A Comparative Study Of Jia Yi And Chao

Jia Yi and Chao Cuo are famous political commenters、great ideologists and literateurs in the Western Han Dynasty. They live in the thriving age of the Han Dynasty, but as the sharp-eyed political commenters, they found the different crises which were hidden below the peace and prosperity, they actively give proposals and state the gain and loss of the royal government with strong trepidation consciousness, they are full of the politician commenters fearless and passionate in order to keep the Han Dynasty long-term peace and stability, their political comment prose represent the greatest achievements of it is in the early age of Han Dynasty.But there are many differences between the Jia and Chao’s political comment prose, Jia Yi’s prose is vehement and ebullience, full of literary grace, Chao Cuo’s prose is plain, but practical and feasibility is strong.This article takes Jia Yi and Chao Cuo’s political comment prose as the research object, on the basis of predecessors and the research, of Jia Yi and Chao Cuo political comment prose were more in-depth analysis, from three aspects of the creation background, ideological content and artistic features compared their political comment prose the similarities and differences. This article will be discussed from the following three aspects:First, mainly discusses the similarities and differences between Chao and Jia’s political comment prose creation background. Jia Yi and Chao Cuo are living in the Western Han Dynasty, they faced similar social background. Was national domestic trouble and foreign invasion, attend to the trivialities and neglect the fundamentals of economic, social gap between the rich and the poor greatly; political vassal transgression, has become a threat to the central government; military Xiongnu intrusion, the Western Han Dynasty regime in the Huns and engage in long-term disadvantage. But Jia Yi and Chao Cuo in life experiences and intellectual thought also has great difference, the two political essays creation by creation main body different personal background.Second, discuss the similarities and differences of the thought between Jia Yi and Chao Cuo’s political comment prose. Jia Yi and Chao Cuo’s political comment prose has a lot in common with the ideological content, their political comment prose are for the social reality in the early Han Dynasty explodes not without reason, the content reflects the broad social life. This article mainly from the historical reflection and thinking and the reality of a clear understanding of the two aspects of rational criticism to discuss. And there are some difference between Chao Cuo and Jia Yi’s political comment prose, in terms of the education of the crown prince, Chao Cuo claim that they should teach the prince how to ruling a country, one the other way, Jia Yi suggest that the confucianism should be the most important; and Jia Yi’s prose are full of the pursuit of the ethical code.Third, to explore the similarities and differences of the style characteristic between Jia Yi and Chao Cuo’s political comment prose. Jia Yi and Chao Cuo which further on the artistic features of the predecessors. Jia and Chao’s political comment prose deep thinkers legacy, as the "their prose are straight and radical, saying all what they want to say ", and make good use of history to argue, informative, use the ancient examples expound the current philosophy. However, there are obvious different style of their prose style, Jia Yi is valuing of style, Chao Cuo is valuing of content, and the different pursuit of the style and content makes their political comment prose showing a different style.