Jiang Zhejun

Jiang Zhejun was born in 1918 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. In 1939, he joined the Communist Party of China and initially engaged in military intelligence work. During the Eight War of Resistance, under the party's instructions, he successively infiltrated the wireless telegraphy stations of the Wang Puppet Military Committee in Yangzhou and the temporary No. 10 radio station of the Kuomintang military and political department, secretly carrying out intelligence transmission and combat activities, providing crucial military intelligence for the People's Liberation Army.

After the liberation, Jiang Zhejun worked in the fields of drama and cultural arts in Jiangsu Province. He served as the director of the Northern Jiangsu Experimental Peking Opera Troupe, deputy director of the Jiangsu Peking Opera Troupe, deputy director of the Academic Affairs Office of Jiangsu Opera School, and researcher at the Jiangsu Cultural Arts Research Institute. At the founding of New China, he became one of the important pioneers in Jiangsu's theatrical development and arts education.

In terms of artistic creation, Jiang Zhejun independently and collaboratively produced numerous plays, including "Queen Wang Zhaojun," "The Dawn of Plowing," "Night of Chaos in Tokyo," "Praise for Miao Zhan," and "Kuo Zhun Ceases Banquet." He also authored many articles on theatrical theory and reviews, actively contributing to the development of drama theory. His representative work, "Selected Essays of Jiang Zhejun," was published in 2004 by Jiangsu People's Publishing House. The book comprises 320,000 words and is divided into three sections: essays, plays, and appendices. The essays include 27 articles on water-margin plays, Liu Xiurong, historical dramas, and more. The play section contains five scripts, and the appendices include reviews, memoirs, news reports, and photographic materials.

Jiang Zhejun's research and creative work have had a significant impact on the development of Chinese theater, especially in Jiangsu Province’s theatrical and arts education sectors. He passed away in 1989 at the age of 71. His life and deeds are mainly documented in related materials compiled by the History of the People's Republic of China Society.