Ch'iang

In the Book of History some Ch'iang were allies of the Chou when they overthrew Shang, and I believe that the Chou dynasty was intermarried with them.

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The Ch'iang were a major factor as far back as the Shang dynasty and figure, mostly as enemies, in early inscriptions.

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The Ch'iang are induced to surrender the Kokonor territory.

The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1955

But tracing up or tracing down, it was ever the character "Ch'iang."

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

He discovered that it was the girl, whom he had, some time ago beheld under the cinnamon roses, drawing the character "Ch'iang."

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

"I've bought a bird for you to amuse yourself with," Chia Ch'iang added,

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

The one inside the fence fell, in fact, from an early stage, into a foolish mood, and no sooner was one 'Ch'iang,' finished than she started with another; so that she had already written several tens of them.

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

"Wait a while," Pao Kuan said, "until Mr. Ch'iang Secundus comes; and when he asks her to sing, she is bound to sing."

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

When he gazed again, it was still the self-same Ch'iang.

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao

But after standing about for a while, he actually saw Chia Ch'iang arrive from outside, carrying

Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao