Chen (state)

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State of Chen 陳國
c. 1045 BC–479 BC
Capital	Wanqiu (宛丘)
Government	Monarchy
History
• Established	c. 1045 BC
• Became capital of Chu	479 BC
Succeeded by Chu (state)

Chen
"Chen" in seal script (top), Traditional (middle), and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese	陳
Simplified Chinese	陈
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Gwoyeu Romatzyh Chern Wade–Giles Ch'en2 IPA [ʈʂʰə̌n] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Chàhn Jyutping Can4 Southern Min Tâi-lô Tân Middle Chinese Middle Chinese ɖin Old Chinese Baxter–Sagart (2014) *lri[n]

Chen (Chinese: 陈国; Chinese: 陳國; pinyin: Chen Guo) was a state founded by the Duke Hu of Chen during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China. It existed from c. 1045 BC–479 BC. Its capital was Wanqiu, in present-day Huaiyang County in the plains of eastern Henan province. Chen, the 4th most popular Chinese surname in the world, and members of the Hu clan, the 13th most popular Chinese surname in the world, would claim descent from the Duke Hu of Chen who was in turn descended from the legendary Emperor Shun. At its peak, Chen encompassed fourteen cities in modern-day Henan and Anhui.