He thus summoned Jing to his presence and initially offered him an officer position. This impressed Zhu, who was not well-learned and did not like to read but who liked witty words. Jing, unable to distinguish himself, resorted to writing snippets of witty words and passing them around in Zhu's army. Wang treated him well, but had no opportunity to recommend him to Zhu. Zhu's assistant in his role as governor (觀察使, Guanchashi), Wang Fa ( 王發), was from the same locale as Jing, and Jing initially went to follow Wang. Īfter the major agrarian rebel Huang Chao captured the Tang imperial capital Chang'an around the new year 881, Jing left the Guanzhong region (i.e., the region around Chang'an), eventually going to Xuanwu Circuit (宣武, headquartered in modern Kaifeng, Henan), where, after Huang was expelled from the Chang'an region by Tang forces, his former subordinate Zhu Quanzhong, who had turned against him and became a Tang general, had been made the military governor ( Jiedushi). During the middle of Qianfu era (874–879) of Emperor Xizong, Jing submitted himself for imperial examinations but was not able to pass in the Jinshi class. It was said that Jing Xiang, in his youth, was studious, and was particularly skillful at using knife-pens (i.e., knives that were used to carve text on bamboo). His great-grandfather Jing Wan ( 敬琬) and father Jing Gun ( 敬袞) both served as prefectural prefects, while his grandfather Jing Xin ( 敬忻) served as a prefectural governmental administrator. His family was from Fengyi (馮翊, in modern Weinan, Shaanxi) and was descended from the middle- Tang Dynasty chancellor Jing Hui. It is not known when Jing Xiang was born.
Jing, hearing of the state's destruction, also committed suicide. After Li Cunxu the Prince of Jin-the chief rival state to Later Liang-launched a surprise attack on the Later Liang capital Daliang in 923, Zhu Zhen, facing defeat and capture, committed suicide, ending Later Liang.
Jing served in prominent roles in Emperor Taizu's administration and later administrations of his sons Zhu Yougui and Zhu Zhen, although neither listened much to Jing. Jing Xiang (敬翔) (died November 20, 923? ), courtesy name Zizhen (子振), formally the Marquess of Pingyang (平陽侯), was the chief strategist of the late Chinese Tang Dynasty warlord Zhu Quanzhong, who assisted Zhu in his consolidation of central China, which Zhu eventually established as a new Later Liang (as its Emperor Taizu) to replace Tang.
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