Whether Chen is a descendant of Yao Emperor or a descendant of Yao Emperor, it is basically certain that Chen originated in Luoyang, Henan Province today. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, one moved to Wutang, Jiangxi, and then moved to Nanchang in Donghe years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Shundi of Han Dynasty, "Gao Di withdrew from the county doctor", and the official gave Jingfu a surname, Yina's history was Wei, and Dasinong had a surname. Jingzhou secretariat, named Han Changhou, and Chen gradually formed a noble family in Nanchang to show their respect. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, due to the war and official reasons, Chen was distributed in Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it expanded to Shandong and Northeast China, and since then it has spread all over the country. Since 2 1 century 10, Chen's population has never been in the top 300 in China. Chen's main occupations in past dynasties were reading, being an official and practicing medicine. The forty-seventh Chen went to keep the imperial edict and went to Shandong to treat diseases, and then stayed in Shandong for more than ten generations.
Today's Beijing, Wushan, Wuxi, Fengjie and Chengkou in Chongqing, Chengdu in Sichuan, Qijiawan, Suizhou and Macheng in huangpi district, Hubei, Chen Jiawan in Nanhu Jiayuan Village in Xizhangdian Township, Chen Jiawan in Huanggang City, Zhushan County, Zhuxi County, Fangxian County and Siyuan County in Shaanxi Province. Dong 'an, Yongzhou, Linxiang, Yiyang, Xiangxiang and Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province, Liangshan, Dazhou, Nanchong and Bazhong in Sichuan Province, Yongding and Changting counties in Fujian Province, Heyuan and Yang Chun in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, Nanlong in Meinong Town, Tainan City, Taiwan Province Province, Taozhu Temple District in Taipei City and other places are all fallen people.