Shatuo Rulers in China

During the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), a Ming emperor conferred seven surnames upon the Jews, by which they are identifiable today: Ai (艾),Shi (石), Gao (高), Jin (金), Li (李), Zhang (張), and Zhao (趙); sinofications of the original seven Jewish clan's family names: Ezra, Shimon, Cohen, Gilbert, Levy, Joshua, and Jonathan, respectively.^[18][19] Interestingly, two of these: Jin and Shi are the equivalent of common Jewish names in the west: Gold and Stone.^{[20][21]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_China}

Shatuo rulers are families of surname Li, Shi, Liu during these eras below. Li are Levy and we know from history that they come from Central Asia.

Category:Shatuo rulers

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The Shatuo (Chinese: 沙陀; pinyin: shātuó or Chinese: 沙陀突厥; pinyin: shātuó tūjué, also: Shato, Sha-t'o, Sanskrit Sart ^[1]) were a Turkic tribe that heavily influenced northern Chinese politics from the late ninth century through the tenth century. They are noted for founding 3 of the 5 dynasties and 1 of the kingdoms during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

• ► Later Han Dynasty (Five Dynasties) emperors‎ (2 P)
• ► Later Jin Dynasty emperors‎ (2 P)
• ► Later Tang Dynasty emperors‎ (4 P)

• ► Northern Han emperors‎ (2 P)