Jiǎng (surname)
Appearance
Jiang and Chiang (simplified Chinese: 将; traditional Chinese: 蔣) is a Chinese surname. In 2019, it was the 39th most common surname in mainland China.[1] It is listed 13th in the Hundred Family Surnames poem.
Origins
- 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
Chiang political family
- 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 Fang-liang, Faina Chiang Fang-liang ( 蔣方良; 1916 – 2004) the wife of President Chiang Ching-kuo
- Chiang Hsiao-yen (蔣孝嚴; born 1942) or John Chiang, formerly surnamed Chang (章; Zhāng), is a Taiwanese politician
- Chiang Wan-an 蔣萬安; pinyin: Jiǎng Wàn'ān); born 1978 or Wayne Chiang , formerly surnamed Chang (章; Zhāng), is a Taiwanese politician
- Chiang Wei-kuo, adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek and Republic of China politician
Notable people
- 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 Ying (musician) (born 1919), Chinese singer
- Hong Jiang, American engineer
- Tihao Chiang, Taiwanese engineer
- Jiang Yanyong (born October 4, 1931) is a Chinese physician who publicized a coverup of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in China
- Jiang Chaoliang (蒋超良; born 1957) is a Chinese politician and investor
- Jiang Jinfu (蒋劲夫; born 1991) is a Chinese actor and model
- Jiang Xin (蒋欣; born 1983), also known by her English name Rulu Jiang, is a Chinese actress
- Jiang Qinqin (蒋勤勤; born 1975) is a Chinese actress. She is sometimes credited as Shui Ling
- Jiang Wenli (Chinese: 蒋雯丽, born 1969) is a Chinese actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. A native of Tianjin.
- Jiang Mengjie (Chinese: 蒋梦婕, born 1989) is a Chinese actress. She is best known for her role as Lin Daiyu in 2010 television series
- Jiang Ying (musician) ( 蒋英; 1919 – 2012) was a Chinese opera singer and music teacher
- Jiang Dawei (born 1947) is a Chinese folk singer, best known for a number of hit songs such as the theme song for the 1986 TV series Journey
- Jiang Fangzhou (simplified Chinese: 蒋方舟; traditional Chinese: 蔣方舟; pinyin: Jiǎng Fāngzhōu; born October 27, 1989, in the city of Xiangyang, in Hubei province)
- Jiang Gan, a debater and scholar who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China
- Jiang Qin
- Jiang Biwei (Chinese: 蔣碧薇; 1899 – 1978) was influential in the lives of the painter Xu Beihong and the politician
- Jiang Qing (Confucian) (蒋庆; born 1953) is a contemporary Chinese Confucian.
- Jiang Yanjiao (蒋燕皎; born 1986), is a Chinese badminton player from Changzhou
- Jiang Menglin (蒋梦麟; 1886 – 1964), also known as Chiang Monlin, was a Chinese educator, writer
- Jiang Ji
- Jiang Ziwen (蔣子文;) was a wei of Moling (modern Nanjing) county in China during the Eastern Han
- Jiang Dingwen (蒋鼎文; 1895–1974), courtesy name Mingsan (銘三)
- Tsiang Tingfu (蔣廷黻; 1895 – 1965), was a historian and diplomat of the Republic of China who published
- Jiang Chengji (born 1975) (: 蔣丞稷; born 1975 in Shanghai) is
- Jiang Tingxi (蒋廷锡; 1669–1732), courtesy name Yangsun
- Tyias Browning, known as Jiang Guangtai in China (simplified Chinese: 蒋光太; traditional Chinese: 蔣光太; pinyin: Jiǎng Guāngtài; born 27 May 1994) is
- Jiang Zhuoqing(Chinese: 蒋卓庆; pinyin: Jiăng Zhuóqìng; born August 1959) is a Chinese politician, who is serving as the Chairperson of the Shanghai People's
- Jiang Xiaowan, recorded. Jiang was more often referred to as Chiang Ssu-Yeh (Wade-Giles) or Jiang Siye (Pinyin), which was likely the mistranscription of Chinese: 蔣師爺; lit
- Jiang Shiquan (蒋士铨; 1725–1784) was a Chinese poet of the Qing dynasty. He was active
- Jiang Shen (蔣伸) (799–881), courtesy name Dazhi (大直), formally the Duke of Le'an (樂安公), was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, serving as
- Jiang Guangnai (蒋光鼐; 1888 – 1967)
- Jiang Baili
- Jiang Shusheng (蒋树声; traditional Chinese: 蔣樹聲; pinyin: Jiǎng Shùshēng; born April 1940 in Wuxi, Jiangsu) is a Chinese physicist and
- Jiang Tingting (蒋婷婷; born 1986 in Chengdu, Sichuan) is a Chinese synchronized swimmer
- Jiang Kewei (蒋珂玮; born 1989) is a Chinese former footballer.
