Wang Jia (王嘉 Wáng Jiā; died 390 CE), courtesy name Zinian (子年), was a Chinese Taoist hermit and scholar.

He is known as the compiler of 拾遺記 (Shi Yi Ji), whose title has been variously translated as Record of Heretofore Lost Works, Researches into Lost Records,

Record of Gleanings,

or Forgotten Tales.

This work is based on "apocryphal" versions of early (legendary) Chinese history, which must have been produced during the Eastern Han dynasty. For example, his version of the story of Yu the Great has a yellow dragon and a black turtle helping Yu to create the geographical features of China, and to name them - details not found in Shan Hai Jing

王嘉（？ - 390年），字子年，隴西安陽人。王嘉外貌醜陋，在東陽谷穴居，教授弟子數百人。石虎末年，王嘉來到終南山和倒獸山隱居。苻堅多次徵召他，但都被王嘉拒絕。淝水之戰前一年，苻堅曾經派人問過王嘉戰情，王嘉回答「金剛火強」；又

問苻秦的國祚如何，王嘉回答說「未央」。苻堅以為這兩句都是吉祥話，沒想

到卻在肥水一戰潰敗。385年，高僧道安臨終之前，王嘉與道安交談甚久。道安謂嘉曰:「世故方殷，可以行矣。」王嘉答曰:「卿其先行，吾負債未果去。」姚萇攻入長安後，逼迫王嘉跟隨自己。姚萇與苻登殭持期間，姚萇問王嘉：「我能殺掉苻登平定天下嗎？」王嘉說：「略得之」，姚萇聽後大怒：「能就說能，什麼叫大概可以！」於是將王嘉斬首。苻登聽說王嘉被殺，悲傷痛哭，追贈為太師，諡號為文。姚萇死後，其子姚興（字子略）殺苻登，平定天下。時人方知當年王嘉說的「略得之」指的應該是「姚子略」得天下。王嘉著有《拾遺記》（又名《拾遺錄》）十卷。

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