The origin of the Chen family
1. The surname Chen was first derived from the surname Yao or Gui, a descendant of Emperor Shun.
Shun, also known as Yu Shun, was the eighth grandson of the Yellow Emperor. He was born in Yao, and his surname was Yao.
According to the "Tongzhi? Clan Briefing": After King Wu of Zhou destroyed King Zhou of Shang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty, he found Shun's thirty-fourth generation descendant Gui Man. In order to win over the world, King Wu granted him a special title Gui Man became a prince, and married his eldest daughter Taiji to him. He granted the kingdom to Chen (now Huaiyang County, Henan Province) and was called Hu Gong. Here, the "Chen Kingdom" was established.
Some of the descendants of Guiman, a descendant of Emperor Shun, took Guo as their surname, which is where the surname Chen came from.
The surname is based on the country, and the ancestor of the surname is Hu Gongman. The surname Chen is mainly derived from Chen Hu Gongman in the early Zhou Dynasty. Hu Gongman is a descendant of Yu, Shun and Yao, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
Before Shun was selected as Yao's successor, Yao asked Shun to move to live near the Guishui River in order to test him out. Therefore, some of Shun's descendants took the river where they lived as their surname and the Gui family. .
When Hu Gongman passed down to his 10th generation grandson Guiwan, the Chen Dynasty was in chaos. Chen Ligong’s son Guiwan was afraid of being implicated, so he ran away to Qi State and took his homeland as his surname, called Chen family. Chen Wan’s branch was in Qi State. After settling down, he changed his surname from Chen to Tian. By the time of Tianhe, the tenth generation grandson, he deposed Qi Kanggong and established himself as Qi Taigong, and was recognized by the Zhou Dynasty and other princes.
This is the famous "Tian Dai Qi Jiang" in history.
In 221 BC, during the reign of King Tian Jian of Qi, the State of Qi was destroyed by Qin.
After King Tian Jian of Qi fell, his descendants changed their surnames one after another and took refuge. Emperor Shun's line experienced another great differentiation.
The Tian surname now ranks 34th among the Chinese surnames.
Qi Wang Tian Jian’s three sons: Sheng, Huan and Zhen.
Sheng and Huan were changed to the Wang family, and their descendants were the Wang Mang family of the Han Dynasty.
Zhen Ben became prime minister of Chu, and later moved to Yingchuan (now Changge, Henan).
Tian Zhen's surname was Chen.
Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Chen family of Yingchuan, whose surname was reverted to Tian, ??has been very prominent in Chinese history, flourishing and spreading widely.
2. Descendants from the Chen Guogong clan.
After Guiman's death, some of Chen's descendants took the country as their surname, the Chen family.
Among the descendants of Chen Hu Gongman, besides Chen Wan, there are three other branches.
First, Guiliu, the son of Chen Aigong, took refuge in Chenliu (now Chenliu Town, Kaifeng County, Henan).
The second is Chen Yan, the eldest son of Chen Mingong.
He took refuge in Yangwuhu (now northeast of Lankao County, Henan).
The third is Chen Yinqi, the second son of Chen Minggong, after Chen Quanwen, who lived in Gushi (now Gushi County, Henan Province). Because he had no children, he adopted Yingchuan Chen Shi as his heir and merged into the Yingchuan Chen family. .
3. The Liu family changed their surname to Chen. "Tongzhi? Clan Brief" records that the Chen family in Guangling is actually the Liu family. Chen Jiao was born in Dongyang, Guangling (now Tianchang, Anhui) in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was a famous official in the Cao Wei Dynasty. His original surname was Liu. He changed his surname to Chen because he was an heir to his maternal grandfather's family. 4. During the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, had a confidant named Chen Mao, who was originally from Hedong Yi and assumed the surname of Chen; 5. The Chen family in Haining, Zhejiang, was originally named Cao. Because he married a daughter of the Chen family, he had children who took his mother's surname and later became a prominent family in Haining; 6. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, after Gao Yue, the king of Qinghe in the Northern Qi Dynasty, he became an ordinary citizen after several changes in the mausoleum and valley. It was passed down to the 14th generation of the Yuan Dynasty when Gao Liang, because of poverty, married into the Chen family and changed his surname to Chen; 7. Chen Yuanda in the late Western Jin Dynasty , whose original surname was Gao. A fortune teller said that his birth date would harm his father, so he changed his surname from Gao to Chen. 8. In the early Ming Dynasty, Taizu gave a Hu man from the Western Regions the surname Chen. His grandson Chen You was promoted to the right governor, and he was Feng Wu Pingbo.