- Jiang Gaoming (蒋高明) is a professor and Ph.D. tutor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences’
- Jiang Jing (Water Margin), fictional character in Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.Nicknamed "Divine Mathematician", he
- Jiang Shuo (Chinese: 蔣朔; pinyin: Jiáng Shuò) (born 1958, Beijing, China) is a Chinese contemporary sculptor. Jiang Shuo was born in 1958 in Beijing, China
- Jiang Wenwen (synchronized swimmer) (simplified Chinese: 蒋文文; traditional Chinese: 蔣文文; pinyin: Jiǎng Wénwén; born 25 September 1986 in Chengdu, Sichuan) is a Chinese synchronized
- Ai Qing; born Jiǎng Zhènghán (Chinese: 蒋正涵; pinyin: Jiǎng Zhènghán) and styled Jiǎng Hǎichéng (Chinese: 蒋海澄; pinyin: Jiǎng Hǎichéng); March 27,
- Jiang Yefei (Chinese: 蔣 葉菲; born 22 February 1967) is a Chinese fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. "Jiang Yefei
- Jiang Liang (simplified Chinese: 蒋亮; traditional Chinese: 蔣亮; pinyin: Jiǎng Liàng; born 4 November 1989) is a Chinese footballer
- Jiang Zilong (simplified Chinese: 蒋子龙; traditional Chinese: 蔣子龍; pinyin: Jiǎng Zilóng; born August 1941) is a Chinese author of fiction and essays
- Jiang Fucong (12 November 1898 - 21 September 1990), courtesy name Weitang, was a Chinese educator and politician of the Republic of China. Jiang was
- Jiang Ping (character), courtesy name Zechang, is a fictional Song dynasty knight-errant from the 19th-century Chinese novels The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants
- Qiao Shi born Jiang Zhitong (蔣志彤; Jiǎng Zhìtóng) in 1924 in Shanghai, ancestry Dinghai, Chinese politician and one of the top leaders of the Communist Party of China
- Jiang Xin (badminton) (Chinese: 蔣欣; born 18 January 1969) is a Chinese former badminton player who later move to Australia and run a badminton school in Melbourne
- Jiang Guang-nan (born 30 July 1948) is a former Taiwanese cyclist. He competed in team time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics. "Jiang Guang-Nan Olympic
- Chiang Yee (simplified Chinese: 蒋彝; traditional Chinese: 蔣彝; pinyin: Jiǎng Yí; Wade–Giles: Chiang I; 19 May 1903 – 26 October 1977), self-styled as "The
- Chiang Hsiao-wu (traditional Chinese: 蔣孝武; simplified Chinese: 蒋孝武; pinyin: Jiǎng Xiàowǔ; also known as Alex Chiang; April 25, 1945 - July 1, 1991) was
- Jiang Yiyuan (Chinese: 蒋亦元; 1928 - 2020) was a Chinese agricultural engineer and academician of the Chinese
- Jiang Hongde (Chinese: 蒋洪德; 4 July 1942 – 4 January 2020) was a Chinese engineer and professor at Tsinghua University. Jiang was born in Hengyang, Hunan
- Jiang Xuemo (Chinese: 蒋学模; 24 March 1918 – 18 July 2008) was a Chinese economist, translator and professor at Fudan University. During his 70-year academic
- Chiang Chung-ling (Chinese: 蔣仲苓; pinyin: Jiǎng Zhònglíng, September 21, 1922 – March 18, 2015) was a Taiwanese army general, former Minister of Defense
- Sho-Chieh Tsiang (traditional Chinese: 蔣碩傑; simplified Chinese: 蒋硕杰; pinyin: Jiǎng Shuòjié; August 25, 1918 – October 21, 1993) was a Chinese-American
- Jiang Bo (figure skater) (蒋博; traditional Chinese: 蔣博; pinyin: Jiǎng Bó; born in Qiqihar) is a Chinese male pair skater. He skates with partner Li
- Chiang Hsiao-wen (Chinese: 蔣孝文; also known as Alan Chiang; 14 December 1935 – 14 April 1989) was the eldest son of Chiang Ching-kuo, the President of ROC
- 1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions hijacker Jiang Xiaofeng (simplified Chinese: 蒋晓峰; traditional Chinese: 蔣曉峰; pinyin: Jiăng Xiăofēng), born 11 August 1969 in Linli
- Chiang Wei-ling (Chinese: 蔣偉寧; pinyin: Jiǎng Wěiníng; born 2 September 1957) is an educator in the Republic of China. He was the Minister of the Ministry
- "Jiang Xingge Reencounters His Pearl Shirt" (蔣興哥重會珍珠衫), also translated as "The Pearl-sewn Shirt" or "The Pearl Shirt Reencountered", is a Chinese novella
- Ram Chiang
- Chiang Wei-shui (Chinese: 蔣渭水; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chiúⁿ Ūi-súi; 6 August 1890 – 5 August 1931) was a Taiwanese physician and activist. He was a founding member
- Chiang Nai-shin (Chinese: 蔣乃辛; born 24 September 1948) is a Taiwanese politician. He served in the Taipei City Council from 1982 to 2009, when he was