Chen is a descendant of Yu Shun. Ancestor: Chen Hugong. After Zhou Wuwang destroyed the business, he found Gui Man, a descendant at that time, married his eldest daughter, sealed him in the State of Chen, and established the State of Chen. He made Chen Guo prosperous for many years by selecting talents, promoting good and punishing evil, and making great efforts to govern. After Guiman's death, posthumous title became Gong Hu. Later generations took the country as their surname and respected it as the ancestor of Chen's surname.

Chen is a descendant of Gui. Ancestor: Chen Hugong. Chen is the fifth largest surname in China today, with a population of about 50 million, accounting for about 4.5% of the Han population in China. Taiwan Province Province ranks first.

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Yingchuan Chen was born in a noble family at the end of the Han Dynasty and became the most famous aristocrat at that time. From generation to generation, Wei and Jin dynasties were famous. The Wei and Jin Dynasties at the end of Han Dynasty were the most prosperous period in China's history. Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, local aristocratic families have played a great role in politics, and gentry and celebrities have become the core of literati.

Yingchuan Chen entered the Wei and Jin Dynasties from the end of the Han Dynasty, with more than ten generations of descendants and a family background of 300 years. It can be said that he is one of the oldest aristocratic families in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Comparatively speaking, the so-called Wang Xie's home can only be regarded as a rising star.

Although the main branch of Chen in Yingchuan moved south, in the Northern Dynasties, Emperor Xiaowen and the scholar-officials of the Northern Wei Dynasty made a clear order to the gate valve by legal means for the first time in history in 19 (495), and Chen was always listed as the first surname of Yingchuan.

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