8. Chen Yonggui, a general of the Sui Dynasty, was originally a Hu from the Longyou area. He was a descendant of King Bo of Qiuci, and his surname was Bai. He was favored by Yang Jian, and he was granted the title of Duke Chen of North County, so he took the title Chen as his surname. 9. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang competed in the world; Chen Youliang's ancestor's original surname was Xie, but he changed his surname to Chen because he was married to the Chen family.
10. Danmin and fallen people with the surname Chen.
Danmin, or Danhu, refers to the residents who are engaged in fishing or water transportation in the coastal harbors and inland rivers of Guangdong, Fujian, and Guangxi. Most of them make their homes on boats. Among them are those who were forced by the Ming Dynasty after Chen Youliang's defeat. So he took Chen as his surname.
Regarding the fallen people, one explanation is that Chen Youliang’s tribe was first captured and classified as a beggar household; the other explanation is that Taizu destroyed Chen Youliang, captured his descendants and demoted nine tribes to the fallen people, devalued Lehu, and did not agree with the people of the Qi Dynasty. .
But he retains his family name and his surname is Chen.
11. Hou Mochen changed his surname. According to the "Book of Wei Official Records": During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Xianbei aristocrat Hou Mochen moved his capital to Luoyang with Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Emperor Xiaowen implemented Xiaowen's sinicization reform. Yi The surname Hu was a Han surname, and in 496, the surname Hou Mo Chen was changed to the single surname Chen.
12. The Chen surname of the Jurchen clan. According to the statement "Comparison and Explanation of Han Surnames and Jurchen Surnames", it can be seen that some of the Wanyan surnames of the Jurchen royal family had been changed to Chen in the late Jin Dynasty.
13. During the reign of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty, he sent troops to Vietnam to destroy the Li Dynasty of Annan Kingdom. King Li's son Cheng changed his name to Chen Cheng.
14. The Chen family of the Yao ethnic group. The Yao people of Huangbutong, Xinning County, Hunan have three surnames: Li, Chen, and Deng; the Yao people of Mareidong have three surnames: Lei, Lan, and Chen; the Yao people of Zhenyuan Dong have four surnames: Yang, Chen, Lan, and Kuang: Rucheng County Yao people have three surnames: Chen, Li and Zhang.
Among the fifteen surnames of Shan Ziyao in Dayao Mountain, Guangxi, there are Chen and Li.
Chen and Li are also among the nine surnames in "Guoshan Bang".
15. Mongolian Chen family.
According to "Xutongzhi·Clan Brief 4", the Chen family was the surname given to the Mongolian nobles who surrendered to the Ming Dynasty by Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
For example, Qiaqia was named Chen Shouzhong, Haha was named Chen Yuan, etc.; 16. Hani, Dong, Tujia, Buyi, Jing, Qiang, Hui, Miao, Zhuang, Li, Yi, Korean, Bai, She, Gaoshan and other ethnic groups all have the surname Chen.
17. The Manchu Chen family has two situations: one is that the Han Chen family living in the northeast during the reign of Houjin Nurhachi was forced to change to the Manchu Chen family; the other is that the original Manchu surname was changed The Chen family still belongs to the Manchu nationality; according to the "General Chronicles of the Qing Dynasty: Eight Clans", the Korean surname in the Manchuria flag is recorded: "The Chen family has lived in Pyongyang for a long time, and is a native of Bayan Xianglan Banner.
When Tian Cong came back, his great-grandson Erda Se served as a guard." Later, most of them were Koreans (most of their ancestors were Han people) and integrated into the Manchus.
Liu Qinghua's "Record of Manchu Surnames" records that the Chen Jia family who lived in Zhangdang in the northeast was later changed to the Chen family.
