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1. Gija Joseon
Jizi (Gija) was a minister of the late Shang Dynasty in China, named Xuyu.
After King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, Jizi, the uncle of King Zhou of Shang, established a regime on the Korean Peninsula, known as the Gija Joseon, with its capital in the Pyongyang area of the Taedong River Basin. During the reign of King Zhao of Yan, it belonged to the State of Yan together with Zhenfan until the State of Yan was destroyed by the State of Qin, and later by Wei Man of Yan during the Western Han Dynasty. Gija Joseon existed from 1120 BC to 194 BC, and its history lasted for a thousand years.
Jizi brought advanced Yin and Shang culture to Korea. He educated the people with etiquette and taught them farming and weaving techniques. Influenced by Yin and Shang civilization, the society of the Korean Peninsula has made rapid progress. Gija Joseon is known as the "country of gentlemen".
2. Principality of Hà Tiên
Principality of Hà Tiên is a Chinese regime established by M?c C?u, a native of Leizhou, Guangdong, in the southern part of present-day Vietnam. It existed in the 1670s and its ruling center was in Ha Tien.
Hà Tiên is located in the Mekong Delta. It was originally the territory of Cambodia. It is adjacent to Siam and Guangnan, Vietnam. It is the intersection of countries in the Indochina Peninsula. As the ruler, M?c C?u attracted merchants from all over the world, attracted Vietnamese, overseas Chinese, and IndoChinese barbarians, and since then, refugees have gathered, making Hà Tiên prosperous.
3. Thonburi Dynasty of Thailand
In 1764, the Burmese King Meng Bo invaded northern Thailand. Three years later, the Burmese army captured Ayutthaya, looted a large number of residents and property, and burned the city. The King of Siam was killed and the Ayutthaya Dynasty was destroyed.
Taksin (Taksin) led his troops to break out of the siege, marched eastward, occupied the east coast of the Gulf of Siam that was not occupied by the Burmese army, gathered Siamese soldiers and civilians and Chinese, built ships and expanded the army, in an attempt to rise again.
In October 1767, Taksin took advantage of the Burmese army's retreat to the north and led the fleet along the coastal road into the Chao Phraya River, breaking the enemy camp and recaptured Ayutthaya.
Due to the looting of the Burmese army, the population and property of the capital suffered heavy losses, and the royal palace and temple were burned down. Taksin established a new capital in Thonburi on the banks of the Chao Phraya River and founded the Thonburi Dynasty. Taksin was crowned king in December of the same year, and the Chinese called him Zheng Wang.
4. Malay Wu Kingdom
The Wu Kingdom was a Chinese hereditary monarchy that once existed in the central part of the Malay Peninsula. The regime was established by Wu Rang, a native of Zhangzhou, Fujian in 1775. Because the regime did not have a specific country name and its ruler was surnamed Wu, it was called the Malay Wu Kingdom. Its ruling center was in Songkhla, and it was destroyed by the British in 1904. The Malay Wu Kingdom existed for 129 years from its establishment in 1775 to becoming a British colony in 1904.
In 1791, Wu Wenhui was promoted to Duke for his meritorious service in defending against Burma. After that, the lord of Songkhla was inherited by the Wu family for eight generations. It was not until 1904 that the Wu family's rule in the central part of the Malay Peninsula ended.
5. Srivijaya Kingdom
Liang Daoming was a historical figure during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. He was originally a Chinese who immigrated to Srivijaya and later became the leader of the Chinese in Old Port.
In the early Ming Dynasty, people from the coastal areas of Guangdong and Fujian went out to make a living and settled in Srivijaya to engage in sailing and business activities. Liang Daoming, whose ancestral home was in Nanhai, led his family to Srivijaya. Later, more and more Chinese immigrated to Srivijaya, with thousands of people. Because of Liang Daoming's high prestige, he was elected as the leader of the local Chinese. In the 30th year of Hongwu (1397), the King of Majapahit in Java destroyed the old Srivijaya dynasty, and the country was in chaos. At that time, more than a thousand Chinese living in Srivijaya supported Liang Daoming as the King of Srivijaya. King Daoming of Liang led his troops to guard the northern territory of Srivijaya and fight against Majapahit. In ten years, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians crossed the sea from Guangdong to join King Daoming of Liang.
