This article contains a list of Wikipedia articles about politicians in countries outside of theGreater China who are ofChinese descent.[a]
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This is a list ofmonarchs other than the monarchies of Greater China who were/are of either full or partial of Chinese descent or claim so through mythological roots. Despite the presence of historical records, the alleged Chinese descent of some of the following monarchs are contested by modern scholars.
| Name | Realm | Reign | Comments |
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| Kinh Dương Vương 祿續 | Vietnam | 2879 BC–? | The founder of the legendaryHồng Bàng dynasty, Lộc Tục, was recorded as a descendant of the mythological Chinese rulerShennong[1] |
| Jizi 箕子 | Korea | 1120 BC–? | The founder of the legendaryGija Joseon, Jizi was a mythological Chinese sage from theShang dynasty who became the ruler of the semi-legendary state ofGojoseon.[2] |
| Thục Phán 蜀泮 | Vietnam | 257–179 BC | According to two historical Vietnamese texts,Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư andKhâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục, Thục Phán of theThục dynasty was from modern-daySichuan, China, where it was previously ruled by the ancient ChineseState of Shu.[3][4][5][6] |
| Wiman of Gojoseon 衛滿 | Korea | 194 BC–? | The founder ofWiman Joseon, was a Chinese born General fromYan who fled to Gojoseon and later usurped the native ruler of Gojoseon,Jun of Gojoseon.[7] |
| Hyeokgeose of Silla 新羅 | Korea | 57 BC–4 AD | The founder of Silla, Hyeokgeose, was allegedly of partial Chinese descent. His mother,Lady Saso, was supposedly from China and later settled in theJinhan confederacy. However, Goryeo historian and compiler of theSamguk Sagi,Kim Pusik questioned this tale.[8][9] All Silla monarchs from the Bak clan were paternal descendants of Hyeokgeose, while those from the Seok clan (with the exception ofTalhae) traced their lineage to Hyeokgeose via his granddaughter, Lady Ahyo (阿孝夫人;아효부인). |
| Chumo the Holy 高朱蒙 | Korea | 37–19 BC | The founder ofGoguryeo, who according toSamguk sagi, claimed descent from the mythological Chinese rulerZhuanxu.[10][11][12][13][14] However, this myth was dismissed in the Samguk Sagi itself.[15] |
| Onjo 扶餘溫祚 | Korea | 18 BC–28 AD | The founder ofBaekje, Buyeo Onjo, was descended from the ruling family ofGoguryeo.[16] However, the myth that the royal Ko family of Koguryo was descended from a mythical Chinese emperor was dismissed in the Samguk Sagi.[15] |
| Kujula Kadphises 丘就卻 | Bactria | 30–80 AD | The founder of theKushan dynasty, Kujula Kadphises, was descended from a lineage ofYuezhi tribe hailing from modern-dayGansu, China.[17][citation needed][dubious –discuss] |
| Phạm Văn 范文 | Lâm Ấp | 336–349 AD | The founder of Dynasty II ofChampa, Phạm Văn, was of Chinese origin.[18] |
| Lý Bôn 李賁 | Vietnam | 544–548 AD | The founder of theEarly Lý dynasty, Lý Bôn, was descended from Chinese refugees who fledWang Mang's seizure of power in the final years of theWestern Han.[19][20][21][22][23][24][25] |