In fact, the Chen Jia family lived in Liaodong during the Ming Dynasty and was later ruled by Nurhachi of the Jin Kingdom.
Forced to change the name to Shuangyu, the Manchu surname is Chen Jia, which is the same pronunciation of the Chen family.
History of Chen Family Migration
From the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty, after the fall of Chen State, Chen Mingong’s eldest son Jian, in order to avoid the disaster of the country’s destruction, changed his name to Yan and called Chen Yan. When he arrived in Yangwu Hufu (in the northeast of present-day Lankao County, Henan Province), he married the Tan family and gave birth to two sons. The eldest son was named Chen Lian and the second son was named Chen Ji. They both served as officials in the State of Qi. Their descendants include Chen Ping, a prime minister in the Western Han Dynasty; The second son of Min Gong, Quan Wen, fled to Jin State (in today's Shanxi Province) to avoid disaster. His descendant Chen Menglian served as the Hou Xiang of Gushi (now in Henan Province), so he moved his family to Gushi. His sixth grandson Chen Yinqi became the Xin Dubiejia was a virtuous man with no children, so he took Chen Yan of Yingchuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty as his heir. Chen Laogao, the grandson of Chen Yan, then sent his fifth son Chen Daxin to Gushi County, Shouzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty to inherit. Gushi Chen's foundation.
Among the early migrations of the Chen surname, another group moved to Yangcheng (now southeast of Dengfeng, Henan) for refuge. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng, the first peasant uprising leader in China, emerged.
In the first year of Qin II (209 BC), Chen Sheng, as the commander of the camp, was ordered to lead the requisitioned people to garrison Yuyang (southwest of Miyun County, Beijing City). He encountered heavy rain on the way and could not go as scheduled. Upon arrival, according to the law, those who miss the deadline shall be beheaded.
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were forced to take a desperate risk. They attacked and killed the school captain who was escorting the garrison soldiers, and led 900 garrison soldiers to revolt. The whole country responded and the momentum quickly grew.
When he entered Chen County (Yin, Huaiyang, Henan), he was elected as king by his subordinates. The country was named Zhang Chu, which means Zhang Da Chu Kingdom.
He sent troops to attack the city and occupied many places.
Later, the Qin army counterattacked and advanced into Chen County, the capital of Zhangchu. Chen Sheng was forced to lead his troops to retreat. When they reached Xiachengfu (southeast of present-day Woyang County, Anhui), he was killed by the coachman Zhuang Jia.
His bones were buried at the southwest foot of Beimangdang Mountain in Yongcheng City, Henan Province today.
After Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, he assigned 30 households to guard Chen Sheng's tomb and offer sacrifices every year.
Chen Sheng’s tomb has been repaired by various generations, and it still stands tall today. It is surrounded by green pines and cypresses. In front of the tomb is a tombstone inscribed by Guo Moruo: “The Tomb of Chen Sheng, the Leader of the Peasant Uprising in the Late Qin Dynasty.” It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Henan Province.
In the late Western Jin Dynasty, wars continued in the Central Plains. People from all walks of life fled across the Yangtze River and immigrated to various provinces south of the Yangtze River. A group of people moved to Fujian Province today, including the Chen family.
The Chen family, together with people surnamed Lin, Huang, Zheng, Zhan, Qiu, He and Hu, were the first immigrants from the Central Plains to enter Fujian. This is what is recorded in the "Book of Fujian": "In the second year of Yongjia, the Central Plains Banner In the second year of the reign of Emperor Gaozong of the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties (669), the ethnic minorities in southern Fujian were in turmoil and attacked. The city was conquered, the generals were beheaded and the flags were smashed, the local government was smashed into pieces, and urgent documents flew to the court like snow.
Gaozong sent Chen Zheng, a native of Gushi, Henan, as the general manager of the Lingnan march, and led more than 3,000 troops to crusade. Chen Zheng could not resist, so he had to defend the city.
Seeing that he could not win, Emperor Gaozong sent Chen Zheng's brothers Chen Min and Chen Fu to lead the Gushi 58 Military Academy to reinforce.
Unexpectedly, Chen Min and Chen Fu could not adapt to the harsh climate of the miasma land, and they died of diseases one after another.
