Chen

"The Yellow Emperor's magic array will last forever."

Chen is the fifth most popular surname in China, with a large population.

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Tracing back to the source

1. At the end of Shang Dynasty, the 33rd generation of Sun Zhi's father (also known as Kun's father) of Shun joined Zhou Guo as the post of Tao Zheng, and his pottery-making skills were superb, which won the favor of Zhou Wenwang. After Zhou Wuwang destroyed the Shang Dynasty and built the Zhou Dynasty, when he chased the ancestors' adherents, he sealed his father's son Gui Man to Chen (now east of Kaifeng, Henan Province, and north of Bozhou, Anhui Province), whose title was Chen, and honored him as a marquis, guarding the ancestor worship of Emperor Shun, and married his eldest daughter Tai Ji to him. After Gui Man's death, posthumous title was called Chen Hugong, so it was also called Hu Gongman. According to the custom of Ji Tuming, he took the country as his surname and called Chen, the founder of Chen.

in 672 BC, Chen Wan, the 12th generation grandson, changed his surname to Tian because he could not escape to Qi. Later, his 1th Sun Tianhe established Tian Qi State. At the end of the Warring States period, Qi was destroyed by Qin. The eldest son of the King of Qi was promoted to the second son, Huan, and the third son, Tian Yi, fled to Yingchuan (now Yuzhou, Henan) to restore Chen's surname. Since then, Chen's family has been flourishing in the Central Plains and developed into a famous family. Only later generations of Chen's Yingchuan aristocratic family and Yingchuan Yan School appeared and developed.

2. Another surname of Chen was changed by ethnic minorities, and it also came from Henan. According to records, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty changed the three-character surname of Hou Mo Chen, a Xianbei nationality, to a single surname of Chen in 496 after he moved the capital to Luoyang from Datong, Shanxi. According to Wei Shu? According to Official Records, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a Houmo Chen family of Xianbei nationality lived in Kuhu Zhenshui, and was a Qu Shuai from generation to generation. After Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved to Luoyang, he changed his surname to a Chinese single surname and called Chen.

3. Gao's surname was changed. Chen in Haining, Zhejiang Province was originally from Bohai Sea, after Song Taiwei Gao Qiong. Sun Gao Liang, the sixteenth son of Gao Qiong, was adopted by his wife, Chen Mingyi, the son of Emperor Gang in the east of Haining, as his husband. His son Rong inherited his family's surname as Chen, and his father's Gaoshi County as his county, so he was called Bohai Chen, which is different from Yingchuan Chen of his family's original clan. Since the middle of Ming dynasty, Kejia has been promoted; In the Qing Dynasty, the Chen family in Haining was the first family in the country, and had the reputation of "one door, three pavilions, six departments and five ministers". Since the tenth generation, its typesetting generations are: always be filial, respect its virtues, descendants of Yier, and enrich the kingdom. The genealogy recorded in Chen Family Tree in Haining Bohai Sea: Qiong-Jixun-Zunfan-Yongyi (Shiwei)-Guang 'an (Gongtai)-Shiying-Xuan-Dong (moved to the rock gate of Haichang and became the first ancestor of Gao's family in Yanmen, Haining)-Daolong-Guangxiao-Yuan Wen-Zhiqiang-Guangzong-Gong-

Migration

Yingzhuan Shize, Taiqiu Jiasheng. The surname of Chen in the world originated from Yingchuan (Yuzhou, Henan). In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chen Shi was the 43rd grandson of Hu Gongman, who was called "Chen Taiqiu". In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Huan Gong (Linhai Ling) took six sons, including Boqi, to take refuge in Xianyou, Quanzhou (Fujian Province), and his fifth son, Bojue (the 7th grandson of Man Gong), was diligent and eager to learn, with outstanding literary talent. At that time, Ma Cong, an official in Nankang, was friendly with him. When they visited Mafu, they visited Lushan Mountain together. I was infatuated with Kuanglu, which was magnificent and beautiful, so I moved here with my son Wang and lived in Yongqing Village, Changle Li, Taiping Township, Dean County, Jiangzhou. Bo Xuan became the founder of Chen in Xunyang. Dean is located in the south of Jiujiang, and the two places are close to each other, so it is called Jiangzhou Chen.

