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	Chen Lineage Chenireland.com
		When the Chen clan prospered and its population increased, the village name was changed to Chenjiagou ('Chen' - surname, 'Jia' - the family of, 'Gou' - gully or ravine, because the village lies in a gully not far from the Yellow River).
		Chen Wang Ting (1600-1680), -also known as Chen Zouting- of the 9th generation from the founding ancestor Chen Bu, is traditionally held to be the originator of the Chen style of Taiji.
		Chen easily countered his attack, grasping the tip of the spear as it jabbed toward him, and reversing the force against the attacker.
	homepage.eircom.net /~taijidonegal/lineage.htm (1212 words)

	phorum - Hakka Chinese Forum at Asiawind - Chinese Surname No.10 CHEN/CHIN/TAN/CHAN
		Chen is in Pinyin, Chin in Hakka, Tan in Hokkien, Chan in Cantonese
		Chen Hua Cheng was from Tong An county (¦P¦w¿¤) of Fujian province (ºÖ«Ø¬Ù).
		Chen Jia Geng was from Ji Mei village (¶°¬ü§ø) in Tong An county (¦P¦w¿¤) of Fujian province.
	www.asiawind.com /forums/read.php?f=1&i=1135&t=1135 (736 words)

	Chen (surname) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
		Chen is also a Hebrew family name used by Israelis.
		Initial surname Chen was from Gui (Chinese:媯, pinyin: Gūi), which was an ancient Chinese surname of descendants of Emperor Shun, who was one of the Three August Ones and the Five Emperors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chen_(surname) (466 words)

	Tai Chi - History
		hen Village, Chenjiagou ('Chen' - surname, 'Jia' - the family of, 'Gou' - gully or ravine, because the village lies in a gully not far from the Yellow River) is considered by all practitioners to be at the source and origins of taijiquan.
		Chen Suo Le (1368-1644) the father of the twins: Chen Shen Ru and Chen Xun Ru.
		Chen Kung Yuen a noted as the instructor of the household of Yuan Shi Kai (the last emperor of China).
	www.geocities.com /ottawakungfu/200TaiChi002.htm (1339 words)

	Chen Surname Origin & Meaning with Family History Resources at Ancestor Search.
		Gui Man was granted the region of Chen and was posthumously named Chen Hugong, and his descendants came to adopt the surname Chen.
		The origin of the surname Chen may give hints about one line of your family history from many hundreds of years ago such as where your family lived, what they did, or how they looked.
		Join others on the Chen genealogy mailing list for discussion and sharing of information regarding family histories of Chen surname and its variations.
	www.searchforancestors.com /surnames/origin/c/chen.php (911 words)

	Wikinfo \| Chinese family name (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Within each surname there are Chinese clans, which are groups of people who share a given surname and come from the same ancestral village.
		The surname of the Han emperors was Liu, and that of the Ming emperors was Zhu.
		Chen is a particularly common name in Taiwan.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Chinese_family_name (1099 words)

	miyuki_85's Xanga Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Among numerous surnames, Chen is the fifth biggest surname on the Chinese mainland in terms of population.
		Initial surname Chen was from surname Yu, and the families were the descendants of Emperor Shun.
		Now, surname Chen has become the fifth surname on the Chinese mainland and the first one in Taiwan Province.
	www.xanga.com /miyuki_85 (911 words)

	Family History
		Mon-Kung was the 34th descendant of the Emperor Shun.
		Yuen-Tu-Tu was the 45th descendant of the Emperor of Shun.
		Yuen Tu-Tu was a vizier (a high executive or officer of various Muslim countries, especially for the Ottoman Empire) of the principality of Chen.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~sdale/history/history.htm (786 words)

	Chinese surname - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A Chinese surname, family name (Template:Zh-d-cp) or clan name (氏; shì), is one of the hundreds or thousands of family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups in mainland China, Taiwan, and among ethnic Chinese in overseas Chinese communities.
		The colloquial expression "the hundred surnames" (百姓 bǎi xìng) is used in Chinese to mean "the people" or "commoners".
		Surname or Family Name: CHEUNG KWOK WING (incorrect - the Chinese Given Names included) or WING (incorrect - this is the second part of the Chinese Given Names although is sometimes perceived as the 'LAST NAME' by authorities) or LESLIE (incorrect - this is Christian Given Name)
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Chinese_surname (2951 words)

	deseretnews.com \| China detains military chief
		Villagers said the banners were put up the night of shootings after authorities tore down and burned ones hung by residents dissatisfied with compensation for land used to build the coal-fired power plant.
		Chen, whose land was not affected in the current conflict, said it is only a matter of time before his family gets involved.
		A worker at the coal power plant who identified herself by her surname, Chen, said she was working the night of the shootings.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,635168144,00.html (807 words)

	kung fu , tai chi video, wushu,shaolin, bagua
		Today the Yang style, which is named after the family surname, is the most practiced style of Tai Chi Chuan in the world today.
		Chen Tai Chi style originated in the Chen Village, Chenjiagou ('Chen' - surname, 'Jia' - the family of, 'Gou' - gully or ravine, because the village lies in a gully not far from the Yellow River) is considered by all practitioners to be at the source and origins of taijiquan.
		The history of Chen Style Taichiquan can be traced back to the legendary founder Chen Bu a scholar and martial artists originally from Shanxi.
	www.warrior-supplies.com /subgroups.asp?language=en&productgroupid=9 (652 words)

