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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).
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 Chinese Communist Party
Jiang Ping, courtesy name Zechang, is a fictional Song dynasty knight-errant from the 19th-century Chinese novels The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants and The Five Younger Gallants. Nicknamed "River Rat" or "River-Overturning Rat" (翻江鼠) for his amazing swimming and freediving skills, he is able to stay underwater seemingly forever.
Jiang (Chinese: 江; Jyutping: Gong 1; 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, contained in the line 江童顏郭 (Jiāng, Tóng, Yán, Guō).
In the scenario "Chinese Unification" of the Civilization IV: Warlords expansion pack, Jiang Ziya is the leader of the State of Qi. He is also playable in video games Aizouban Houshin Engi, Hoshin Engi 2 and Mystic Heroes. Jiang Ziya is a playable character in Koei's Warriors Orochi 2. In the game, he is alternatively referred to as Taigong Wang.
Queen Jiang (Chinese: 姜王后) is a character from the Chinese classical novels The Investiture of the Gods (Fēngshén Yǎnyì) and The Story of King Wu Conquering Zhou and Bringing Peace (全相武王伐纣平话; Wǔwáng Fá Zhòu Pínghuà).
In Old Chinese, the Yangtze was simply called Jiang/Kiang 江, [16] a character of phono-semantic compound origin, combining the water radical 氵 with the homophone 工 (now pronounced gōng, but *kˤoŋ in Old Chinese [17]). Kong was probably a word in the Austroasiatic language of local peoples such as the Yue.
In the Qi (state), Jiang Ziya's descendants had the surname Jiang (姜) In the Qi (state), those with the surname Huan 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)