The 江 surname

Jiang (江) is one of the surnames of Taishan. The General Catalog of Chinese Genealogies (《中国家谱总目》) lists a Taishan genealogy, the Jiang Family Genealogy of the Jiang Xianlong Household (《江显隆户家江氏族谱》, a 1984 manuscript copy), which records that the first migrant ancestor, Jiang Dexing (江德兴), lived in the Song.^[1] Little material has been found so far on how the Jiang came to Taishan.

Origin of the surname[edit]

The Jiang surname comes from the Ying (嬴) surname. Boyi (伯益) helped Yu the Great control the floods and for his merit was granted the surname Ying; his descendants were enfeoffed with the state of Jiang (江国) at the turn of the Shang and Zhou, in what is now the Zhengyang (正阳) area of Henan. In 623 BCE the state of Jiang was destroyed by Chu, and its descendants took the state's name as their clan name, becoming the Jiang. The ancestral commanderies of the Jiang are Jiyang (济阳) and Huaiyang (淮阳).^[2]

Coming to Taishan[edit]

The Jiang Family Genealogy of the Jiang Xianlong Household is a 1984 manuscript copy in one volume; its compiler is unknown, and the original is kept in the Taishan Municipal Archives. It records that the first migrant ancestor, Jiang Dexing, lived in the Song.^[1]

How the Jiang came to Taishan and where they live is yet to be added. Family members who know more are welcome to edit this article.