Chen's surname is one of the surnames in China, and it is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-origin surname, which mainly comes from the changes of Gui's and minority surnames. Is the ancestor of Chen.
Chen is a descendant. Before Shun was born, Yao married his two daughters to Shun and let them live by Gui River. So the descendants of Shun are called Gui surname. In the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, after Zhou Wuwang destroyed the Shang Dynasty, he found Gui Man, a descendant at that time, married his eldest daughter, sealed him in Chen, and established the State of Chen, with its capital in Wanqiu (now Huaiyang, Henan).
He made Chen Guo prosperous for many years by selecting talents, promoting good and punishing evil, and making great efforts to govern. After Guiman's death, posthumous title was named Gong Hu, so he was also called Chen Hugong and Gong Hu. Later generations took the country as their surname, called Chen, and respected Chen as the ancestor.
After the demise of the State of Chen, the important branches of Chen are: descendants of Chen Wan, Wu Gong, Kang Gong, Wen Gong. In Han Dynasty, Yingchuan County replaced Wanqiu and became another important base for Chen's development. In history, most of Chen's development started from Yingchuan, whose ancestors were.
Other tribes named Chen are Chen, represented by Chen Sheng, and descendants of Tian, Tian Fake, Tian Heng of Qi.