Chen's surname began in Hu Gongman, from Hu Gongman to Min Fu, and spread to the twentieth and twenty-sixth generations of monarchs. It lasted for 588 years and died in Chu. In the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, Chen Wan, the son of Chen Li, changed his name to Tian in order to avoid civil strife and compete for the throne. One was renamed Wang, and the other moved back to Yingchuan, the hometown of Chu, and returned to Chen. Later, descendants propagated in Yingchuan and traveled around, so the descendants of Chen in the world were marked by Yingchuan County.
In 74 1 a.d., an 80-year-old man named Chen Yong moved to Shibi, Suining from Changcheng County, Xing Wu County (now Changxing County, Zhejiang Province) in order to avoid the coming social unrest. Later, he left his eldest son, Chen Su, in Ninghua, and took his second son, Kerwin Chen, to Makeng (now Shuinan, Shaxian County) in Shayang, Nanjian Prefecture, and finally chose Gufachong (now Xinfa, Gongchuan Town, Yong 'an City).
Chen Yong, Gong Chuan and Chen's genealogy? The Biography of Yong Gong contains: "Yong Gong was born in Longshuo, Tang Gaozong (662), the grandson of Gong Hu in the 60th generation and the son of Runan Mausoleum, and lived in Xing Wu (now Changxing County, Zhejiang Province). At the age of 20, he worshipped the county magistrate and made him a hundred people. Gaozong is independent. In the first year of Yongchun (682), he was promoted to Zhongcheng. After the change of Wuhou and Zhongzong, he heard of Wei and came to power. He didn't go to Que for a hundred days and was impeached by Taiwan. And Xuanzong and his entourage summoned them to the Inner Que, ordered them to worship the yamen Hall and invited the civil affairs department. In the 29th year of Kaiyuan (74 1), he moved to Shayang Gufachong (now Xinfachong Village, Gongchuan Town, Yong 'an City) with his second son, Ye Gong, at the age of eighty. His wife Zheng Changshi, a daughter and three sons, moved to Shibi, Ninghua, and Nakano lived in Fachong. Ji Yun moved to Min County (now Fuzhou, including Changle and Minqing counties). Finally, in the eleventh year of Tianbao in Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (752), Gong lived to be 90 years old and was buried with her in Fachong Luokengkou.
Chen Yong was not the first person to enter Fujian, because in the Southern Dynasties, Chen was already one of the four major surnames in Fujian. In the second year of General Chapter of Tang Gaozong (669), that is, 72 years before Yonggong entered Fujian, armed immigrant groups headed by Zheng Chen and Chen Yuanguang entered Fujian on a large scale, and Zheng Chen was later called "Wang Sheng, Zhang Kai". As far as the Yonggong family is concerned, its history of entering Fujian can be traced back to its grandfather Chen Tan as the secretariat of Zhangzhou, and its father Chen She as the magistrate of Runan County, who died in Fujian and was buried across the village from Quanzhou. It is precisely because my grandparents were officials in Fujian and my father was buried in Fujian that Yonggong moved to Fujian to settle down.
Of course, choose to enter Fujian, where to settle down, live together or live separately? Yonghong is far-sighted. Yong Gong, who has lived in officialdom for a long time, knows that Xing Wu, whose home is in Taihu Lake Basin, is too close to the political center, and once unrest occurs, it will endanger the survival of the family and the lives of future generations, while Fujian is far from the political center, which is beyond the reach of the court. Therefore, Yonggong followed in the footsteps of his parents and made the choice of moving his family to Fujian. Secondly, where to settle down will determine the migration route. "knowledgeable person-learning comes first", and his father was buried in Fujian, which was the final destination for Yong Gong. There are two routes to choose from when entering Fujian, one is to enter Zhejiang, cross Xianxialing and enter Fujian, and the other is to go up the Hunan-Jiangxi River and cross the southern pass of Wuyishan to enter Fujian. From Changxing to the last settlement of Shibi in Ninghua and Gufachong, we can make such a guess: going up the river and entering the Shibi in Ninghua, Fujian from Gannan was also the main traffic artery for northerners to move southward at that time, and it can also be confirmed that the eldest son stayed at Shibi in Ninghua, because the eldest son usually stayed with his parents for filial piety. Obviously, the first stop for Yonggong to enter Fujian is the stone wall of Ninghua. Secondly, where to settle in Fujian? Family or dispersion? Considering the safety and development of the family, Yong Gong chose a secluded mountain area (the stone wall and Shayang in Ninghua) instead of the lively coastal Quanzhou where his father was buried, and left his eldest son in Ninghua (Yong Gong, who is 80 years old, should have lived with his eldest son. However, Yong Gong's eldest son, Chen Su, is also an old man, with a generation of twenty years, and then his second son moved to Shayang, and his youngest son, Chen Yun, moved to Min County.
From the early long-term plan to the later long-term plan, big clansmen, branches and joint boards appeared, and branches were sent to support governors, which spread all over the world and finally became a big family in northwest Fujian.