origin of the surname Chen
Chen surname ranks tenth among the 100 family surnames.It is a multi-ethnic and multi-source surname, mainly derived from the surname of Gui and the surname changed by ethnic minorities.The results of the sixth national census show that the surname Chen accounts for about 4.53% of the population of the Han nationality in the country.In Taiwan and Guangdong provinces, the surname Chen accounts for more than 10% of the population of the province, making it the largest surname in the province.
Origin of the Chen surname
From the surname Gui
According to the records of "Tongzhi·Clan Lue":King Wu of Zhou overthrew the Shang and Zhou Dynasty and established After the Zhou Dynasty, he found Shun"s descendant "Chen Hugong Guiman", gave him the place of Chen (now Huaiyang, Henan), and established the "Chen State".After Hu Gongman passed down to the tenth generation Sun Gui, Chen was in civil turmoil.Chen Li Gong"s son, Gui Wan, was afraid of getting involved with himself, so he fled to the state of Qi, and took his home country as his clan, and called him Chen clan.
From the descendants of Chen Guogong"s clan
After the death of Guiman, the descendants of Chen Guo took the country as their clan, namely the Chen clan.In addition, there are three branches, Guiliu, the son of Duke Chen Ai, who lives in Chenliu (now Chenliu Town, Kaifeng, Henan); Chen Yan, the eldest son of Duke Chen Min.Yang Wuhuyu (now northeast of Lankao, Henan); Chen Yinqi, after Chen Quanwen, the second son of Chen Mingong, lived in Gushi (now Gushi, Henan).Later, because he had no children, he took Yingchuan Chen Yu as his heir and merged with Yingchuan Chen."s.
Liu"s surname changed
"Tongzhi Clan Brief" records:Guangling (now northeast of Jiangdu, Jiangsu) Chen"s, actually Liu"s, in the Spring and Autumn Period , Because Lu Xiang had no sons, his grandson Liu Jiao became his heir.
Bai"s surname changed
"Henan Guanshi Zhi" records:Longyou Bai Yonggui, in the early Sui Dynasty changed to Chen"s, this is Wannian (now The Chen family of Xi"an, Shaanxi).Bai"s surname was originally Qiuci Wangbo"s surname, but it was changed to Chen"s surname because he was a member of the mainland and feared that the surname of the Hu people would be discriminated against.
Hou Mochen"s surname changed
According to "Wei Shu·Guanshi Zhi":the Xianbei noble Hou Mochen moved the capital with Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty during the Northern Wei Dynasty After Luoyang, Emperor Xiaowen implemented the sinicization reform, changing the surname Hu to the surname of Han, and in 496 changed the surname of Hou Mo Chen to the surname of Chen Shan.
Other ethnic minorities have changed their surnames or given their surnames
Jurchen Chen:According to the statement "Comparison and Explanation of Han Surnames and Jurchen Surnames", it can be seen that the Jurchen royal family Among the Wanyan clan, some have been changed to the Chen clan at the end of Jinmo.
Mongolian Chen Clan:According to "Continued Chronicle of Clans", Chen Clan, the surname given by Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of Ming Dynasty, to Mongolian nobles who descended to Ming Dynasty.For example, just named Chen Shouzhong, haha named Chen Yuan, etc.
Manchu Chen:There are two cases.One is that during the reign of Later Jinnuerhaci, the Han nationality Chen family living in the northeast was forced to change to the Man nationality Chen family;
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