Jiang (surname)

江

Jiang (Chinese: 江; Jyutping: Gong¹; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kang, also romanized Chiang, Kong, Kang) is a Chinese surname, accounting for 0.26% of the Han Chinese population. It is the 52nd most common Chinese surname and is the 141st surname listed in the Hundred Family Surnames poem. It is the 74th most common surname in China (2007), and the 25th most common surname in Taiwan (2010).

Origins

After Boyi helped Yu the Great bring flood control to the early Chinese, Yu's son and successor Qi of Xia offered Boyi's son, Xuanzhong, the position of Lord of Jiangdi (Chinese: 江地 - modern Jiangling County in Hubei Province). Boyi's descendants ruled the area as kings of an autonomous "River Kingdom" (Chinese: 江国; pinyin: Jiāng Guó) during the Shang Dynasty and Western Zhou Dynasty, with its capital city near today's Zhengyang County, Henan Province.

During the Spring and Autumn period, the kingdom was often under attack from the neighboring states of Chu, Song, and Qi, each of which was larger than the "River Kingdom". While defending from neighbors' attacks, the Jiang state also had to deal with the Huai River's frequent flooding, which often inundated the kingdom's central areas. These difficulties prevented Jiang from developing significant economic or military power. It survived until 623 BC when it was destroyed by Chu.

At the time of the kingdom's destruction, many of its surviving inhabitants fled to what is now Henan Province and took the kingdom's name, "Jiang", as their clan name.

Notable people

Jiang Qing (江青), the fourth wife of Mao Zedong (real name: Li Jin 李近)

Jiang Zemin (江泽民), former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China

March Kong Fong Eu (江月桂), first Asian American woman elected to state constitutional office in US

John Chiang, Californian politician

Chopin Kiang (Jiang) Nevada Official - Nevada State Department of Education

Jiang Kanghu, Chinese politician and activist

Jiang Hongjie, Chinese politician and activist

Jody Chiang (江蕙), Taiwanese pop singer

Jiang Yu Chen (江語晨), Taiwanese pop singer

Jiang Zhujiu, Chinese Go player

Jiang Heping, CCTV executive

Jiang Hong, Chinese footballer

Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer

Mingjiu Jiang, Chinese professional Go player

Jiang Chaozong, Chinese general and Premier of the Republic of China

Jiang Yan, Southern Dynasty poet

Empress Jiang, Liu Song dynasty empress

Jiang Qian, Chinese intellectual

Jiang Yuyuan, Chinese gymnast

Chiang Sheng, Taiwanese martial arts actor

Jiang Zhujiu, Chinese Go player

Leslie Kong, Chinese Jamaican record producer

蔣

Jiang and Chiang (蒋) is a Chinese surname. It first appeared:

In the Jiang (state) and Zheng (state), when feudal lords were given the surname Jiang during the Zhou Dynasty

The Zhuang people were given the surname Jiang (蔣) during the Zhou Dynasty

The Miao people, Tujia people, Lahu people, and Yao people use the surname Jiang (蔣)

The Mongolian people received the surname Jiang during the Yuan Dynasty

Notable people of 蔣

Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China, Director General of the Kuomintang

Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China, Chairman of the Kuomintang

Chiang Wei-kuo, adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek and Republic of China politician

Chiang Wei-shui, Taiwanese colonial resistance movement advocate

Jiang Bingzhi, author better known as Ding Ling

Jiang Menglin, Chinese educator

Jiang Tingxi, painter

Jiang Wan, Shu Han official

Jiang Yanyong, Chinese physician

Jiang Ying (musician) (born 1919), Chinese singer

姜

Variants of the surname Jiang include Zhang, Lü, Qiu, Shen., These originated:

In the Qi (state), Jiang Ziya's descendants, originally located in Yandi, had the surname Jiang (姜)

In the Qi (state), those with the surname Huan (桓) changed it to Jiang (姜)

Chinese minority members of the population such as the Dong people, Tujia people, Yao people took the surname Jiang (姜)

During the Yuan Dynasty, Mongols were given the surname Jiang (姜)

During the Qing Dynasty, Russians, or the Eluosizu people, were given the surname Jiang (姜)

Notable people of 姜

Jiang Ziya (姜子牙), Zhou dynasty

Jiang Kui (姜夔), composer

Jiang Wei (姜维), general of Shu-Han

Jiang Wen (姜文), actor and director (brother of Jiang Wu)

Jiang Wu (姜武), actor (brother of Jiang Wen)

Ted Chiang (姜峯楠), American science-fiction author

彊

Jiang, Qiang, Chiang, (彊/强) is a Chinese surname. It originated during the 26th century BC. It derived from the deity Yujiang who was revered as the god of Water in Ancient China. Yujiang's descendants were given the surname Jiang (疆). During the Zhou Dynasty, in the Lu (state), those with the surname Ji (姬) or of the family Gongsun Jiang (公孙强) took the surname Jiang (疆). It was also used as a given name.

in Former Qin, the name "Jiang Duan" (强端) became the Jiang (疆). Before this, the surname had been Fu (苻), indicating descent from "Fú Jiān" (苻堅).