班固·《汉书·贾谊传·超迁》英译

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文帝悦之，超迁，岁中至太中大夫。

Speedy Promotion

Jia Yi was the youngest supreme official in the Han imperial court, for he was then only in his early twenties. Whenever the emperor called in all officials to discuss the affairs of state, if the senior scholars failed to give a prompt answer, Jia could always reply to the emperor’s questions one by one in place of them, with answers that expressed exactly what each official had in mind. Therefore Jia was considered as a gifted scholar.

The emperor, who liked Jia very much, broke a rule to promote him. Within one year, Jia was elevated to be a chief consultant.