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Template:Infobox surname Shao (Template:Zh; HKG Romanisation: Shiu; Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shaw) is a common Chinese family name. It is the 86th most populous family name in China. It corresponds to last name So in Korean; Thiệu or Thiều in Vietnamese; Zau in Wu Chinese/Shanghainese and Siu, Chow, or Sho in other Chinese romanisations. The origin of the family name Shao is thought to have come from the royal lines of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China. The King's loyal subject Duke of Shao (Script error: No such module "Lang".), was thought to have originated the Shao lines.
Notable people
- Shao Yong (Script error: No such module "Lang".; 1011–1077), philosopher, cosmologist, poet and historian who greatly influenced the development of Neo-Confucianism in China during the Song dynasty
- Shao Mi (Script error: No such module "Lang".; c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1592–1642), Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty
- Shao Jiayi (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Chinese soccer player
- Shao Ning (born 1982), Chinese judoka
- Shao Xunmei a.k.a. Zau Sinmay, Chinese poet and publisher
- Shao Tong (1994–2014), Chinese student murdered in Iowa
- The Shaw brothers:
- Runje Shaw (1896–1975)
- Runde Shaw (1899–1973)
- Runme Shaw (1901–1985)
- Run Run Shaw (1907–2014)
- Shao Yunhuan (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Chinese journalist killed in the 1999 United States bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade
- Ivy Shao (Template:Zh) is a Taiwanese actress
Fictional Characters
- Shao Kahn Emperor of Outworld in the Mortal Kombat universe.
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