Jiāng Zǒng 江總 (519–594 CE), styled Xiàodé 孝德, was a poet-official of the southern Chén 陳 dynasty (557–589), born in Jìyáng Kǎochéng 濟陽考城 (modern Mínquán county, Hénan province). He passed the imperial examination in 536, held successive offices under the Liáng and Chén courts, and reached the pinnacle of civil rank as 尚書令 (Director of the Imperial Secretariat) under the last Chén ruler, Chén Hòuzhǔ 陳後主. His close identification with the late Chén court and its palace-style (gōngtǐ 宮體) verse culture drew sharp criticism from later historians, who viewed his literary activities as emblematic of the dynasty’s moral decline. When the Suí dynasty conquered the south in 589, Jiāng Zǒng was taken to the Suí capital and remained there as a court figure until his death in 594; the Wénguǎn cílín accordingly labels some of his pieces “Suí Jiāng Zǒng.” He was an active participant in courtly literary exchange, corresponding poetically with Xú Líng 徐陵 KR4b0064 and Yáo Chá 姚察, and involved in compiling his own literary collection during his lifetime. His biography appears in Chénshū 陳書 27 and Nánshǐ 南史 66. His reconstructed collected works are preserved in the Kanripo corpus as KR4b0070.