The Chen family in Yimen, Jiangxi lived for 15 generations, but was enfeoffed by the emperor because of its great influence. In China's thinking, family and country are one, and small families make up a big country, so the concept of clan still occupies a very important position in the hearts of China people today.
Four generations under one roof, even five generations under one roof, are enviable things. However, in the history of China, the strongest and largest family was the Chen family in Jiangxi, and even the emperor forced them to separate in order to relieve the pressure of rule.
Yimenchen, also known as Jiangyou Chen and Jiangzhou Chen. It is a Jiangyou family that originated from Cheqiao Town, Dean County, Jiangxi Province. By the mid-Tang and four years, several generations had lived together 150 years. A plaque of "Yimen Chen" was presented by Tang Xizong Imperial Pencil Pro. Since then, Yimen Chen has been praised by the royal family many times and is well known.
In the heyday of the Chen family in Yimen, the whole family grew to 3,978 people, involving more than 300 fields. The descendants of Chen were all over China, covering business, politics, education and so on. This family is not only self-sufficient, but also established academies, schools, nursing homes, hospitals, stages and so on at its own expense, all of which were created by a family with hard-working hands.
But because the family was too big, it brought a crisis to the rulers at that time. Wen Yanbo, Bao Zheng and other ministers suggested analyzing the residence, and Song Renzong adopted this suggestion. On the grounds that Chen's filial piety was too prosperous, he spread across the country as a model of loyalty and filial piety and educated the people. Jia Gongyuan1July 062 sent someone to monitor and analyze. This is called divorce.