Jiang Tingxi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Jiang.

First Class adaha hafan Jiang Tingxi
Grand Secretary of the Wenyuan Library
In office 1728–1732
Grand Councillor
In office 1729–1732
Minister of Revenue
In office 1726–1732 Serving with Fan Shiyi
Preceded by	Zhang Tingyu
Succeeded by	Peng Weixin
Personal details
Born	1669 Changshu, Jiangsu, China
Died	1732 (aged 62–63) Beijing, China
Relations	Jiang Chenxi (brother)
Parent	Jiang Yi (father)
Occupation	politician, painter, scholar
Courtesy name	Youjun (酉とり君くん) or Yangsun (楊孫)
Art name	Xigu (西谷にしたに), Nansha (南沙なんさ), Qingtong Jushi (青桐あおぎり居士こじ)
Posthumous name	Wensu (文ぶん肅)

"Eleven Pigeons" painting by Jiang Tingxi

"Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China" encyclopaedia by Chen Menglei and Jiang Tingxi

Jiang Tingxi (simplified Chinese: 蒋廷锡; traditional Chinese: 蔣廷錫すず; pinyin: Jiǎng Tíngxí; Wade–Giles: Chiang T'ing-hsi, 1669–1732), courtesy name Yangsun (楊孫), was a Chinese painter, and an editor of the encyclopedia Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China.

Jiang was born in Changshu, Jiangsu. Besides the name Yangsun, he was also known by his courtesy name Youjun (酉とり君くん), as well as the pseudonyms Nansha (南沙なんさ), Qingtong Jushi, Qiujun, and XiGu (西谷にしたに).

The 5020-volume state-sponsored encyclopedia Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China (古今ここん图书集成しゅうせい; 古今ここん圖書としょ集成しゅうせい; 'Complete Collection of Illustrations and Writings from the Earliest to Current Times') was published in 1726 and had been compiled by Chen Menglei and Jiang Tingxi during the reigns of the Kangxi and Yongzheng emperors in the Qing dynasty.

As an official painter and grand secretary to the imperial court, Jiang used a wide variety of artistic styles, and focused particularly on paintings of birds and flowers. He was also proficient in calligraphy. His works influenced later court painters, including Yu Sheng (余よ省しょう), Yu Zhi (余よ稚やや).

Although better known for his Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China, Jiang also contributed—along with other scholars—in the compilation of the "Daqing Yitongzhi" ('Gazetteer of the Qing Empire'). This geographical gazetteer was provided with a preface in 1744 (more than a decade after Jiang's death), revised in 1764, and reprinted in 1849.

Apart from cultural activity, as a holder of the jinshi degree Tinxi performed the important duties in the Qing government's Office of Military Finance, on par with Zhang Tingyu (headed by Yinxiang, the Yongzheng Emperor's brother).

See also

• Chen Menglei
• Zhang Tingyu
• Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China

References

• Barnhart, R. M. et al. Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. 1997. ISBN 0-300-07013-6
• Fairbank, J.K. and S.Y. Teng. "On the Ch'ing Tributary System," Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies (Volume 6, Number 2, 1941): 135–246.
• Nie, Chongzheng, "Jiang Tingxi". Encyclopedia of China, 1st ed.
• Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Chiang T'ing-hsi" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.