Editing Jiang Qing (section)

== Names ==

=== Chinese names ===
Jiang Qing was known by various names throughout her life. Before her birth, her father named the baby Li Jinnan,{{Efn|{{lang-zh|s=李进男|t=李進男|p=Lǐ Jìnnán|w=li3 chin4 nan2}}}} where Jinnan means the "coming boy." When she was born, her father changed the name to Li Jinhai,{{Efn|{{lang-zh|s=李进孩|t=李進孩|p=Lǐ Jìnhái|w=li3 chin4 hai2}}}} meaning the "coming child."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Ye |first=Yonglie |date=2014-10-14 |title=The rise and fall of the gang of four |url=https://www.jfdaily.com/wx/detail.do?id=1966 |website=Shanghai Observer |publisher=[[Jiefang Daily]] |language=zh-hans |publication-place=Shanghai}}</ref> Therefore, Jiang Qing also called herself Li Jin.{{Efn|{{lang-zh|s=李进|t=李進|p=Lǐ Jìn|w=li3 chin4}}}}<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{cite web |date=2006-02-21 |title=Yu Guangyuan: The Jiang Qing I remember |url=http://culture.people.com.cn/GB/22226/4126166.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930041713/http://culture.people.com.cn/GB/22226/4126166.html |archive-date=30 September 2011 |access-date=13 December 2012 |publisher=[[People's Daily Online]] |language=zh}}</ref> Several other sources indicate her birth name Li Shumeng,{{Efn|{{lang-zh|s=李淑蒙|p=Lǐ Shúméng|w=li3 shu2 mêng2}}}}<ref>{{Citation |last=Lin |first=Jenny |title=Introduction: Locating global contemporary art in global China |date=2018-11-30 |work=Above sea: Contemporary art, urban culture, and the fashioning of global Shanghai |pages=1–25 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7765/9781526132611.00009/pdf?licenseType=restricted&srsltid=AfmBOoouGVsIdGufKIDS5sg26e0GQjwsG95X7bfquuH9fGGZiF-JKUCT |access-date=2024-11-27 |publisher=Manchester University Press |language=en |doi=10.7765/9781526132611.00009 |isbn=978-1-5261-3261-1|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Trebach |first=Bradford |date=1991-06-16 |title=Remember Those Who Almost Changed China; 'Pure and Simple' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/16/opinion/l-remember-those-who-almost-changed-china-pure-and-simple-408091.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=27 November 2024 |archive-date=25 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525230106/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/16/opinion/l-remember-those-who-almost-changed-china-pure-and-simple-408091.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which means "pure and simple."<ref name=":4" />{{Sfn|Terrill|1999|p=15}}

She adopted the name Li Yunhe{{Efn|{{lang-zh|t=李雲鶴|s=李云鹤|p=Lǐ Yúnhè|w=li3 yün2 hê4}}}} during primary school.{{Sfn|Sisyphus|2015a|p=33}}<ref name=":3" /> She told her [[biographer]] [[Roxane Witke]] that she liked the name because "Yunhe," meaning "[[Crane (bird)|crane]] in the cloud," sounded beautiful.{{Sfn|Sisyphus|2015a|p=33}} In July 1933, during her first visit to Shanghai, she assumed the name Li He{{Efn|{{lang-zh|t=李鶴|s=李鹤|p=Lǐ Hè|w=li3 hê4}}}} and worked as a teacher for local workers. On her second visit to Shanghai in June 1934, she used the alias Zhang Shuzhen.{{Efn|{{lang-zh|t=張淑貞|s=张淑贞|p=Zhāng Shúzhēn|w=chang shu2 chên}}}} Later, when detained by the [[Nationalist government]] in October 1934, she identified herself as Li Yungu.{{Efn|{{lang-zh|t=李雲古|s=李云古|p=Lǐ Yúngǔ|w=li3 yün2 ku3}}}}<ref name=":3" />