"The righteous gate is alone, and all dogs are imprisoned together". According to the genealogy of Chen's Zhao Xiang in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, "In the first year of Tang Dashun (89) ... filial piety was shown, and the door was revealed, so Chen's family was special." From the beginning of Yimen Chen's life to the Kaibao period in the Song Dynasty, Chen's population grew to more than 74. By the fourth year of Song Tiansheng (128), it had reached more than 3,7. Ethnic groups gathered together, eating from the same stove, plowing in the same fields, childlike innocence, Qi Xin, old and young, strong and weak, no bad feelings. The Yimen Chen family lasted for 19 generations, spanning more than 3 spring and autumn periods, which is really rare in the history of family reproduction and development in ancient and modern times. Song Renzong once praised it: "It ranks first among 3, people in the world and has been in chinese odyssey for 4 years."

In the seventh year of Song Jiayou (162), due to the excessive concentration of Chen people, local pressure was formed, which hindered their own survival and development. At that time, Wen Yanbo, Bao Zheng and other ministers in the DPRK agreed to play, and Song Renzong decided to adopt the method of double diversion. In July of that year, the family property was numbered as 291 by the imperial edict of Song Renzong, and Chen was distributed to 125 counties and cities in 16 provinces such as Jiangxi, Henan, Zhejiang, Hubei, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Fujian, Shandong, Shanghai and Tianjin, and stayed in more than 29 granges, which made Yimen Chen planted all over China. This was the early population distribution and long-distance relocation in China history. After these Chen moved to a new address, lanterns of "Yimen" were hung at every door.

in the early and middle Tang dynasty, the Chen family of Zhongyuan had two far-reaching moves to Fujian. In 669, the court appointed Zheng Chen (the 68th grandson of Hu Gongman), a native of Gushi, Henan Province, as the general manager of the South March, and led troops to suppress the ethnic unrest in southern Fujian. In April 667, Zheng Chen died, led by his 2-year-old son Chen Yuanguang on behalf of his father. After nine years' war, the situation was settled, and in 686, he reported to the court for approval and set up Zhangzhou County. Chen Yuanguang is committed to the development of agriculture, industry and commerce in Zhangzhou, which has made the local area prosperous.

He was honored as "Kaizhang Shengwang" by later generations, and later generations were called "Kaizhang Shengwang School", which became the most important branch of Chen in Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan and Nanyang islands. There are 53 temples of Chen Shengwang in Taiwan Province, which shows Taiwan Province compatriots' reverence for Chen Yuanguang.

Then there is Chen Yong, the son of Chen Zhong, a descendant of Chen in Yingchuan. Tang Zhongzong was a scholar, and the official rank was Prince Taifu. Because of the exclusion of Prime Minister Li Linfu, he moved to Nanxiangshan in Zhangzhou. His son Chen Yixing, Tang Wenzong was then prime minister. Since then, the descendants have flourished and developed into the "Taifu School" Chen family in Fujian, and respected Chen Yong as the ancestor of the "Southern Courtyard".

Chen's entry into Guangdong began in the Southern Song Dynasty. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the nomads invaded south, and the gentry of the Central Plains moved south in large numbers. Chen Kui, a descendant of Chen, led 93 people to move to Ninghua and Shanghang, Fujian, and then to his great-grandchildren Erlang and Saburo, and then moved to Meizhou, Guangdong, and then scattered in counties such as Tai Po, Xingning, Changle and Longchuan. Chen's entry into Taiwan began in the late Ming Dynasty. Chen Yonghua, a native of Tongan, Fujian Province, entered Taiwan Province with Zheng Chenggong at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and became the general commander of Dongning. He established a system of reclaiming farmland and set up a school in Taiwan Province, and was honored as the ancestor of Chen's entry into Taiwan. During the more than 3 years from the early Qing Dynasty to the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen moved to Taiwan with a large number of people, including more than 2, Chen's family in the Xiazhai of Shishan, Wurong, becoming the most populous family in Taiwan, and enjoying the reputation of "Chen Lin spent half a day" with Lin.

