Wang Jiang (queen)

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Wang Jiang (died 10th century BC) was the queen consort of King Kang of Zhou.^[1]^[2]^[3]

She appears to have played a significant political role, handling the economic affairs of the imperial family, accompanying the king on military campaigns and rewarding officials on his request.^[4]

References

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^ Chin, Annping. (2007). The Authentic Confucius. Scrubner. ISBN 0-7432-4618-7
^ Shaughnessy, Edward L. (1989). "The Role of Grand Protector Shi in the Consolidation of the Zhou Conquest". Ars Orientalis. 19: 51–77. ISSN 0571-1371.
^ Pulleyblank, Edwin G. (2000). "Ji 姬 and Jiang 姜: The Role of Exogamic Clans in the Organization of the Zhou Polity". Early China. 25: 1–27. ISSN 0362-5028.
^ Feng, Li (2018-01-01). "The Western Zhou State". Routledge Handbook of Early Chinese History, edited by Paul R. Goldin.

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