This article contains a list of Wikipedia articles about politicians in countries outside of the Greater China who are of Chinese descent.
This is a list of monarchs 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinh Dương Vương Chinese: 祿續 | Vietnam | 2879 BC–? | The founder of the legendary Hồng Bàng dynasty, Lộc Tục, was recorded as a descendant of the mythological Chinese ruler Shennong[1] | |
| Jizi Chinese: 箕子 | Korea | 1120 BC–? | The founder of the legendary Gija Joseon, Jizi was a mythological Chinese sage from the Shang dynasty who became the ruler of the semi-legendary state of Gojoseon.[2] | |
| Thục Phán Chinese: 蜀泮 | Vietnam | 257–179 BC | According to two historical Vietnamese texts, Vietnamese: [[Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư]] and Vietnamese: [[Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục]], Thục Phán of the Thục dynasty was from modern-day Sichuan, China, where it was previously ruled by the ancient Chinese State of Shu.[3] [4] [5] [6] | |
| Wiman of Gojoseon Chinese: 衛滿 | Korea | 194 BC–? | The founder of Wiman Joseon, was a Chinese born General from Yan who fled to Gojoseon and later usurped the native ruler of Gojoseon, Jun of Gojoseon.[7] | |
| Hyeokgeose of Silla | 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 the Jinhan confederacy. However, Goryeo historian and compiler of the Samguk Sagi, Kim Bu-sik 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 of Talhae) traced their lineage to Hyeokgeose via his granddaughter, Lady Ahyo (Chinese: [[:zh:阿孝夫人|阿孝夫人]]; Korean: 아효부인). | |
| Chumo the Holy | Korea | 37–19 BC | The founder of Goguryeo, who according to Samguk sagi, claimed descent from the mythological Chinese ruler Zhuanxu.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14] However, this myth was dismissed in the Samguk Sagi itself.[15] | |
| Onjo Chinese: 扶餘溫祚 | Korea | 18 BC–28 AD | The founder of Baekje, Buyeo Onjo, was descended from the ruling family of Goguryeo.[16] However, the myth that the royal Ko family of Koguryo was descended from a mythical Chinese emperor was dismissed in the Samguk Sagi. | |
| Kujula Kadphises Chinese: 丘就卻 | Bactria | 30–80 AD | The founder of the Kushan dynasty, Kujula Kadphises, was descended from a lineage of Yuezhi tribe hailing from modern-day Gansu, China.[17] | |
| Phạm Văn Chinese: 范文 | Lâm Ấp | 336–349 AD | The founder of Dynasty II of Champa, Phạm Văn, was of Chinese origin.[18] | |
| Lý Bôn Chinese: 李賁 | Vietnam | 544–548 AD | The founder of the Early Lý dynasty, Lý Bôn, was descended from Chinese refugees who fled Wang Mang's seizure of power in the final years of the Western Han.[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] | |
| Wang Geon Chinese: 王建 | Korea | 918–943 AD | According to the Pyeon Nyeon Tong Rok (Chinese: 編年通錄; Korean: [[:kr:편년통록|편년통록]]), Wang Geon was the great-grandson of Emperor Suzong of Tang; according to the Byeon Nyeon Gang Mok (Chinese: 編年綱目; Korean: 변년강목), he was the great-grandson of Emperor 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 Chinese: 李公蘊 | Vietnam | 1009–1028 AD | The first emperor of the Lý dynasty, Lý Công Uẩn, could have his paternal bloodline traced to modern-day Fujian, China.[29] [30] [31] [32] Lý Công Uẩn's father, Lý Thuần An, escaped to Quanzhou from Hebei after Lý Công Uẩn's grandfather, Li Song, was wrongly accused of treason and executed by the Emperor Yin of Later Han.[33] [34] | |
| Trần Cảnh Chinese: 陳煚 | Vietnam | 1226–1258 AD | The origin of the Trần dynasty was traced to modern Fujian, where the ancestor of the Trần imperial clan, Trần Kính, migrated from in the 11th century.[35] [36] | |
| Sukaphaa Chinese: 蘇卡法 | Assam | 1228–1268 AD | The founder of the Ahom dynasty, Sukaphaa, was originally from modern-day Yunnan, China.[37] | |
| Uthong Chinese: 烏通 | Siam | 1350–1370 AD | Uthong, the first king of Ayutthaya Kingdom, was an ethnic Chinese.[38] This was also mentioned in a 17th-century account by Jeremias van Vliet. | |
| Hồ Quý Ly Chinese: 胡季犛 | Vietnam | 1400–1407 AD | The founders of the Hồ dynasty claimed descent from the Duke Hu of Chen, the founder of the ancient Chinese State of Chen.[39] [40] The Duke Hu of Chen was in turn descended from the legendary Emperor Shun, who was recognized by Hồ Quý Ly as the progenitor of the Hồ imperial family.[41] [42] The Hồ family migrated from present-day Zhejiang, China to Vietnam under Hồ Hưng Dật during the 10th century. | |
| Trần Ngỗi Chinese: 陳頠 | Vietnam | 1407–1413 AD | The Later 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. | |
| Liang Daoming | Palembang | 14th century–15th century AD | [43] [44] | |
| Mạc Cửu Chinese: 鄚玖 | Principality of Hà Tiên | 1707–1736 AD | The founder of the Principality of Hà Tiên, Mạc Cửu, was a Chinese from Leizhou, China.[45] [46] | |
| Taksin Chinese: 達信 | Siam | 1767–1782 AD | The founder and only king of the Thonburi dynasty, Taksin, had Chinese, Thai, and Mon ancestry. His father, Zheng Yong, was a Teochew Chinese from Chenghai, China.[47] | |
| Nguyễn Nhạc Chinese: 阮岳 | Vietnam | 1778–1788 AD | Rulers of the Tây Sơn dynasty, initially surnamed Vietnamese: Hồ, were descended from the same line as the Hồ dynasty.[48] | |
| Piang Tan Chinese: 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.[49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] His father, Tuya Tan, was from Amoy, China. | |
| Ang Sar Chinese: 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 (Chinese: [[:zh:万妃|萬妃]]; Central Khmer: សម្តេចព្រះវររាជនីវ៉ាន់), was a Chinese Cambodian. |
This is a list current monarchs other than the monarchies of Greater China who are of full or partial Chinese descent.
| Siam/Thailand | AD 1782–present | Thongduang Chinese: 通鑾 | The founder of the Chakri dynasty, Thongduang, was of mixed Chinese and Mon descent.[56] [57] His mother, Daoreung, was partially Chinese.[58] [59] | |||
| Cambodia | AD 1860–1904, AD 1941–1970, AD 1993–present | Ang Voddey Chinese: 安瓦戴 | Cambodian monarchs of the House of Norodom acquired Chinese heritage from Varni Van (Chinese: [[:zh:万妃|萬妃]]; Central Khmer: សម្តេចព្រះវររាជនីវ៉ាន់), a Chinese Cambodian consort of Sisowath. She was the maternal great-grandmother of Norodom Sihanouk (r. 1941–1955, 1993–2004) and the paternal great-great-grandmother of Norodom Sihamoni (r. 2004–present), the reigning Cambodian king. | |||
| Johor | AD 1886–present | Abu Bakar Chinese: 阿布·峇卡 | Johor monarchs of the House of Temenggong acquired Chinese heritage from Cecilia Catherina Lange,[60] the second wife of Abu Bakar with Chinese and Danish ancestry. Ibrahim (r. 1895–1959) and all subsequent Johor sultans, including the reigning Ibrahim Ismail (r. 2010–present), are descended from Lange. |
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.
See also: List of Asian Australian politicians.
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