For a time, the army had no leader and was in chaos. Chen Min's mother, the Wei family (it is said to be the sister of Wei Zheng, the prime minister of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty), was in the army, so she stepped forward to lead the army and stationed in Yunxiao County, Fujian Province. .
Chen Zheng died in the army in the second year of Yifeng (677), and his son Chen Yuanguang led the army on his father's behalf.
At that time, Yuan Guang was a young man of 20 years old. He was well-read, well versed in literary, military and military strategies, and was able to command military affairs with ease.
After nine years of hard fighting, the war was finally put to rest.
In order to develop this fertile land in southern Fujian, he petitioned the imperial court to establish Zhangzhou County to carry out large-scale economic and cultural construction.
Yuan Guang was not afraid of hard work. He personally managed the paintings, selected talents, reclaimed wasteland, recruited exiles, built water conservancy projects, encouraged farmers to teach, and set up schools, so that the southern land would not be disturbed by wars or wars. , the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and was called the paradise. Chen Yuanguang later rested here.
Four generations of his ancestors have been the chief administrators of the Zhangzhou area, which lasted for a century, making this desolate and remote place prosperous.
The descendants of Chen Yuanguang also thrived here and became a prominent local family. They lived in Raoping, Chenghai and other places. The locals called Yuanguang the founder of "Beimiao" and respected him as the Holy King of Kaizhang. , this title is worthy of its name.
The descendants of Chen Yuanguang are called the "Kaizhang Shengwang Sect" and have become the most important branch of the Chen surname in Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan and Nanyang Islands.
In order to express their respect for Chen Yuanguang, local people built Chen Shengwang temples in many places. There are more than 100 temples in Fujian, 53 in Taiwan, and more than 20 in Nanyang Islands.
Several "Kaizhang Holy King Temples" in southern Fujian, such as Yanyi Palace, Weihui Temple, etc., are as large in scale and popular as some large Buddhist and Taoist temples in the mainland.
In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Yong, the son of Chen Zhong, a descendant of Chen Yan in Yingchuan, was a Jinshi during the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty, and was promoted to the position of Crown Prince and Tutor. Due to being squeezed out by Prime Minister Li Linfu, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, he led his family from Jingzhao Wannian (today's Chang'an, Shaanxi) moved to Jiahe, Tong'an, Fujian, and then moved to Nanxiang Mountain, Zhangzhou. His son Chen Yixing was the prime minister of Tang Wenzong at that time.
Chen Hongjin, the grandson of Chen Yong, was a native of Xianyou in Fujian. He served as the commander-in-chief of the army under Wang Tingzheng, the leader of Fujian. He was talented and brave and made many military exploits.
After Yanzheng's death, Chen Hongjin surrendered to the Southern Tang Dynasty and sent Yanzheng's son Shaofan as a meeting gift.
Li Yu, the late ruler of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was very happy and appointed Chen Hongjin as the observer envoy to Quannan and other states.
Soon after, the Southern Tang Dynasty was invaded and destroyed by the Northern Song Dynasty. Chen Hongjin knew that he was unable to compete with the Song Dynasty, so he went to court with Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, offered Zhang and Quan Prefectures, and was granted the title of Military Envoy of Wuning Army and Tongping Commandery. Zhang Shi (prime minister) stayed in Bianjing (now Kaifeng City, Henan Province).
Chen Hongjin’s two sons, Wenfu and Wenhao, served as the governor of Quanzhou and the governor of Zhangzhou respectively. Their descendants prospered and later developed into a prominent family in southern Fujian. They were called the "Taifu School" after their ancestor Chen Yong, Prince Fu. Chen family, and respected Chen Yong as the founder of "Nanyuan".
In 313 AD, a man named Chen Ying came to Putian. This was the beginning of Chen's entry into Putian.
In the second year of Daye of the Sui Dynasty (616), a man named Chen Mai led troops to guard Putian. Later, he returned to the Tang Dynasty and served as the magistrate of Kaipu County. This was the second Chen surname to enter Putian.
Chen Mai did many favors during his tenure as county magistrate. Because he loved the beautiful forests and ravines here, he decided to live here after he became an official.
After his death, local people built a temple to worship him.
