In addition to the country name, Chen's surname was renamed from other surnames, one of which was changed by ethnic minorities. According to the Records of Guan Shi, Hou, a noble of Xianbei in the Northern Wei Dynasty, changed his surname to Chen after he moved to Luo with Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
First, Chen moved.
After thousands of years of reproduction, the Chen family has spread all over China, forming the Chen family centered on Yingchuan, Runan, Xiapi, Guangling and Donghai. Chen moved south from his birthplace, started from Taiwei in the Western Jin Dynasty, and moved his family south to Danyang County, Jiangsu Province. Later, his grandson, Chen Shida, became the county magistrate of the Great Wall (now Changxing, Zhejiang), so the Chen family moved to Zhejiang. Chen Baxian established the Chen family in the Southern Dynasties, which made the Chen family once prominent and spread all over the vast area between the Yangtze River and Guangdong and Guangxi. In Tang Gaozong, people surnamed Chen entered Fujian and Guangdong. After the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, there was a long-term war in the Central Plains, and a large number of people surnamed Chen moved south and even developed overseas, thus further expanding the ranks of people surnamed Chen in the south of the Yangtze River. Today, Chen has become the fifth surname and the first surname in Taiwan Province.
Second, Chen's brilliant Yao Gankun
Throughout ancient and modern times, people surnamed Chen left a brilliant stroke in their family history.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a Chen Yuan who was one of Confucius' disciples. Chen Sheng, the leader of the peasant uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty, initiated the peasant uprising in the history of China. Chen Ping assisted Liu Bang at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, and Chen Lin, one of the "seven sons of Jian 'an", was a great writer at the end of the Han Dynasty. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Chen Tang attacked Xiongnu many times. During Wang Mang's reign, Chen Zun was named Hou of Javey. In the Three Kingdoms, Chen Deng and his father conspired to alienate Lu Bu and Yuan Shu. The History of the Three Kingdoms written by Chen Shou in Jin Dynasty is one of the most widely circulated historical books in the twenty-four histories. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were famous generals Chen Qingzhi He, and the most famous person named Chen in this period was the founder of Chen in the Southern Dynasties.
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, people surnamed Chen were also famous artists and talents. Politically, there were prime ministers Chen, Chen Xilie and Chen Yixing in the Tang Dynasty. In Song Dynasty, there were Michael Chen who struggled with eunuchs, and Chen Junqing who was upright and upright. In terms of literature and poetry, there were Chen Ziang, Chen Hong and Chen Tao in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, there were Chen Pengnian and He Chen. In addition, there are Chen Liang, a thinker and writer, and Chen Juzhong, a painter. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, a number of peasant uprising leaders emerged, such as Chen Shuozhen, the female leader of the peasant uprising army in the late Tang Dynasty, and Chen Sanjian in the Southern Song Dynasty. In addition, there were some celebrities named Chen in the Tang and Song Dynasties, such as Xuanzang and Chen, the eminent monks in the Tang Dynasty. Yuan has Chen Youliang, general of the Red Scarf Army; There are essayist Chen Duo, patriotic poet Chen Zilong, writer Chen Jiru, traveler Chen Cheng and chenchen. In the Qing Dynasty, there were travelers Chen Gongyin, Chen Wenshu, Chen Weisong, Chen Ling, Chen Duansheng and Chen Li, thinkers Chen Jian, Chen Xianzhang and Chen Que, and painters Chen Hongshou. Chen Zilong, a famous anti-Qing fighter at the end of Ming Dynasty, Chen Hongmou, a great scholar of Dongge during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, and Chen Huacheng, who died heroically in the Opium War. Chen Kai, the leader of the Heaven and Earth Society in the late Qing Dynasty, and Chen Yucheng and Chen Decai, the young generals in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, led the peasant uprising. In the Qing Dynasty, there were scholars Chen Huan, Chen Li, Chen Qiaozong and writer Chen Li. In modern times, there were democratic revolutionaries Chen and Chen Tianhua, proletarian revolutionaries Chen Tanqiu, Chen Yannian, Chen Yi, Chen Geng and Chen Yun, as well as early * * * Party leader Chen Duxiu, Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Chen Shutong, and senior Kuomintang generals Chen Lifu, Chen and Chen Cheng. There are also modern historians Chen Yinque and Chen Yuan, famous scholars Chen Wangdao, mathematicians Chen Jingrun, writers, famous poets Chen, painters, opera musicians, playwrights Chen Moxiang, film artists and so on. In addition, there are many famous overseas Chinese figures, such as Chen, a patriotic industrialist and Sun Yat-sen's close friend.