Chen Zongyu (the 8th grandson of Man Gong) worked in Runzhou when Chen moved away. He moved to Erling Yuetang in Danyang with his children and became the ancestor of Chen in Danyang. "Danyang County Records? The city wall, "Yuetang Bridge, Song Xiangfu eight years (116), Li Ren Chen Chengjian." Marco, the fourth grandson of Chen Chengzhi, gave birth to two sons in Yuetang, the eldest son Chen Dong and the second son Joy Chen. Chen Dong died in 1127 at the age of 42. There is a posthumous child, named Heizong. "Danyang County Records? Shadow attack "contains, Chen Sizong with the shadow of his father Chen Dongzhi attack, awarded Di Gong Lang. Chen Sizong had four sons, and the youngest son, Chen Ming, moved from Yuetang to Huajiadu in Erling. Chen Ming is the ancestor of Huajiadu Chen.

Chen has been handed down from generation to generation with the spirit of "Yimen", and many celebrities have emerged. As far as the Chen family in Danyang is concerned, Sun Mingdong, the seventh son of Zong Yu, was a great student. In order to protect the Song Dynasty, he argued against the gold, gave advice to Song Qinzong in five ways, and gave advice to Song Gaozong in three ways. His feat of patriotism and concern for the people is recorded in history. Chen Fu, supplemented by the word, was talented and tall, and was deeply respected by people of that time. Wang Anshi once praised it as: "Danyang Chen Fu is a fine scholar in western Zhejiang". Sima Guang praised it: "A gentleman's virtue is the hope of a scholar, and his talent is the light of the country." After a lapse of more than 2 years, Sun Jingshi, the 15th son of Zong Yu, originally lived in Huajiadu Village, Erling. He respected the ancestors' respect and built a cottage beside Shaoyang Mausoleum. When he was 18, he swept and offered sacrifices frequently to comfort the sages in heaven. Jingshi became the original ancestor of Chen in Tongcun (Chenxiang). Spectrum load, from Zongyue to Nengping for 38 generations. The Chen branch of Danyang covers Danyang and neighboring counties such as Jurong, Yixing, Liuhe and Nanjing. Its Danyang people are now distributed in Chenxiang, Chenjia, Huajiadu, Yuetang in Erling, Dachenjia, Xiaochenjia, Liushu in Hengtang, Chenxiangli, Chenjia, Xinggong, Quanzhou Shilipai, Situ, Heyang, Visiting Fairy, Maixi, Lingkou, Erling, Daoshu, Jiangshu, Douzhuang, Canal, Lucheng, jiepai and so on. By May 8, 2, there were 41,892 registered Chen Clans in Danyang.

the Chen family in Yimen attached importance to ancestral temples and was enthusiastic about genealogy. In the ninth year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty (1496), the score was revised for 12 times in the 36th year of the Republic of China. The genealogy is titled "All the immortals come together to celebrate, and * * * sings the song of clothes".

Chen moved to Vietnam for a long time, and some of them became important ministers of Annan (modern Vietnam) dynasty. Among them, Chen (that is, Chen Ri), the wife of Li Zhaohuang, the queen of the Li Dynasty, founded the Vietnamese Chen Dynasty in 1228, which lasted for 175 years and promoted the development of Chen's population. Up to now, Chen is still listed as the top ten surnames in Vietnam. Chen moved to Japan in the early Ming Dynasty, and most of them were sailors sent by Ming Taizu. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many people from Chen's coastal areas, such as Fujian and Guangdong, went out to sea to make a living in Xinmatai. Others have moved to the Philippines, Indonesia, the United States, Britain, France, Canada, Australia and other parts of the world, making positive contributions to local prosperity and progress.

