Jiang Ke (姜恪) (died March 21, 672[1]), formally the Duke of Yong'an (永安公), was a Chinese military general and politician of the Chinese Tang dynasty, serving as chancellor for several years during the reign of Emperor Gaozong.
)[4] Little is known about Jiang Ke's career prior to his becoming chancellor in 665, although it was noted in the biography of his colleague Yan Liben that he was a renowned general who was promoted for his battlefield achievements.
In 665, Jiang Ke was serving as the minister of defense, when Emperor Gaozong gave him the additional designation of Tong Dong Xi Tai Sanpin (同東西臺三品), making him a chancellor de facto.
Around the new year 669, Jiang was made acting Zuo Xiang (左相) -- the head of the examination bureau of government (東臺, Dong Tai) -- and a post considered one for a chancellor still.
In fall 670, in the aftermaths of a major defeat that the generals Xue Rengui and Guo Daifeng (郭待封) suffered at the hands of Tufan's prime minister Gar Trinring Tsendro ("Lun Qinling" (論欽陵) in Chinese) earlier that year, Emperor Gaozong commissioned Jiang with an army to attack Tufan, but if the army was actually launched, the results were not recorded in history.