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Yi Jiang belonged to the Jiang family and was born in Yi. Her marriage to Ji Fa was one of many instances of arranged marriages between members of the Ji and Jiang families, who had an old dynastic alliance. It was considered a sign of good fortune for the Zhou rulers when they married consorts of
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Yi Jiang is acknowledged to have had influence over the affairs of state. Her spouse the king appointed her as one of his nine government ministers, an appointment which is confirmed in records.
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the Jiang family, this former aristocratic family that had been losing its prominence in the last years of the Shang dynasty, and was restored to power after the founding of the Zhou dynasty.
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Yijiang married Ji Chang's second son, Ji Fa, the future King Wu, in the year of their first meeting around 1055 BC she gave birth to two children, the oldest being Ji Song, future
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