His descendants are known as "Eighteen Chen" and have become a popular surname in Putian.
The Chen clan built an ancestral hall on the east side of the current county government, named "Chonggong Temple". Its main building still exists, retaining the architectural styles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Wang Chao, a native of Gushi, Guangzhou (now part of Henan) in the Five Dynasties, served as a military commander under Wang Xu. He followed the army to Zhangzhou and later served as an observer in Fujian. After his death, his brother Wang Shenzhi succeeded Weiwu. Military governor.
In 909, Wang Shenzhi was named King of Fujian.
There were two military academy surnames who followed Brother Wang to Fujian, the first being Chen.
According to Liu Qiu's "Chen Gong Zhen Xing Zhi": "Chen Zhixian was born in Gushi, Guangzhou. During the chaos in the late Tang Dynasty, there were those who complained about it and entered Fujian from Wang Shenzhi." People with the surname Chen moved to Guangdong. The surname Chen is the fifth most common surname among Chinese surnames ranked by population today, accounting for about 4.53% of the country's Han population. It is widely distributed, mostly in the south, except for Taiwan, Guangdong is the most common, and the surname Chen in Guangdong is about 4.53%. Accounting for more than 10% of the province's population, the 9 provinces of Guangdong, Sichuan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Henan, Hubei, Hunan and Shandong have the surname Chen, accounting for about 67% of the country's Han population with the surname Chen.
The surname Chen is not only a common surname of the Han people, but also found among many ethnic minorities in ancient and modern times.
For example: the Xixia state owned by Party Xiang Qiang in the Song Dynasty had the surname Chen; the Jurchen Wanyan family in the Jin Dynasty had the Han surname Chen; It belongs to the Hani ethnic group; the Manchu people who lived in Shenyang and Liaoyang in the Qing Dynasty had the surname Chen; the Korean people in the Qing Dynasty had the surname Chen; the Manzhou people in the Qing Dynasty entered the banner with the surname Chen Jia, and later changed it to Chen; the Manchu people in Lijiang, Yunnan in the Qing Dynasty had the surname Chen. The general surname of Gutuba and the guard of Zhongdian Hall are all Chen, and they are of Tibetan origin; the Ci surname of the Lahu ethnic group is Chen; the Duwang surname of the Mang people in Yunnan is Chen; and the Simugu surname of the Wa ethnic group is Chen. Chen; the Kagjier clan of the Oroqen ethnic group, the Han surname is Chen; the Taiwanese natives were forced to use Japanese surnames such as Zhiliang and Biye. After Taiwan was restored, they were ordered to abolish Japanese surnames and chose the Han surname Chen. Korean, Hani, Buyi, Tujia, The Mongolian, Lisu, Baoan, Dongxiang, Jing, Li, Zhuang, Dong, Miao, Yao, Yi, Hui, Tu, Bai, Qiang and other ethnic groups all have the surname Chen.
In addition, during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, the Taiwanese surname Chen was forced to change to the Japanese surnames Yingchuan, Dong, Dongcun, Dongze, Higashida, Yasuda, Ito, Tan, etc., until 1945 After Taiwan was liberated, everyone was ordered to restore the surname Chen.
The most common surname in Taiwan is Chen. According to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Interior of the Taiwan authorities, there are 1,989 surnames in Taiwan. The top 10 surnames in order are Chen, Lin, Huang, Zhang, Li, Wang, Wu, Liu, Cai and Yang account for 53% of the total population.
The surname Chen is the most common surname in Taiwan, accounting for 11% of the total population. Except for Yilan County and Yunlin County, the surname Chen is the most common surname in other counties and cities.
Among the surnames in Taiwan, 71% are single surnames, accounting for 99% of the total population; 27% are compound surnames. The top five are Zhang Jian, Ouyang, Chen Huang, Fan Jiang, Zhang Chen, with Kaohsiung Most are distributed in counties; the rest have three-character surnames or more or others.
Some surnames are very rare, including Yi, Pang, Tou, X, and Chicken.
Taiwanese media quoted an analysis by the Ministry of Interior of the Taiwan authorities as saying that the reasons for the emergence of these rare surnames include the differentiation and change of surnames, the derivation of new surnames from the deformation and pronunciation of characters, the use of Chinese surnames by border ethnic groups, and the restoration of traditional names by aboriginal people. wait.