Chen is a celebrity

Chen Sheng (? -Before 28), the leader of the peasant uprising in the late Qin Dynasty. Word involved, Yangcheng (now southwest of Henan Shangshui) people. I worked as a servant in my early years. In July of the first year of Qin Ershi, he and Wu Guang launched a garrison uprising in osawa Township (now southeast of Suxian County, Anhui Province) and put forward the slogan of "Great Chu Xing, Chen Shengwang". Chen Sheng established himself as a general. When the rebel army entered Chen County (now Huaiyang, Henan Province), it became king on its own, with the title of Zhang Chu, appointed Wu Guang as the false king, led the army to attack Xingyang in the west, ordered Wu Chen, Zhang Er and Chen Yu to attack Zhao in the north, Deng Zongnan to levy Jiujiang, and Zhou City to seize Wei. After Zhou Wen's defeat, Zhang Han, the Qin general, retaliated with superior forces and besieged Chen County. Chen Sheng lost the battle. In December of the second year, Qin Ershi retired to his father (now northwest of Mengcheng, Anhui Province) and was killed by the traitor Zhuang Jia.

Chen ping (? -before 178), the founding hero of the Western Han Dynasty. Yangwu (now Yuanyang, Henan Province) people. When I was young, my family was poor, so I learned how to be old. Chen Sheng uprising, he blamed Wang Wei, as a servant. After entering the customs from Xiang Yu, he served as a captain. Returning to Liu Bang, he was appointed as a captain to protect the army. He suggested that Xiang Yu should go to Fan Zeng, the counselor, and win over general Han Xin with the title, which was adopted by Liu Bang. The Han dynasty was established, and the song was closed against the Hou. Hui Di and Yinlu were then prime ministers, and they were autocratic and did not cure things. When Lv Hou died, he conspired with Qiu zhou bo to pacify the rebellion of Zhu Lu and welcome Liu Heng, the generation of Wang Li, for Emperor Wen and the Prime Minister.

Chen Ya (14-187) was born in Xuxian County, Yingchuan, Eastern Han Dynasty. At the beginning, he was a county official and studied in Imperial College. The successor is Taiqiu Chang. When the party was blocked, many people fled. He said, "If I don't go to prison, there is nothing to rely on." Self-invited imprisonment. Party banned solution, general blades, Stuart Yuan Wei recruit monarch, all quit.

Chen Lin (? -217), a writer at the end of Han Dynasty. The word Kong Zhang was born in Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu) and was one of the "seven sons of Jian 'an". First from Yuan Shao, then from Cao Cao, he made a drink offering for the air force and took charge of the record room. Chen Lin is good at poetry, writing and fu. There are four poems in existence today, and the masterpiece "Drinking Horses in the Great Wall Cave" is the earliest imitation of Han Yuefu by literati. The most influential prose is Biao Zhang Shu, and the representative work "Yu Zhou Wen for Yuan Shao" is an essay denouncing Cao Cao for Yuan Shao. Ci Fu includes Wu Jun Fu and SHEN WOO Fu. The original set of 1 volumes has been lost. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Pu compiled Chen Jishi Collection.

Chen Qun (? -236), minister of Wei in the Three Kingdoms period. The word is long. Yingchuan Xuchang (now Xu Changdong, Henan) was born. Liu Bei didn't drive at first, but later he went to Cao Cao and was recruited as a member of Cao Yu. After Wei Jianguo, he moved to the suggestion of Zhong Cheng. In the first year of Yankang (22), Emperor Wen Cao Pi named him the Tinghou of Changwu and moved to Shangshu. Later, he was the general of Zhenjun, and he was ranked as the four generals with Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen and Sima Yi. Soon it was granted to Sikong to record the history. The system of "Nine Grades", which he founded, divided local scholars into nine grades according to their abilities, reported them to the government, and then gradually evolved into a tool for the gentry to monopolize the political power.

Chen shou (233-297), historian of the western Jin dynasty. It is also a long life, and the word is inherited. Shu was born in Anhan, Brazil (now Nanchong, Sichuan). Learn when you are young. When I was an official in Shu, I rode the Yellow Gate Assistant Minister. After entering the Jin Dynasty, Sikong Zhanghua loved his talents, recommended him as Xiao Lian, served as an assistant to write a lang, and made up the Yangping order. Later, he worked as a lang and managed books to serve the imperial history. After the Jin Dynasty wiped out Wu, he extensively collected the official and private works of the Three Kingdoms period, and wrote The History of the Three Kingdoms, which was divided into three books, namely, 3 volumes of Wei Shu Shu, 15 volumes of Shu Shu and 2 volumes of Wu Shu, which were analyzed in detail and described in parallel, creating a new style in the dynastic history. Later generations attached great importance to his historiography and writing style, and juxtaposed the History of the Three Kingdoms with Historical Records, Hanshu and Houhanshu, which were called the Four Histories. He is also the author of Records of Ancient Countries, Biography of Yi Bu's Old Life and Zhuge Liang's Collection of Shu Xiang.

