Jiang Zhi was born in the cold. In his early years, he studied in Ziyang College in Hangzhou, where he was good at poetry and calligraphy. In the 23rd year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1897), he was awarded the title of magistrate of Qufu, Shandong Province, as a candidate in Jingzhao Township. Because of his ambition to save the country and innovate, he did not go to his post. After the Sino-Japanese War, he sympathized with and supported Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao. He argued for political reform, saying, "I am determined to save the world and start the decline of the country" ("Preface to Mr. He Mengsun's Celebration of the 6th Anniversary of China"). The Reform Movement of 1898 failed, and he once wrote the poem "Lu Sao", which has the sentence "Try to fill the equal road and blood the free seedlings".
In the winter of the 28th year of Guangxu (192), China Education Association, known as the "First Revolutionary Group", was established in Shanghai with Cai Yuanpei and Ye Han, who participated in the Guangfu Association and was the manager of Ren Aiguo Girls' School. At his own expense, Xuan crossed the sea to go to Japan. First, he participated in the editing work of Xinmin Cong Bao, served as the editor-in-chief of Xinmin Cong Bao, and published comments and essays such as The Rise and Fall of China, which was quite important to people at that time.
In the thirty-third year of Guangxu (197), Liang Qichao initiated the organization of a political news agency, and served as the editor of Zhejiang Tide. He and Liang Qichao formed a political news agency and served as the editor-in-chief of Political Theory, advocating constitutional monarchy and opposing the revolutionary ideas of the League.
After the Revolution of 1911, he supported and praised * * * and the regime, and took part in the "Poetry Revolution" to improve the style.
Living in Shanghai in his later years, he preached in his article that "there are many people who can't change the country" (Preface to the Six Chapters of Tang Family in Zhuoshan, Zhuji), which became more and more conservative.
His son, Jiang Zungui, was a senior adviser to the Northern Expeditionary Army General Command, vice president of the National Road Association and a member of the Relief Committee.