# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jiang-qing
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:52:17.042Z

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name: "Jiang Qing"
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description: "Mao's fourth wife who turned backstage power into a seat on the Politburo, then orchestrated the Cultural Revolution's upheavals until the regime turned on her and made her the scapegoat."
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deathDate: "1991-05-14"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born Li Yunhe in March 1914 to a broken family—abusive father, a mother who worked as servant and prostitute—she joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1933 and took the stage name Lan Ping while acting in 1930s Shanghai. In 1938 she reached Yan'an and married Mao Zedong, spending the 1940s as his personal secretary and the 1950s heading the Film Section of the Publicity Department. During the Cultural Revolution she wielded the influence behind the throne, leading the Gang of Four and securing a Politburo seat in 1969. When Mao died, the party arrested her and assigned her the blame for the decade's chaos. A televised trial handed down a death sentence with two-year reprieve; it was commuted to life in 1983. Released for medical treatment in early 1990s, she took her own life in May 1991.