Chen Baxian (53-559) was the founder of Chen in the Southern Dynasties. Chen gaozu He reigned from 557 to 559. The word rejuvenates the country, and the small word is born. Xing Wu Great Wall (now Changxing East, Zhejiang) people. Born as a petty official, he likes reading military books and is good at military affairs. In the third year of Taiqing (548), he set out in Shixing (now Shaoguan, Guangdong Province). Under the control of Xiao Yi, the king of eastern Hunan, he joined forces with Wang Sengbian to destroy Hou Jing, and he took command of the secretariat of Yangzhou and the town of Jingkou. In the third year of Sheng Sheng, the Western Wei Dynasty fell into Jiangling and killed Emperor Liang Yuan. He and Wang Sengbian made Xiao Fangzhi the King of Liang. In four years, Wang Sengbian took Xiao Yuanming, who was fostered by the Northern Qi Dynasty, as emperor. He attacked and killed Wang Sengbian, made Xiao Fangzhi emperor, defeated the Northern Qi Army, and became king. In October, Liang became emperor, with the title of Chen, and changed to Yongding.

Chen Ziang (about 659-7) was a writer in the Tang Dynasty. The word "Bo Yu". Zizhou Shehong (now Sichuan) was born. As a former right gleaner, later generations called Chen gleaner. Little Ren Xia. At the age of 24, he was promoted to Jinshi, and Wu Hou attached great importance to the above books on politics, and granted us orthography. After moving to the right, gleaning. He was imprisoned for "anti-Party" against Wu Hou. At the age of 26 and 36, he joined the army twice and had some foresight in border defense. At the age of 38, he resigned and returned to his hometown. Later, he was persecuted by the county magistrate Duan Jian and died in prison. Yu Shi, a pioneer in the innovation of Tang poetry, cited the style of Han and Wei dynasties and had a great influence on Tang poetry. There is Chen Boyu's Collection.

Chen Tuan (? -989), a Taoist priest in the early Northern Song Dynasty. The word figure south,no. Fu Yaozi, given the number Mr. Xiyi. Bozhou Zhenyuan (now Bozhou, Anhui) is a native. In his early years, he was familiar with the words of a hundred schools of classics and history, and he was also familiar with medicine, Buddhism and geography tomorrow. During the Changxing period in the late Tang Dynasty, he was not the first to raise a scholar, so he didn't seek an official position. He took pleasure in mountains and rivers and lived in seclusion in Jiushiyan, Wudang Mountain, specializing in taking pains to convince others, and guiding himself to cultivate quiet skills. The story of "Five Dragons Sleeping on the Body" is especially famous, and later "Sleeping on the Body" was spread to the world. His works include The Promise Map, The Congenital Map, The Mystery of Nine Rooms, The Yi Long Map, The Fable of Three Peaks, The Collection of Levin, The Collection of Fishing Tans, The Eight Commandments of Red Pine Son, A Note on the Song of Yin Zhenjun Returning to Dan, and A Guide to Human Relations, etc.

Chen Dong (186—1127) was born in Danyang, Runzhou (now Jiangsu) at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. Song Huizong entered the Imperial College. Song Qinzong acceded to the throne, he wrote a letter asking for the punishment of six fu, and led too many students and Beijing residents to write a letter in Xuande Gate, demanding resistance to gold and opposing the recall of Li Gang. Song Gaozong was killed when he wrote to please keep Li Gang, dismissed the capitulators and personally marched to welcome the Second Emperor. He is the author of Shao Yang Ji and Jian Yan Dynasties.

Chen Youliang (132-1363) was the founder of Dahan regime at the end of Yuan Dynasty. Mian yang, Hubei. Born as a fisherman, he used to be a county official. Participate in Xu Shouhui.