Jiang Xiaowan

Jiang Xiaowan was his given name. His courtesy name according to Aurel Stein was Chiang Yin-Ma;^[3] however the Chinese characters of this name was not recorded.^[1]

Jiang was more often referred to as Chiang Ssu-Yeh^[4] (Wade–Giles) or Jiang Siye^[2] (Pinyin), which was likely the mistranscription of Chinese: 蔣師爺; lit. 'Lawyer Jiang'.^[1] Ssu-yeh was a title at the time indicating the person had learned traditional Chinese law.^[5]

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