he regarded it as an inauspicious omen and wrote "Ode to the Owl". He was an important writer of rhapsodies between the Chu Ci and Han rhapsodies. He was also the author of famous political treatises such as "Memorial on State Affairs" and "On the Fall of the Qin Dynasty". Jia Nanfeng Empress of Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty. (256 - 300) Her name was Nanfeng, and she was the daughter of Jia Chong. She was jealous, cunning, promiscuous and licentious. The emperor was in awe of and bewitched by her. She secretly seized power and killed Yang Jun, Wei Guan, Sima Liang, the Prince of Runan, Sima Wei, the Prince of Chu, etc. Later, she was deposed by Sima Lun, the Prince of Zhao, and was given a forged imperial edict to commit suicide. Jia Sidao (1213 - 1275) His style name was Shixian and his sobriquet was Qiuhe. He was from Taizhou (now Linhai County, Zhejiang Province) in the Southern Song Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Lizong, because his sister was a noble concubine, he was gradually promoted to the left prime minister and also served as the grand councilor. He was fond of pleasure, lascivious, extravagant and autocratic. Later, when the Yuan army advanced on Jiankang and the Song army was repeatedly defeated, Jia Sidao was impeached and exiled. He was escorted to Mianmiann Temple in Zhangzhou and killed by Zheng Huchen, his escort.