6. Sunda Kingdom in Java
In the second year of xiangxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1279 AD), the Song general Zhang Shijie was defeated at Yashan, and the left prime minister Lu xiufu carried the young emperor and jumped into the sea and died. His youngest son Lu Zili (named Fu Song) and other survivors of the Southern Song Dynasty fled to Java Island in Southeast Asia on foreign ships. Lu Zili was elected as the leader to try to make another move. Lu Zili led his people to land in Sunta, more than 300 miles away from the northern coast of Java. It happened that Java was in civil strife, so he proclaimed himself the king of Sunta. In the ninth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1411 AD), the Sunta Kingdom sent envoys to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
7. Lan Fang Republic
In 1776, Luo Fangbo and Chen Lanbo from Meixian County, Guangdong, founded the "Lan Fang Company" in Pontianak, West Borneo (now West Kalimantan) in Southeast Asia. It was a political organization similar to the East India Company.
In 1777, the "Company" was changed to "Republic", and the "Lan Fang Republic" with Dongwanlu as its capital was established. This year was designated as the first year of Lan Fang. Luo Fangbo served as the first head of state "General Minister of the Tang Dynasty" and was honored by the locals as the "King of Pontianak".
In 1886, this small Chinese country established in a foreign land was fiercely attacked by the Dutch colonial invasion army. The people of the country put up a tenacious resistance, but failed in the end due to poor weapons, and this Chinese country also unfortunately perished. The Lan Fang Republic existed for a total of 110 years.
8. Tayan Hilir Kingdom
The first king of the Dai Yan Kingdom was Wu Yuansheng, who was originally from Jiaying Prefecture, Guangdong. In the middle and late period of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, he fled to Borneo Island in Southeast Asia because his plan to launch an uprising was leaked. In the mid-18th century, he founded the influential Jusheng Company in the local area and became the leader. Later, Wu Yuansheng became a subordinate of Luo Fangbo. In 1777, Wu Yuansheng was stationed in the Daiyan Kingdom in the north of the Pontianak River. At that time, the King of Daiyan was very cruel and the people resented him. In 1783, Wu Yuansheng killed the King of Daiyan. After Wu Yuansheng killed the king, the people were very grateful to him, so he was supported by the people as the king of the Tayan Hilir Kingdom.
9. Zhang's Kingdom in the Natuna Islands
Before the Han Dynasty, the Natuna Islands were called "Zhanghai Qitou" and Natuna Island was called "Daji Qitou".
In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Zhang Jiexu, a Chaozhou native in Guangdong Province, came to the Natuna Islands with hundreds of Ming Dynasty survivors. He did not set up a name, but only called himself king, and continued to accept the fleeing Han people. Later generations called it the Zhang's Kingdom.
After Zhang Jiexu passed away, disputes broke out on the islands, and the Netherlands took the opportunity to occupy the Natuna Islands.
10. Republic of Singapore
Singapore broke away from Japanese rule after World War II and joined Malaysia in 1963. On August 9, 1965, the Malaysian Parliament expelled Singapore from the Federation. The next day, Singapore became an independent country, and Lee Kuan Yew was the founding father of Singapore.
Singapore is another country in the world with Chinese as the main body besides China.
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The above are examples of successful overseas Chinese founding countries from ancient times to the present. In addition, there are also several historical figures who have an unignorable influence on the history of China's overseas exchanges.
In the Qin Dynasty, Xu Fu led people to the Japanese archipelago to teach local people how to farm, fish and make paper.
In the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty, Huang Senping landed in the northeast of Borneo Island to assist the Brunei Kingdom in fighting foreign enemies, and later became one of the founders of Brunei.
During the Yongle period, Xu Chai Lao was the governor of Luzon, and he was in charge of the military, political, financial and cultural power in the region.
Huang Naishang was a famous overseas Chinese leader in the late Qing Dynasty. He led Fuzhou immigrants to open up Sibu in Sarawak, Malaysia. The Fuzhou community in Sibu has continued to this day.