| NAME | |
|---|---|
| Chinese Name | 姜冏, 姜冏, Jiāng Jiǒng |
| Nickname | Tianshui Merit Officer (功曹); father of Jiang Wei |
| Other name | Khương Quýnh |
| Courtesy name | 仲奕 (later encyclopedias; not in Chen Shou’s short notice) |
| INFORMATION | |
| Birth Place | Ji County, Tianshui (Southeast of Gangu County, Gansu) |
| Death Reason | Killed on the field protecting the Tianshui commandery leadership in a Qiang–Rong rising (SGZ Jiang Wei; often dated Jian’an 19 / 214) |
| FAMILY | |
| Children | |
| CAREER | |
| Allegiance | Tianshui commandery under late Han / Cao-controlled Liang (not a Shu officer) |
| Battles | Qiang–Rong rising in which he died (history). Named only in Jiang Wei’s introduction in ROTK Ch.92. |
Biography & Historical Record
Jiang Jiong (姜冏, Khương Quýnh) is the Tianshui father of Jiang Wei (姜维, Khương Duy) — a commandery Merit Officer (功曹) who died shielding the commandery leadership in a Qiang–Rong rising. The graph is 姜, not 蒋. Birthplace in the stub (Ji / Ji county, Tianshui, southeast of today’s Gangu, Gansu) matches Jiang Wei’s SGZ home. Courtesy name Zhongyi (仲奕) appears in later encyclopedias; Chen Shou’s own line is shorter: “his father Jiong was once Merit Officer of the commandery; when the Qiang and Rong rebelled he died on the field protecting the commandery general.” Jiang Wei, left young with his mother, received a Gentleman (中郎) rank on that death and a place in the commandery military — the start of the career that later falls to Zhuge Liang.
The novel names him only when Jiang Wei first walks onstage (Chapter 92). He is not a Cao Wei campaign general in his own right. Allegiance is late Han / Cao-controlled Liang: Tianshui was Wei’s western commandery when Jiang Wei still served Ma Zun.
Role in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Chapter 92 (Zhao Zilong Slays Five Captains; Zhuge Liang Takes Three Cities by Cunning — close of the chapter / opening of Jiang Wei): As Tianshui’s prefect Ma Zun prepares to move against Zhuge Liang’s first northern campaign, a man steps in and says the prefect has already walked into Kongming’s plan. He is Jiang Wei, courtesy Boyue, of Ji in Tianshui. The narrator’s first facts are the father’s: “His father was named Jiong; he was once Merit Officer of Tianshui commandery and died in the state’s service during a Qiang rising.” The son is then praised for books, arms, and filial care of the widowed mother; he holds a Gentleman’s commission and shares the commandery military. That is Jiang Jiong’s entire novel appearance — a dead name that explains why a Tianshui junior officer has rank, education, and a mother still in Ji when Ma Zun later abandons him and he defects to Shu. The same-chapter war (Zhao Yun’s killings, the three cities, Ma Zun’s panic) is the crisis the father’s death has equipped the son to walk into.
Jiang Jiong (姜冏) — Historical & Literary Timeline
Son given rank
Jiang Wei is made Gentleman and attached to commandery arms because of the father’s death. He grows up with his mother and Zheng Xuan’s scholarship (SGZ).
Named in Jiang Wei’s introduction
First northern campaign. Ma Zun’s hall. The narrator cites 父名冏 before Jiang Wei begins to unravel Zhuge Liang’s feints. Jiong himself does not speak.
Historical Record: Sanguozhi Shu 14, Jiang Wei (Pei notes). Novel: Chapter 92 introduction only. Wikipedia’s Jiang Wei page is the parent notice.
Key Relationships
Family
- Jiang Wei (姜维, Khương Duy): Son; later Shu’s last great northern commander. Novel Ch.92 names the father in the first paragraph of the son’s life.
- Jiang Wei’s unnamed mother: widow who raises the son; still in Ji when Wei defects (history; novel keeps the filial line).
- No spouse other than that implied marriage, and no other children, are recorded.
Friends
- The unnamed “commandery general” (郡将) he dies protecting — Tianshui’s prefect or garrison chief in that rising. Later storytellers sometimes write Jiang Xu (姜叙); Chen Shou does not.
Enemies
- Qiang and Rong rebels of the rising in which he died (history). Not a named novel duelist.
Other
- Ma Zun (马遵, Mã Tuân): Tianshui prefect in Ch.92 whose panic the son interrupts — the living official of the commandery Jiong once served.
- Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮, Gia Cát Lượng): The northern campaign that pulls Jiang Wei out of Wei; Jiong is already dead.
- Zhao Yun (赵云, Triệu Vân): Same-chapter Shu champion (Ch.92) while the narrator is still introducing the Tianshui household.
- Cao Wei / Tianshui administration: the structure that paid Jiong as Merit Officer and then paid the son for the father’s death.
In Novel
Chapter 92
- Jiang Jiong (姜冏, Khương Quýnh): Already dead. When Jiang Wei (姜维, Khương Duy) first walks into Ma Zun’s hall, the narrator’s opening facts are the father’s: Tianshui Merit Officer, died in a Qiang rising “in the state’s service.” That death is why the son holds a Gentleman’s rank, cares for a widow in Ji, and can speak when Zhuge Liang’s first northern campaign hits Tianshui. Jiong himself does not appear on the field in this chapter.
In History
Summary
- Jiang Jiong (姜冏, Khương Quýnh), graph 姜 not 蒋, was Merit Officer of Tianshui. SGZ: “when the Qiang and Rong rebelled he died on the battlefield protecting the commandery general.” Jiang Wei received a Gentleman rank on that death. Courtesy Zhongyi is a later addition.
Year: 214 AD (conventional)
- Later retellings place the rising in Jian’an 19 amid Liang unrest. Chen Shou does not narrate a named duel or a last stand against Ma Chao.
Historical Record
- Sanguozhi Shu 14, Jiang Wei (Pei notes). Novel: Chapter 92 introduction only.
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