Queen Jiang (character)

Relief of Queen Jiang

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). As the first queen consort crowned by King Zhou of Shang, she was the daughter of the Eastern Duke, Jiang Huanzhu (伯侯姜桓楚; Dōngbǎi Hóu Jiāng Huánchǔ). She bore two sons, Yin Hong and Yin Jiao, with King Zhou.[1][2]

After Daji entered the palace, she plotted and ultimately caused the tragic death of Queen Jiang. After her death, Queen Jiang is deified as the Taiyin Star (太阴星), one of the Twelve Luminaries (群星正神; Qúnxīng Zhèngshén).[3]

  1. ^ 中华野史: Xian Qin ye shi juan (in Chinese). 中国戏剧出版社. 2000.
  2. ^ 中国名女传闻传奇 [Legend of Famous Women in China] (in Chinese). 山东人民出版社 and the University of Wisconsin - Madison. 1996. ISBN 978-7-209-02004-6.
  3. ^ 趙弘雅 (2002). 怪力亂神的民間信仰: 《封神榜》與《西遊記》角色神格化之批叛 (in Chinese). 前衛出版社. ISBN 978-957-801-346-9.