The surname Chen is the most common surname in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. It ranks second or third in Shanghai, third in Guangxi, and second in Hainan. Jiangxi is third, Hunan is fourth, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Hubei are fifth, and Sichuan is fifth or sixth... Changsha Chen surname: Some say it is after Chen Shuming, king of Yidu, son of Chen Xu, Emperor Chen Xu of the Chen Dynasty.
Shuming moved to Jiangzhou due to the fall of the Chen Dynasty.
His ninth grandson Chen Wang moved to Yimen again.
Chen Wang’s seventh generation grandson is Chen Chong and Chen Duan.
During the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Duan and Jiang Liangjie raised troops to conquer the bandits for their merits. They were awarded the title of General Weilie and were ordered to control Tanzhou (Changsha City).
In the second year of Tongguang (924), Chen Duan resigned from office and lived in Dayongtang, Wuyang Township, Changsha (the capital of Qing Dynasty).
When Jiangzhou Yimen branched, Chen Duan’s descendants also moved to Changsha Datang, Jinkengmeisu, Lantian Canglang, Shuihe Litou, Huashfutan, Sangtian Temple, and Tianshi Village; and then They were moved to Dabutian, Tanshan, Qingshan, Yinghuoqiao, Changputang, Guanqiao Northwest City, Benfu Yanxiang Lane, and Bixiang Street; then they were moved to Shuidu River, Huangnichong, Zhouhu, and Shaotang; and they were moved again. Go to Chitiao River, Pingtang, Qingtang Bay and other places.
In the generation of Chen Tuan, the eighth grandson of Chen Duan, he had 11 sons. When they were divided, they mostly lived in Changsha, Pingjiang, Liuyang, Xiangyin and other counties, with Changsha still ranking first.
Some people also say based on other Chen family trees in Changsha that not all the Chen surnames in Changsha come from the Chen Duan lineage. Some come from Taihe County, Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi, and some come from Renhe County, Zhejiang (Hangzhou City). , there are those from Kuaiji (Shaoxing City), Zhejiang Province--but these are all from the Chen surnamed branch, and thousands of branches can still be traced back to the origin of the Chen surnamed family history.
Historical dynasties
Chen (557-589 AD) In ??557 AD, Chen Baxian deposed Emperor Jing of Liang and established himself as emperor. He established Chen as Emperor Chen Wu.
At this time, southern China had gone through years of war, and its economy had been severely damaged.
A country built on this basis is destined to be short-lived.
Emperor Chen Wu and his successors Emperor Wen and Emperor Xuan successively eliminated opposition forces such as Wang Sengbian and Wang Sengzhi, and defeated the Northern Qi army near Jiankang.
It consolidated Liang's rule to a certain extent, but after all, due to the decline of national power, Chen's rule was limited to the south of the Yangtze River and east of Yichang.
In 583 AD, Emperor Chen Xuan died.
His son Chen Shubao came to the throne. At this time, the north had been unified by the Sui Dynasty, and the unification of the country was just around the corner.
In 589 AD, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty Yang Jian destroyed Chen Dynasty, ending China's nearly three hundred years of division.
Emperor Chen Wu Chen Baxian (503-559), named Xingguo, Han nationality, was a native of Xiaruoli (now Changxing County, Zhejiang Province) in Chen Wuxing in the Southern Dynasty. He was an outstanding military strategist and statesman.
When he first served in Liang Dynasty, he assisted Wang Sengbian in fighting the Hou Jing rebellion.
In the first year of Tiancheng (AD 555), he killed monk Bian, established Jingdi, made himself the prime minister of the country, and granted the title of King Chen.
After the Qi Dynasty was defeated, he fought with the monks to argue against the remaining parties, and was supported by the people. Later, he was proclaimed emperor by Zen.
Chen Baxian was the founding emperor of the Chen Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. He was ambitious, thrifty and hard-working.
Among the many feudal emperors in China, there were not many wise monarchs, but Chen Baxian was one of them.
The following address also contains an introduction to the family tree of the surname Chen
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