In 1935, when she entered the entertainment industry, she took on the [[stage name]] Lan Ping,{{Efn|{{lang-zh|t=藍蘋|s=蓝苹|p=Lán Píng|w=lan2 ping2}}}} which means "blue apple".{{Sfn|Terrill|1999|p=52}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lee |first=Mong-Ping |date=1967 |title=Chiang Ching: Mao's Wife and Deputy |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45368207 |journal=Communist Affairs |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=19–22 |doi=10.1016/0588-8174(67)90051-4 |jstor=45368207 |issn=0588-8174|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Although the name had no particular meaning, its bluntness made it unique. However, Jiang Qing did not favour this name due to its association with her scandals in Shanghai.{{Sfn|Sisyphus|2015a|p=48}} She became known as Jiang Qing upon arriving in [[Yan'an Soviet|Yan'an]], where "Jiang" means "river" and "Qing" means "[[Azure (color)|azure]]" or "better than blue".{{Sfn|Sisyphus|2015a|p=56}}

In 1991, when she was hospitalised in Beijing, she used the name Li Runqing.{{Efn|{{lang-zh|t=李潤青|s=李润青|p=Lǐ Rùnqīng|w=li3 jun4 ch'ing}}}} When she died in Beijing, her body was labelled with the [[pseudonym]] Li Zi.{{Efn|{{lang-zh|t=李梓|p=Lǐ Zǐ|w=li3 tzu3}}}} In March 2002, she was buried in Beijing by her [[school name]] Li Yunhe.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shu |first=Yun |date=2020-05-16 |title=江青骨灰11年後方才入土 死後究竟葬於何處？ |url=https://www.waou.com.mo/2020/05/16/%E6%B1%9F%E9%9D%92%E9%AA%A8%E7%81%B011%E5%B9%B4%E5%BE%8C%E6%96%B9%E6%89%8D%E5%85%A5%E5%9C%9F%20%E6%AD%BB%E5%BE%8C%E7%A9%B6%E7%AB%9F%E8%91%AC%E6%96%BC%E4%BD%95%E8%99%95%EF%BC%9F/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=Jornal San Wa Ou |place=Macau |language=zh}}</ref><ref name="Duowei: Jiang Qing's gravesite">{{cite web |last=Shu |first=Yun |date=12 January 2009 |title=毛泽东夫人江青的墓地 |trans-title=Jiang Qing's gravesite |url=http://www.dwnews.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/BackStage/2009_1_12_9_10_47_557.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831152742/http://www.dwnews.com/gb/MainNews/Forums/BackStage/2009_1_12_9_10_47_557.html |archive-date=31 August 2009 |access-date=13 December 2012 |publisher=DuoWei News |language=zh |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

=== English names ===
In English, many contemporary articles used the [[Wade–Giles]] romanisation system to spell Chinese names. For this reason, some sources – especially older ones – spell her name "Chiang Ch'ing", while newer sources use [[Pinyin]] and spell her name "Jiang Qing".<ref>{{cite web |last=Keyser |first=Catherine H. |title=Guide to Pronouncing Romanized Chinese (Wade-Giles and Pinyin) |url=http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/china_1000bce_language.htm |accessdate=15 April 2021 |website=Columbia University |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412193106/http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/special/china_1000bce_language.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She was also known as Madame Mao, as the wife and widow of Mao Zedong.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=James |date=2021-05-19 |title=The death of Jiang Qing, a.k.a., Madame Mao |url=https://thechinaproject.com/2021/05/19/the-death-of-jiang-qing-a-k-a-madame-mao/ |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=The China Project |language=en-US |archive-date=13 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413231203/https://thechinaproject.com/2021/05/19/the-death-of-jiang-qing-a-k-a-madame-mao/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Yet, the Chinese usually keep their [[maiden name]] after getting married, so her surname remains unchanged in Chinese.<ref name=":1" />