Xia Jiang

Xia Jiang is a character from the novel The Langya List (introduced chapter 36 of the webnovel), the show Nirvana in Fire and the manhua.

Xia Jiang has three disciples, Xia Chun, Xia Dong and Xia Qiu. He is the director of the Xuanjing Bureau and one of the organisers of the Chiyan Case. His wife left him with their son when he took Xuanji into his household.

After the fall of the Xuanjing Bureau, Xia Jiang is sheltered by Fan Chengxiang, until Censor Fan is killed by his concubine.

Lin Chen captures Xia Jiang. Cai Quan sends a memorial about his capture before the emperor's birthday.

After the re-trial of the Chiyan Case, he is sentenced to death by lingchi and publicly executed.

Adaptations
He appears for the first time in episode 22 of the show.

He is mentioned for the first time in chapter 34 of the manhua.