Xiang
Xiang or Hsiang may refer to:
- Xiang River, river in South China
- Xiang Island (simplified Chinese: 响沙; traditional Chinese: 響沙; pinyin: Xiǎngshā), a former island in the Yangtze estuary now forming part of Chongming Island in Shanghai
- Hunan, abbreviated in Chinese as 湘 Xiāng, a province of China
- Xiang Chinese, a group of Chinese varieties spoken in Hunan
- The Xiang Army raised in Hunan by Zeng Guofan during the Qing dynasty
- Townships of the People's Republic of China and Taiwan (simplified Chinese: 乡; traditional Chinese: 鄉; pinyin: xiāng)
- Xiang (surname), three unrelated surnames: Chinese: 項 and Chinese: 向 (both Xiàng) and Chinese: 相 (Xiāng)
- Xiang (place), the site of Hong Xiuquan's destruction of a Chinese idol early in the Taiping Rebellion
- People
Xiang
- Emperor Shun, an infamous figure in Chinese legend
- Xiang of Xia, fifth ruler of the semi-legendary Xia dynasty
- Duke Xiang of Song (died 637 BC), a ruler of Sòng in the Spring and Autumn period
- Duke Xiang of Jin (died 621 BC), a ruler of Jin
- King Xiang of Zhou (died 619 BC), king of the Zhou dynasty
Hsiang
- Wu-Chung Hsiang (born 1935), Chinese-American mathematician
- Wu-Yi Hsiang (born 1937), Chinese-American mathematician
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