1, Nozomi: Hijikawa County
The Yingchuan Chen clan is a Chen family in ancient China that looked up to Yingchuan County. Yingchuan County, set up during the Qin Dynasty, was one of the counties surnamed Chen. Yingchuan County, is a county named after Yingshui, she existed as a county for nearly a thousand years, until the Tang Dynasty changed Yingchuan County to Changshe County, changed Yingchuan County to Xuzhou, and since then the name of Yingchuan has withdrawn from the stage of history and no longer exists as a place name.
2. Hall Number: Yingchuan Hall
Yingchuan Hall is a famous hall number among hundreds of family names, and many surnames that originated in Yingchuan County in ancient times, such as Chen, Zhong, Lai, Wu and other Yingchuan Wang clans, all used Yingchuan as the hall name. The Yingchuan Chen clan, which started as a daimyō at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was crowned in the Han, Wei and Jin dynasties for more than 300 years, and was a first-class high-ranking monk clan at that time, and it was also the earliest, longest-standing and most populous family among the Yingchuan County Wang clan.
3. Ancestral Union
Zu Lian: Yingchuan Size, Concubine Family Voice
Yingchuan Shize: At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the famous scholar Chen Yu lived in Yingchuan, famous in the world, and later, Chen Baxian, a descendant of Chen Yu of the Southern Dynasty, ascended the throne as emperor and posthumously honored his ancestors, Chen Yu was enfeoffed as Yingchuan Hou, and after that, Chen Yu's descendants were called Yingchuan Chen.
Concubine Family Voice: Refers to the fact that the Chen clan is a descendant of Emperor Shun. Emperor Shun lived in Concubines before becoming emperor, and was known as the Concubine Clan according to the principles of the ancient Qitu Life Clan, which was one of the eight surnames in ancient times. Later, when King Wu of Zhou divided the princes, Hu Gongman, a descendant of Emperor Fengshun, became the monarch of the princely states, and the fief was in Chen, and after that, Concubine Man's descendants took the state as their surname and took the surname of Chen.
In addition, there are many adaptations of ancestral associations in various places, such as Yingchuan Size, Yimen Jiasheng, etc., and there are other special ancestral associations that can express their families and lineages, which will no longer be listed here.
4. Bloodline Ancestor: Emperor Shun
The blood ancestor of the Chen clan was Emperor Shun, one of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. Shun, given the name Chonghua or Dujun, was an ancient sage and saint and one of the founders of Chinese civilization. Emperor Shun ruled the family with filial piety and ruled the world with benevolence, and was the leader of the four-party tribal alliance, and was called emperor by Yao's "Zen Concession".
5. Ancestor of the surname: Chen Hugong
Emperor Shun's son Shang Jun's 32nd grandson Concubine Man, the son-in-law of King Wu of Zhou, was given the title of Marquis of Chen (in present-day Huaiyang County, Henan Province) with the state name Chen, and according to the patriarchal system and the customs of the Qitu Clan, he was given the title of Chen,and the Chen surname was born.
Concubine Man is also known as Chen Man, courtesy name Hu Gong, and later people honor Chen Hu Gong, is the ancestor of the Chen surname.
6. Wangzu: Chen Yu
The Eastern Han Dynasty scholar Chen Yi (104-187) was a native of Xuchang, Yingchuan (present-day Chen Gucun, Guqiao Township, Changge City, Xuchang, Henan). Chen Yu and his sons Chen Ji and Chen Chen "also had the high name, then the name of the Three Jun", and together with Zhong Hao, Xun Shu, Han Shao and others in the same county, they were known for their high and virtuous deeds, and were collectively known as the "Four Chiefs of Yingchuan". The Yingchuan Chen family, founded by Chen Yi, has always been a famous and prestigious family with a prominent family status in the three-hundred-year history of the Wei and Jin dynasties, and he has also been revered by posterity as the ancestor of the Yingchuan Chen clan.
7. Xingzu: Chen Baxian
Chen Baxian character Xingguo, small character Fasheng, Wuxing County, Changcheng County (present-day Changxing, Zhejiang) people, by Liang Chan, ascended the throne as emperor, established the Chen Dynasty. Chen Baxian was known as the first British lord of the Southern Dynasty, and made great contributions to resisting foreign aggression and persecution in the north and protecting Han civilization. With the establishment of the Chen State in the Southern Dynasty, the Chen family also ushered in the best period of development in history, and Chen Baxian made great contributions to the prosperity and development of the Chen family.
8. Ancestor: Chen Yuanguang
Chen Yuanguang (657–711), courtesy name Tingju, was a native of Fuguangshan,Gwangju (present-day Gushi County, Henan) in the Tang Dynasty. He was the commander-in-chief of the Lingnan March, the general of Jinzhong Lang, the general of the Right Eagle Yang Wei and the general of Huaihua, and also the leader of the Zhangzhou Assassin History. Because of the death of Chao Chaokou, he was given to the Marquis of Zhang, and was revered by later generations as the "Holy King of Kaizhang".
9. Wang: Yimen Chen
Chen Wang, a descendant of the Southern Dynasty Chen Guo, founded the Yimen Chen family, which is known as the first family in the world. Emperor Taizong of Song personally presented the plaque of "Yimen Chen Family"; Emperor Taizong of Song gave the imperial title of "True Liang Family" and gave it "the first in the world to live in three thousand mouths, and the world is unparalleled in five hundred years." Pei Yu of the Song Dynasty inscribed the plaque "The First In the World". This Yimen family, which has been burdened by the emperors of the two dynasties, can be called a model of China's ancient social civilization and has a far-reaching impact on future generations, and the Yimen family is also one of the most prominent families in the forest of Chinese surnames.
This is in the history of the development of our old Chen family
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