王嘉

王嘉（？—390年），字子年，陇西安阳人。王嘉外貌丑陋，在东阳谷穴居，教授弟子数百人。石虎末年，王嘉来到终南山和倒兽山隐居。苻坚多次征召他，但都被王嘉拒绝。淝水之战前一年，苻坚曾经派人问过王嘉战情，王嘉回答“金刚火强”；又问苻秦的国祚如何，王嘉回答说“未央”。苻坚以为这两句都是吉祥话，没想到却在肥水一战溃败。385年，高僧道安临终之前，王嘉与道安交谈甚久。道安谓嘉曰:“世故方殷，可以行矣。”王嘉答曰:“卿其先行，吾负债未果去。”姚苌攻入长安后，逼迫王嘉跟随自己。姚苌与苻登僵持期间，姚苌问王嘉：“我能杀掉苻登平定天下吗？”王嘉说：“略得之”，姚苌听后大怒：“能就说能，什么叫大概可以！”于是将王嘉斩首。苻登听说王嘉被杀，悲伤痛哭，追赠为太师，谥号为文。姚苌死后，其子姚兴（字子略）杀苻登，平定天下。时人方知当年王嘉说的“略得之”指的应该是“姚子略”得天下。王嘉著有《拾遗记》（又名《拾遗录》）十卷。

Wang Jia (Chinese: 王嘉; pinyin: 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