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Jiang Qing
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Chinese political figure and wife of Mao Zedong (1914–1991)
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Jiang Qing was a person associated with the country code NG. She was born on March 5, 1914, or March 19, 1914, and died on May 14, 1991. During her life, she used the pseudonyms 藍蘋, 峻嶺, and 進孩.
Her literary output includes two works, specifically *Confucian Constitutional Order* and *Zhongguo MBA*. A separate record indicates a total of five works. On Last.fm, her name is associated with six listeners and thirty-nine plays. Her subject is referenced by 529 other encyclopedia articles.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Jiang
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Republic of China
- Place of birth
- China
- Place of death
- Qincheng Prison
- Spouse
- Mao Zedong
- Child
- Li Na
- Occupation
- film actor
- Political party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- politics
- Movement
- radical politics
- Conflict
- Cultural Revolution
- Image
- Jiang Qing 1976.jpg
- Convicted of
- false accusation
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- date of birth
- 1914-03-19
- Commons category
- Jiang Qing
- date of death
- 1991-05-14
- Commons gallery
- Jiang Qing
- pseudonym
- 進孩
- member of
- Gang of Four
- birth name
- 李淑蒙
- name in native language
- 李雲鶴
- penalty
- life imprisonment
- manner of death
- Suicide
- cause of death
- poison
- allegiance
- China
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Encyclopedic overview
Jiang Qing (March 1914 (1914-03) – 14 May 1991 (1991-05-15); also spelled as Chiang Ch'ing), born Li Yunhe, and briefly known by her stage name Lan Ping in the 1930s Shanghai, was a Chinese revolutionary, actress, and political figure. The fourth wife of Mao Zedong, she played a major role in the Cultural Revolution and led the Gang of Four.
Born into a declining family with an abusive father and a mother who worked as a domestic servant and sometime prostitute, Jiang joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1933. She pursued an acting career in Shanghai before going to Yan'an, where she married Mao in 1938. In the 1940s, she worked as Mao's personal secretary, and during the 1950s, she headed the Film Section of the Publicity Department.
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