| Wang Geon 王建 | Korea | 918–943 AD | According to thePyeon Nyeon Tong Rok (編年通錄;편년통록), Wang Geon was the great-grandson ofEmperor Suzong of Tang; according to theByeon Nyeon Gang Mok (編年綱目;변년강목), he was the great-grandson ofEmperor Xuanzong of Tang.[26][27] However, the story that Wang Geon was descended from either Suzong or Xuanzong was dismissed in the Goryeo Sa.[28] |
| Lý Công Uẩn 李公蘊 | Vietnam | 1009–1028 AD | The first emperor of theLý dynasty, Lý Công Uẩn, could have his paternal bloodline traced to modern-dayFujian, China.[29][30][31][32][33] Lý Công Uẩn's father,Lý Thuần An, escaped toQuanzhou fromHebei after Lý Công Uẩn's grandfather,Li Song, was wrongly accused of treason and executed by theEmperor Yin of Later Han.[34][35] |
| Trần Cảnh 陳煚 | Vietnam | 1226–1258 AD | The origin of theTrần dynasty was traced to modern Fujian, where the ancestor of the Trần imperial clan, Trần Kính, migrated from in the 11th century.[36][37] |
| Sukaphaa 蘇卡法 | Assam | 1228–1268 AD | The founder of theAhom dynasty, Sukaphaa, was originally from modern-dayYunnan, China.[38] |
| Uthong 烏通 | Siam | 1350–1370 AD | Uthong, the first king ofAyutthaya Kingdom, was an ethnic Chinese.[39][dubious –discuss] This was also mentioned in a 17th-century account by Jeremias van Vliet. |
| Hồ Quý Ly 胡季犛 | Vietnam | 1400–1407 AD | The founders of theHồ dynasty claimed descent from theDuke Hu of Chen, the founder of the ancient ChineseState of Chen.[40][41] The Duke Hu of Chen was in turn descended from the legendaryEmperor Shun, who was recognized by Hồ Quý Ly as the progenitor of the Hồ imperial family.[42][43] The Hồ family migrated from present-dayZhejiang, China to Vietnam under Hồ Hưng Dật during the 10th century.[35] |
| Trần Ngỗi 陳頠 | Vietnam | 1407–1413 AD | TheLater Trần dynasty was ruled by the same imperial clan as the earlier Trần dynasty. Trần Ngỗi, the founder of the Later Trần dynasty, was a son of the ninth Trần monarch,Trần Phủ.[citation needed] |
| Liang Daoming 梁道明 | Palembang | 14th century–15th century AD | [44][45] |
| Mạc Cửu 鄚玖 | Principality of Hà Tiên | 1707–1736 AD | The founder of the Principality ofHà Tiên, Mạc Cửu, was a Chinese fromLeizhou, China.[46][47] |
| Taksin 達信 | Siam | 1767–1782 AD | The founder and only king of theThonburi dynasty, Taksin, had Chinese, Thai, and Mon ancestry. His father,Zheng Yong, was aTeochew Chinese fromChenghai, China.[48] |
| Nguyễn Nhạc 阮岳 | Vietnam | 1778–1788 AD | Rulers of theTây Sơn dynasty, initially surnamedHồ, were descended from the same line as the Hồ dynasty.[49] |
| Piang Tan 陳皮昂 | Maguindanao people | 19th to 20th Century AD | The founder of the House of Piang, Piang Tan, was of mixed Chinese and Maguindanaon heritage.[50][51][52][53][54][55][56] His father, Tuya Tan, was fromAmoy, China. |
| Ang Sar 安紹 | Cambodia | 1927–1941 AD | Sisowath Monivong (r. 1927–1941), the second and final Cambodian monarch from the House of Sisowath, was of partial Chinese descent. His mother, Varni Van (萬妃;សម្តេចព្រះវររាជនីវ៉ាន់), was a Chinese Cambodian.[citation needed] |
This is a list current monarchs other than the monarchies of Greater China who are of full or partial Chinese descent.
