Jia Yi

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What Wikipedia says

Jia Yi (Wade–Giles: Chia I; c. 200 – 169 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 (on) Finding Fault with Qin" (Guò Qín Lùn; 過秦論), which criticises the Qin dynasty and describes Jia's opinions on the reasons for its collapse.

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