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Jiang Zong
Chen chancellor and poet from Kaocheng, Director of the Secretariat and so called Jiang Ling, whose largely palace-style verse includes seven-character poems near regulated form; died in 594 under Sui.
In a council hall, a long table holds an unrolled map scroll, a brass-cornered chest and a brush pot, with tall-backed chairs around it and a bronze lamp at the left; a figure stands with their back turned on the balcony at the right, with palace roofs beyond.
Also known as Zong Chi · Director Jiang
Jiang Zong, courtesy name Zongchi, was from Kaocheng in Jiyang (today's Henan), born in 519. He served Liang, Chen and Sui; under the last Chen ruler he was Director of the Secretariat, hence 'Jiang Ling', and he spent his days feasting with the emperor and neglected government. His poems are largely palace-style, with seven-character pieces close to regulated verse. After his friend Ouyang Hong was executed he adopted Hong's son Ouyang Xun. Under Sui he held the rank of Kaifu and died at Jiangdu in 594. His thirty-two-scroll collection is lost; Ming editors compiled the Jiangling Junji.
Life and times
Dates 519 CE–594 CE