Where can I find the source of Chen?

The Chen family is one of the top ten surnames in China, with a total population of more than 70 million, accounting for 6.8% of the country's population. The Chen family in Fujian in the south is known as Chen Lin half the world. Tracing back to the origin of the Chen family, its recognized ancestor is Hu Gongman, a descendant of Emperor Shun. Shun begat Shangjun and Jibo, Shangjun begat Yusi, and Jibo begat Yusui. When Emperor Shun abdicated to Xia Yu, he granted Shang the title of Yu (now Yucheng County, Henan), and granted Yusui the title of Sui ( Today's Ningyang County, Shandong). In the Shang Dynasty, after Shang Tang destroyed the Xia Dynasty, the descendants of Yu were granted the title of Chen, that is, the Feng clan in the ancient city lived in the hometown of Chen State near Shangqiu. At the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, King Wen of Zhou married his eldest daughter to Guiman and was granted the title of Chen. .

The surname Chen started from Hu Gongman, and passed down twenty generations from Hu Gongman to Min's father, twenty-six generations of monarchs, which lasted for 588 years, and died in the hands of King Hui of Chu. In the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, Chen Wan, the son of Chen Li, changed his surname to Tian in Qi to avoid civil strife in the struggle for the throne. One group changed his name to the king, and the other group became the Prime Minister of Chu and named Yingchuan Marquis. He moved back to his hometown of Yingchuan and resumed his surname Chen. After that, the descendants multiplied in Yingchuan and moved to other places, so the descendants of the Chen family in the world are represented by Yingchuan County.

In 741 AD, an eighty-year-old man named Chen Yong moved his family from Changcheng County, Wuxing County (now Changxing County, Zhejiang Province) to Minning to avoid the coming social unrest. Fossil wall, then left his eldest son Chen Su in Juninghua, and took his second son Chen Ye to Ximen Makeng, Shayang, Nanjian Prefecture (today's Shuinan, Sha County), and finally chose Gufa Chong (today's Xinfa Chong Village, Gongchuan Town, Yong'an City) After settling down, Gongchuan became the birthplace of the Chen family in northwest Fujian.

Chen Yong, Gongchuan's "Chen Family Genealogy? 6? 1 Biography of Yonggong" contains: "Yonggong's courtesy name is Yueming, the 61st generation grandson of Hu Gong, the son of Runan Lingshe Gong, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty Born in the second year of Longshuo (662), he lived in Wuxing (today's Changxing County, Zhejiang Province) for a long time. He was eager to learn and have many talents, and he was a good scholar. At the age of 20, he was worshiped as the county governor. In the first year of Yongchun (682), he was promoted to Zhongcheng. After the changes of Empress Wu and Zhongzong, he stayed away from the palace for a hundred days and was impeached by the Taisi Emperor. In the 29th year of Kaiyuan (741), he was ordered to sit in the Chongzheng Hall and move to Gufa Chong, Shayang, Nanjian Prefecture (now Xinfa Chong Village, Gongchuan Town, Yong'an City) with his second son Ye Gong. He was eighty years old. His wife, Zheng Changshi, had three sons. Meng Su moved to Hunan Province, Zhongye lived in Fachong, and Ji Yun moved to Min County (today's Fuzhou, including Changle and Minqing counties). One year (752), she lived ninety-one years and was buried with her in the shape of a plum blossom at the entrance of Luokeng, Fa Chong.

Chen Yong is not the first person of the Chen family to enter Fujian, because in the Southern Dynasties, the Chen family was already one of the four major surnames in central Fujian. In the second year of the General Chapter of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty (669), that is, 72 years before Yonggong entered Fujian, an armed immigrant group headed by Chen Zheng and Chen Yuanguang and his son entered Fujian in large numbers. Chen Zheng was later called the "Kaizhang Saint" king". As for the Yonggong family, their history in Fujian can be traced back to their grandfather Chen Tan, who served as the governor of Zhangzhou, and his father Chen She, who served as the magistrate of Runan County. He later died in Fujian and was buried in the village next to Quanzhou. Precisely because his grandfathers had entered Fujian as officials and his father was buried in Fujian, Yonggong decided to settle in Fujian.

Of course, when choosing to go to Fujian, where to settle, unite the clan or live separately? Yonggong has a very foresight that is incomparable to others. Yonggong, who has been in officialdom for a long time, knows very well that Wuxing, where his family is located in the Taihu Basin, is too close to the political center , once turmoil occurs, it will harm the survival of the family, and it is difficult to protect the descendants. Fujian is far away from the political center and beyond the reach of the court. Compared with the Central Plains, it is a "paradise". Therefore, Duke Yong followed in the footsteps of his fathers and made the choice to move his family to Fujian; secondly, settle down in Fujian. Where will determine the migration route, "Pepsimonology comes first", his father is buried in Fujian, Fujian is the final destination chosen by Duke Yong. When entering Fujian, there are two routes to choose from. One is to enter Zhejiang and cross the Xianxia The first step is to go up the Hunan-Ganxi River and cross the Zhanling Pass of the southern Wuyi Mountains to enter Fujian. From Changxing to the final settlements of Ningshibi and Gufachong, we can make the following speculation: Yong Gong followed the Poyang Lake Basin and the Ganjiang River Basin, and went up the river from southern Gansu to Mindining Fossil Wall. This was also the most popular transportation road for people from the north to move southward at that time. This can also be traced back to the fact that the eldest son stayed in Ninghua. Shibi is confirmed, because the eldest son usually stays with his parents to fulfill his filial piety. Obviously, Yonggong's first stop when he entered Fujian was Ning Shibi. Secondly, where to settle in Fujian? Consolidate the clan or disperse? For the safety and development of the family, Yonggong still chose the secluded mountainous area (Shibibi, Shayang, Ning) instead of the more lively coastal Quanzhou where his father is buried, and left The eldest son lives in Ninghua (the eighty-year-old Duke Yong should have lived with his eldest son, but Chen Su, the eldest son of Duke Yong, is also an old man. Twenty years is a generation, so he is about fifty or sixty years old at this time), and his second son. Then he moved to Shayang, and then asked his youngest son Chen Yun to move to Min County again, no longer living with the family. The above measures were all the foresight of Yong Gong.

As a result of long-term planning in the early days, a long-lasting family was established. Kejia was established together, and branches were sent to branch vassals at home and abroad. Eventually, it became a prominent family in northwest Fujian.