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In an arranged marriage, Chiang was married to a fellow villager named Mao Fumei.

While married to Mao, Chiang adopted two concubines ( concubinage was still a common practice for well-to-do, non-Christian males in China ): he married Yao Yecheng ( 姚冶誠, 1889 – 1972 ) in 1912 and Chen Jieru ( 陳潔如, 1906 – 1971 ) in December 1921.

While he was still living in Shanghai, Chiang and Yao adopted a son, Wei-kuo.

Chen adopted a daughter in 1924, named Yaoguang ( 瑤光 ), who later adopted her mother's surname.

Chen's autobiography refuted the idea that she was a concubine.

Chen claiming that, by the time she married Chiang, he had already divorced Mao, and that Chen was therefore his wife.

Chiang and Mao had a son, Ching-kuo, and a daughter, Chien-hua.