The History of the Jews in China - I. The Jews in China, General View; II. The Jewish Memorial Stones and Their Lesson #232444

And despite the Septuagint's translation by Persia and despite the translation of the Vulgate by the Land of the South, which is followed by Targum Jonathan, Raschi and Redak, we can take the prophecy of Isaiah as a proof that Jews were already settled in China prior to the erection of the second Temple by Zorobabel, and the re establishment of the Jewish commonwealth by Ezra.