What is the origin of Chen's surname?

Chen's surname comes from Sun Gonggui and belongs to the ancestral fief.

Zhou Wuwang married his eldest daughter, da ji, to Mann, and prepared three gifts to pay tribute to Yu Shun. Chen established its capital in (now Huxiang Town, Zhecheng County, Henan Province), and later moved to Wanqiu (now Chengguan District, Huaiyang County, Henan Province). At the maximum, its jurisdiction was fourteen cities, including roughly a part of eastern Henan and central Anhui.

It took 25 years and more than 568 years from the seal to the killing of King Hui of Chu in 479 BC. After Chen's death, a descendant of Chen Gongzi Wan took the place of the surname Chen (Tian) in 386 BC.

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Other legends about the origin of Chen's surname

Chen's close ancestor Shun is the ninth generation grandson of the Yellow Emperor. Chen is the most important clan in Youyu clan. When it spread to Shun, he married the Huangdi clan, and Shun became Yao's son-in-law by adoption (an ancient woman married as a whole son), became the leader of the Huang tribe alliance, and respected Shun as the emperor.

Shun is the throne, with its capital in Puban, and the old city is located in Yuyu Township, 30 miles east of Yongji County, Shaanxi Province, which is often called the capital of Yu Shun, that is, Shi Yu. There are many branches of Youyu tribe, and their descendants thrive, which constitutes one of the main bodies of Huaxia and Han nationalities and an important part of the Chinese nation.

Among the Youyu tribe, the surname Chen is the most important one. (After Chen, Yu, Hu, Yao and Tian were all Shun Di, they had five relatives named Lian Zong). At the end of Shang Dynasty, Sun Zhifu, the 33rd generation of Shun, defected to Zhou State as the prime minister. Because of its exquisite pottery skills, it has been favored by Ji Chang.

Ji Chang's son () was named Chen (now east of Kaifeng, Henan Province, north of Bo County, Anhui Province), honored him as the Marquis, and continued to worship Shun Di, marrying his eldest daughter da ji, when he pursued the adherents of his ancestors after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty. After Guiman's death, posthumous title became Chen Hugong, also known as Hu Gongman.

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