In his early years, Jiang studied at the Ziyang Academy in
Huizhou,
Anhui, and Wenzheng Academy in
Nanjing. In 1902, he helped
Zhang Jian to found Tongzhou Normal School, the first Chinese normal school, and then became the school's president. In 1914, he was appointed the president of
Nanking Higher Normal School, on the site of former
Liangjiang Higher Normal School. Nanking Higher Normal School later turned to be
National Southeastern University and renamed
National Central University and
Nanjing University. In 1918, when taken ill, he nominated the provost
Kuo Ping-Wen () to be the acting president. A year later in 1919, he quit the post of school president. ==References==