1. The generation of the Chen family in Xiangxiang: "Yi Dao Chuan Jing Chong Dui Qi Xu Rui Huan Li Xing Xiu Zhong Nan Chu Jun Yan Ding Sheng Hong Cai Xuan Feng Ben Mao Zhi Fan Dian Dun Li Xu".
2. The Chen family in Shishijiang, Shangxiang: "Yimen Dunxiao, friends, stars, virtuous people, Yishi, Qi Zeng, Zong Gong Gong, Yuan Yuan, Zhao Ling Xu Yong, Mu Zhenjiang Ying, thousands of years, Xiangnan Baixi Fang" .
3. The generation of the Chen family in Yimen: "The family of rites and music revitalizes the poetry and books, the world is prosperous, the genius is prosperous, and the Taoist school is everlasting. .
4. Zhongxiang Baizha Chen's Dexingtang generation: "The world keeps the ancestral teachings, Mao Benpei Yuan, the sound of the family, the sound of the family, the German Xindu, the Jishi Xiu Qixian, the Kunze Fu Renli Qingji The Five Rituals of Yimen describe the blind date between Yi and Dai."
5. The generation of the Chen family in Litang, Central Hunan, Yingchuantang: "Jun Yingzu Xi Xianda Yang Zong Pei Yuan Shu Deben established Taoism and the sage succeeded to the filial friend Ke Dun Chang Yan Shi Ze Yongzhen family reputation."
People surnamed Chen are descendants of Emperor Shun. Before Shun became emperor, Yao married his two daughters to Shun and let them live by the Gui River. So Shun's descendants were called Gui. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, after King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he found Guiman, a descendant of Emperor Shun at that time, married his eldest daughter to him, granted him the title of Chen, established the Chen Kingdom, and made its capital Wanqiu (today's Huaiyang, Henan).
He selected talents, promoted good and punished evil, and worked hard to govern, which made Chen Guoqiang prosperous for many years. After Guiman's death, his posthumous title was Hu Gong, so he was also called Chen Hu Gong and Hu Gongman. His descendants took the country as their surname, called Chen, and respected Chen Hugong as the ancestor of the Chen surname.
In the pre-Qin period, people with the surname Chen were mainly active in Henan, Anhui, and Hubei. During the Qin and Han dynasties, people with the surname Chen had already traveled to Hunan, Jiangsu, Shanxi, and Shandong.
At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains was in turmoil, and residents moved south one after another. Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi were the main areas where the Chen surname moved back. At the same time, the surnames Lin, Huang, Chen and Zheng from the Central Plains area took the lead in entering Fujian. By the Southern Dynasties, the surname Chen had become one of the four major surnames in Fujian, mainly descendants of Chen Chen from the Yingchuan sect. Chen Baxian, the tenth grandson of Chen Chen, went to Nanjing to establish the Chen Dynasty. He was known as Emperor Chen Wu in history. In the Southern Dynasties, Chen State granted many kings with the surname Chen. Their descendants were spread across the Yangtze River and the Pearl River. They played an extremely important role in the development of the surname Chen in the southeast region. .