| Chakri dynasty 扎克里王朝 |  Siam/Thailand | AD 1782–present | Thongduang 通鑾 | The founder of the Chakri dynasty, Thongduang, was of mixed Chinese and Mon descent.[57][58] His mother, Daoreung, was partially Chinese.[59][60] | (list) (tree) |
| House of Norodom 諾羅敦王朝 |  Cambodia | AD 1860–1904, AD 1941–1970, AD 1993–present | Ang Voddey 安瓦戴 | Cambodian monarchs of the House of Norodom acquired Chinese heritage from Varni Van (萬妃;សម្តេចព្រះវររាជនីវ៉ាន់), a Chinese Cambodian consort ofSisowath. She was the maternal great-grandmother ofNorodom Sihanouk (r. 1941–1955, 1993–2004) and the paternal great-great-grandmother ofNorodom Sihamoni (r. 2004–present), the reigning Cambodian king. | (list) (tree) |
| House of Temenggong 天猛公王朝 |  Johor | AD 1886–present | Abu Bakar 阿布·峇卡 | Johor monarchs of the House of Temenggong acquired Chinese heritage from Cecilia Catherina Lange,[61] the second wife of Abu Bakar with Chinese and Danish ancestry.Ibrahim (r. 1895–1959) and all subsequent Johor sultans, including the reigningIbrahim Ismail (r. 2010–present), are descended from Lange. | (list) (tree) |
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This is a list of politicians who were/are not heads of state and heads of government outside of Greater China of partial or full Chinese heritage. Entries are sorted according to alphabetical order.
姓蜀，諱泮。巴蜀人也。
ChineseWikisource has original text related to this article:钦定越史通鉴纲目/前编/卷之一舊史：王姓蜀諱泮，巴蜀人也。
ChineseWikisource has original text related to this article:夢溪筆談/卷25 ChineseWikisource has original text related to this article:三國遺事/卷第五#仙桃聖母隨喜佛事Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the three Kingdoms), volume 5, clause 7.神母本中國帝室之女。名娑蘇。早得神仙之術。歸止海東。久而不還。父皇寄書繫足云。隨鳶所止為家。蘇得書放鳶。飛到此山而止。遂來宅為地仙。故名西鳶山。神母久據茲山。鎮祐邦國。靈異甚多。〈Sacred mother was called SaSo and she was born in Chinese royal family. She got sacred power and came to Hae Dong (해동), lived there and stayed there for long time. Her tied a letter to the feet of kite and told her "Let's make a house where the kite stops". Once she read letter and release a kite, a kite flew to Mt. Seondo (West mountain of Gyeongju/慶州) and stopped there. She decided to live there and became Xian (仙) of the land. That mountain was named as West Kite mountain and Sacred mother of SaSo stayed there as her base for quite long time and rule the country. There are a lot of miracles around that mountain as well.〉
其始到辰韓也。生聖子為東國始君。蓋赫居閼英二聖之所自也。故稱雞龍雞林白馬等。雞屬西故也。嘗使諸天仙織羅。緋染作朝衣。贈其夫。國人因此始知神驗。〈She came to Jinhan confederacy at beginning, gave birth for sacred children and became first king of East country. Probably those children were Aryeong and Hyeokgeose of Silla. That's why they are called as Gye-Nong (계농), Gye-Rim (계림), Baek-Ma (백마) and so on. This is because Gye (계) belongs to west side. One day, SaSo make fairy of heavens to weave silk cloth, dyed in scarlet and made Korean garment. She sent this garment to her husband. This was the first time for people in the country to know her miracle.〉
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Classical Chinese:桓死、安南大亂、久無酋長。其後國人共立閩人李公蘊為主。
—夢溪筆談 卷25
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...Quý Ly claims Hồ's ancestor to beMãn the Duke Hồ [Man, Duke Hu], founding meritorious general of theChu dynasty, king Ngu Thuấn's [king Shun of Yu] descendant, created his country's name Đại Ngu...
Quí Ly deposedThiếu-đế, but respected [the relationship] that he [Thiếu Đế] was his [Quí Ly's] grandson, only demoted him to prince Bảo-ninh保寧大王, and claimed himself [Quí Ly] the Emperor, changing his surname to Hồ胡. Originally the surname Hồ [胡 Hu] were descendants of the surname Ngu [虞 Yu] in China, so Quí Ly created a new name for his country Đại-ngu大虞.