China, with a population of more than 80 million.
Among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Emperor Shun is the blood relation ancestor of the surname Chen. (According to the Records of the Grand Historian they were:
* Huang-di or the Yellow Emperor (黄帝)
* Zhuanxu (顓頊)
* Emperor Ku (帝嚳)
* Emperor Yao (堯)
* Emperor Shun (舜)
During Emperor Shun's governance sees a prosperous and peaceful China. Shun Emperor's 34 th
lineage descendant, Gui Man Gong was rewarded for helping Zhou destroyed Zou. The Zhou warrior king rewarded Man Gong by marrying his eldest daughter to him. The Kingdom of Chen was rewarded to him being the King of Chen with Wan Qiu as the capital. (now Henan Province Huayang County), and with the Chen Kingdom as a surname. The ancestor of the surname Chen was byname Chen Hu Man Gong.
When Chen Hu Man Gong was honored the Chen king (B.C.1065) untill now, with a history of 3046 years. From his descendants, there was 24 Monarhchs in the Chen Kingdom spanning 587 years. After the rise and fall of King Chu Hui in 478 B.C. until the era of the Warring States and going through prosperity and decline, Chen Wan abandoned and flee avoiding the calamity and established one of the seven Heroes "Qi Guo". The surname Chen has riven again in Shenzhou.
The uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty sees Chen Ping assisting Liu Bang, suceeded victory with the auxiliary of the three emperors (being Prime Ministers).
At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chen Hu Man Gong's 43rd lineage grandson Tai Qiu Chang "Chen Shi"，
residing in Xuchang (now Old bridge township in Henan Province Chen Changge Village ) and known as Teik Xing Hall“德星堂”, Yin Chuan genealogy 颍川世系.
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