Jiang Ping (The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants)

Jiang Ping 蔣平
an illustration from a 1896 print of The Five Younger Gallants
Created by	Shi Yukun
Appearances	The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants and sequels
Personal information
Courtesy name	Zechang (澤長)
Nickname(s)	River Rat (翻江鼠) The Patient (病夫)
Alias(es)	Taoist Zhang (張道士)
Hometown	Jinling, Jiangnan East Circuit
Sworn siblings	Lu Fang, 1st brother Han Zhang, 2nd brother Xu Qing, 3rd brother Bai Yutang, 5th brother
Skills and abilities
Unarmed combat skills	freediving swimming
Weapons	Three-Pronged Emei Metal Fork (三稜鵝眉鋼刺)

Jiang Ping
Traditional Chinese	蔣平
Simplified Chinese	蒋平
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiǎng Píng
Jiang Zechang
Traditional Chinese	蔣泽長
Simplified Chinese	蒋泽长
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiǎng Zécháng

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Jiang.

Jiang Ping, courtesy name Zechang, is a fictional Song dynasty knight-errant from the 19th-century Chinese novel The Seven Heroes and Five Gallants. Nicknamed "River Rat" for his amazing swimming and freediving skills, he was able to stay underwater seemingly forever.

He and Lu Fang, Han Zhang, Xu Qing and Bai Yutang were sworn brothers collectively known as "Five Rats of Hollow Island". He ranked 4th in the group in age.

Highly witty, Jiang Ping is one of the most colorful characters in the original novel. He was scrawny, and his appearance more of a sick patient than a fighter, yet he often outsmarted opponents with clever tricks, disguises or lies. Researcher Susan Blader considered him the only "gallant" "whose intellectual, emotional, and physical prowess compares favourably with that of any 'heroes'".