In his early years, he was deeply appreciated and cultivated by his uncle Chen Baxian, which made his prime minister more military and political. In the second year of Taiping (557), he was named king of Linchuan County. In August of the third year of Yongding (17,559), he died and Chen succeeded to the throne. In the first year of Tiankang (566), he died at the age of 45. Posthumous title, the ancestor of Wendi, was buried in Yongning Mausoleum.
During Chen's reign, he vigorously rectified the bureaucracy, attached importance to agriculture and mulberry, and built water conservancy projects, so that the economy of the south of the Yangtze River was restored to a certain extent. At that time, the politics of Chen Dynasty was clear, the people were rich, and the national situation was relatively strong. He is a rare and promising monarch among the emperors in the Southern Dynasties.
Whose is Chen's child?
The eldest son: Chen Feidi Chen Bozong.
Second son: Shixing Wang Chen Bomao.
The third son: Chen Boshan, the king of Poyang.
Fourth son: Early death.
Wu Zi: Xin 'an Wang Chen.
Six sons: Jin Wang An and Chen Bogong.
Seven sons: Hengyang Wang Chen Boxin.
Bazi: Chen Boren, king of Luling.
Jiuzi: Chen Boyi, King of Jiangxia.
Ten sons: Chen Boli, King of Wuling.
Eleven sons: died young.
Twelve sons: Yang Yong, Wang Chen Bozhi.
Thirteen sons: Guiyang Wang Chen Bomou.
daughter
Princess Fuyang, the second daughter of Chen, married Hou's son.