Jia Xi
Jia Xi, grandfather of Cao Wei general Jia Kui, recognized his talent early and orally taught him military strategy.
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History · vol. 15Records of the Three Kingdoms
…自爲兒童，戲弄常設部伍，祖父習異之，曰：「汝大必爲將率。」口授兵法數萬言。…
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贾逵字梁道，河東襄陵人也。自爲兒童，戲弄常設部伍，祖父習異之，曰：「汝大必爲將率。」口授兵法數萬言。〈《魏略》曰：逵世爲著姓，少孤家贫，冬常無袴，过其妻兄柳孚宿，其明無何，著孚袴去，故時人謂之通健。〉初爲郡吏，守絳邑長。郭援之攻河東，所經城邑皆下，逵堅守，援攻之不拔，乃召單于並軍急攻之。城將潰，絳父老與援要，不害逵。絳人既潰，援聞逵名，欲使爲將，以兵劫之，逵不動。左右引逵使叩头，逵叱之曰：「安有國家長吏爲賊叩頭！」援怒，將斬之。絳吏民聞將殺逵，皆乘城呼曰：「負要殺我賢君，寧俱死耳！」左右義逵，多爲請，遂得免。〈《魏略》曰：援捕得逵，逵不肯拜，謂援曰：「王府君臨郡積年，不知足下曷爲者也？」援怒曰：「促斬之。」諸將覆護，乃囚於壶關，闭著土窖中，以车轮盖上，使人固守。方將杀之，逵從窖中謂守者曰：「此間無健兒邪，而當使義士死此中乎？」時有祝公道者，與逵非故人，而適聞其言，怜其守正危厄，乃夜盗往引出，折械遣去，不语其姓名。〉初，逵过皮氏，曰：「爭地先据者胜。」及圍怎，知不免，乃使人間行送印绶歸郡，且曰「急据皮氏」。援既並绛眾，將進兵。逵恐其先得皮氏，乃以他计疑援谋人祝奥，援由是留七日。郡從逵言，故得無敗。〈《孫资别傳》曰：资舉河東计吏，到许，荐於相府曰：「逵在绛邑，帅厉吏民，與贼郭援交戰，力尽而敗，爲贼所俘，挺然直志，颜辭不屈；忠言聞於大眾，烈节显於當時，雖古之直发、据鼎，罔以加也。其才兼文武，誠時之利用。」魏略曰：郭援破後，逵乃知前出己者爲祝公道。公道，河南人也。後坐他事，當伏法。逵救之，力不能解，爲之改服焉。〉
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Jia Xi was Jia Kui’s grandfather. The material concerns Jia Kui’s early years; the Romance of the Three Kingdoms does not mention him.
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Jia Kui often played at being a soldier from a young age. His grandfather, Jia Xi, thought him extraordinary and predicted that he would grow up to become a general; he also taught him tens of thousands of words on the art of war by dictation. (Recorded in the histories)
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- Jia Kui’s grandfather
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- 史 ch.15 §59
「汝大必爲將率。」
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