So people from Ling Ying County, Beihai City. After Sun Quan presided over Wu Dong's major policies, he gave preferential treatment to literati, and recruiting talents was a means. Lv Meng attempted to sneak attack Guan Yu, and Sun Quan consulted with Shi Yi, who agreed with Lv Meng's idea and suggested that Sun Quan adopt it. He conquered Guan Yu with the army and became a loyal and loyal general. After Jingzhou was pacified, he made Wuchang his capital, worshipped Yi as a general, and later made his capital as a central defender. Sun Quan wanted to grant him the military power, but Yi thought that he was not a soldier, so he resolutely declined and refused to accept it. During his stay in Huang Wu, Bai Shiyi went to Liushao, Anhui Province to seduce Cao Xiu. After Cao Xiu arrived, he suffered a fiasco, and Yi was promoted to a partial general because of his meritorious service. After the capital was established as the east capital, it was Yi who assisted the prince. Later, he returned to Jianye with the prince. Canon school official Lu Yi falsely accused Jiangxia satrap Diao Jia of slandering the national policy. Sun Quan was furious and arrested Diao's family for thorough interrogation. At that time, people who were with Diao's family were all afraid, saying that something had happened to Diao's family, but Yi said that he had never heard of it. At that time, after a few days of thorough questioning, the imperial edict became more and more severe, and ministers were too scared to go out of the atmosphere. Yes, I replied, "Now that the knife and saw are on my neck, how dare I hide my ruin for the Diao family and become a ghost who is not loyal to the king!" But knowing and not knowing have a beginning. " He answered truthfully and never changed his mind. Sun Quan had to let him go, and Diao's family was exempted from punishment.
It is an instrument that cannot cure its own industry and is not valued by others. The house it lives in is just enough for itself. One of his neighbors built a big house. When Sun Quan went out and saw it, he asked who the owner of this big house was. The assistant ministers said, "It's probably Yi Jia." Sun Quan said: "Yes, the documents are frugal, certainly not." Ask, it's someone else's.
Yi always gives advice to Sun Quan and never talks about other people's shortcomings. He has served the country for decades and has never made any mistakes.