Career
Jiang is the first person from China to write sonnet in Chinese and he is among the first few in China who translated the works of John Keats"s into Chinese language. His translations are well respected by domestic and over scholars. Jiang was born into a scholarly family in November 1923 in Changzhou, Jiangsu.
When he was a child, his mother taught him Chinese literature.
Jiang started to publish works in 1941. He graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1946.
Jiang joined the China Writers Association in 1956. Jiang was rehabilitated in July 1972.
In 1973, Jiang was assigned to the People"s Literature Publishing House.