Prince of Jingjiang (靖江王) was a princely peerage created and used during the Ming dynasty. It was the tenth princely peerage created by the Hongwu Emperor; his grandnephew Zhu Shouqian was the first to be enfeoffed as Prince of Jingjiang. The Princedom of Jingjiang was distinct from other princely peerages in that the princely title contained two Chinese characters, common to second-rank princedoms but not first-rank princedoms. Nevertheless, the Prince of Jingjiang was still a first-rank princely peerage. The heir apparent to the Princedom of Jingjiang was styled Hereditary Prince, but the titles for other non-inheriting male members of the line was bulwark general or supporter general while female members were styled county lady or village lady, not commandery prince/princess as was common with other first-rank peerages.

Shitao, a Chinese landscape painter in the early part of the Qing Dynasty, was descended from the Princes of Jingjiang.

Generation poems

The generation poem given by Hongwu Emperor was:

Zan Zuo Xiang Gui Yue, Jing Bang Ren Lü Heng. Ruo Yi Chun Yi Xing, Yuan De Xi Fang Ming
贊佐相規約，經邦任履亨。若依純一行，遠得襲芳名。

The royal descentants of this peerage not need to follow Wu Xing named rule which needed followed by all of Hongwu Emperor's sons. This poem had used until Heng and Ruo generation during Ming dynasty. The survived descentants had finish used this poem during Jiaqing Emperor's era, and they later created another poem:

"Ji Zhi Yi Cong Ben, Dun Xiu Shang Gui Xian. Zhen Jia Zhao Guang Sheng, Bao Shan Nai Chang Yan."
繼志宜從本，敦修尚貴賢。振家招廣盛，寶善乃長延。

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