Jiang Wentong (simplified: 姜文通, traditional: 姜文通, pinyin: Jiāng Wéntōng, jyutping: goeng1 man4 tung1) was the magistrate of Jiaxing County under the Southern Song.
Biography
Jiang Wentong was magistrate of Jiaxing County, serving alongside Ge Yuncong, the Prefect of Jiaxing. The Jin prince Wanyan Honglie, travelling incognito as “Yan Lie”, found his gold and silver gone from his room at an inn in Jiaxing, beat the ruffians the waiter brought against him, and gave the constables who came a letter to take to Ge Yuncong. Soon afterwards Jiang Wentong and Ge Yuncong came to the inn in full official dress at the head of several dozen yamen runners. The two knelt before him, announced themselves as “Ge Yuncong of Jiaxing Prefecture and Jiang Wentong of Jiaxing County”, and begged his pardon for not having come out to welcome him.
They brought trays of gold and silver to make good his loss and offered to lodge him in the official guesthouse. When Yan Lie declined and told them not to disturb him, they promised to provide anything else he needed and withdrew with their runners.
Behind the scenes
In the first and second editions of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, the character is named Jiang Wen (姜文) and serves as magistrate of Xiushui County (秀水县). The third edition renames him Jiang Wentong and makes him magistrate of Jiaxing County.