	Chen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chen is a Chinese surname: see Chen (surname).
		Chen (state) during the Zhou Dynasty, which is now part of present-day Anhui and Henan
		Chen Bridge, where a military uprising began (陳橋兵變) that led to the establishment of the Song Dynasty (960-1279)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chen (143 words)

	Thie Cave » Blog Archive » History of our chinese surname - Chen
		Apparently, the surname `Chen’ is also equivalent to `Chang’, `Tan’, and `Tran’ (Vietnamese).
		He found Wei Man, awarded him the duke of Chen (in Wei Yang of He Nan Province), and allowed him to marry one of his daughters, Yuan Ji.
		Wei Man was then known as Chen Wu Gong, and was the forefather of the Chen family.
	jthie.focuser.net /?p=15 (263 words)

	Chinese family name
		As a result, his descendants use the surname Liao while alive but once they die, their surname becomes Chen.
		This is in contrast to the "single Liao" surname which remains both before and after death.
		It is common for the same surname to be transliterated differently and for different family names with similar pronounciations to be transliterated identically.
	www.fastload.org /ch/Chinese_family_name.html (538 words)

	phorum - Hakka Chinese Forum at Asiawind - Roger Chen's surname ZENG (in English)
		In 2118BC Xia King Shao Kang (®L¤Ö±d¤ý) became the sixth King of the Xia Dynasty (®L´Â 2205BC to 1766BC); Si (©q) was the family surname of all the sixteen rulers during the Xia Dynasty.
		In remembrance of his extinct State he adopted ZENG (´¿) as his surname which was written without the radical big ear on the right.
		The p State he adopted ZENG (´¿) as his surname which was written without the radical big ear on the right.
	www.asiawind.com /forums/read.php?f=1&i=3570&t=3570 (1382 words)

	Hung Lou Meng, by Cao Xueqin (chapter2)
		Happily, he had, at an early age, left a son, Chia Chen, behind in the lay world, and his father, engrossed as his whole heart was with the idea of attaining spiritual life, ceded the succession of the official title to him.
		Chen naturally devotes no time to his studies, but being bent upon nought else but incessant high pleasure, he has subversed the order of things in the Ning Kuo mansion, and yet no one can summon the courage to come and hold him in check.
		Chen was, by imperial appointment, named Principal of the Government Public College of the Chin Ling province.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /c/cao_xueqin/c2359h/chapter2.html (6074 words)

	Nanchang
		Currently the babies who are getting adopted and were born in 1996 and later all have the surname Hong.
		Those born in late 1994 through 1995 (and mostly adopted in 1995 and 1996) had the surname Chen, which is the name of the assistant director Ms.
		Jeff's daughter, at the above website, was born in 1994 and had the surname Feng as did most in their group.
	www.gurrad.com /china/nanchang.htm (455 words)

	Chen Family Genealogy Forum
		OBIT: Jean Tsai Chen - Suzy Underwood 1/21/02
		Chen Family is everywhere on the world - Roger Chen 1/10/01
		Re: Chen Family is everywhere on the world - Roger Chen 1/12/01
	genforum.genealogy.com /chen (158 words)

	CHEN: Genealogy Queries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		CHEN : LI : WANG : YANG : ZHANG : Dear Sir and Madam, We are honoured to contact with you for business inquiry.
		CHEN : CALLAGHAN : CASELLI : HAIGH : MANGANO : My name is Ilona Haigh I am looking for anyone who is realted to the Haighs from Wisconsin -my grandfathers name is willard haigh and my fathers name was kevin haigh.
		CHEN search results at Interment.net - Burial records and tombstone inscriptions from thousands of cemeteries across the world.
	www.cousinconnect.com /p/a/0/s/CHEN (246 words)

	Chen Surname Resource Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Chen Genealogy research can be facilitated by use of this page.
		It links to the majority of the Chen surname data on the web, as well as to individual Chen family trees, Chen origin and Chen meaning if known, and many other Chen genealogy resources.
		Search for the Chen surname in the 1790 census
	www.surnameweb.org /registry/c/h/e/chen.shtml (338 words)

	Too Many Chen Jies Create Confusion in Shanghai \| Asian American News \| GoldSea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The name _ surname Chen, given name Jie _ is shared by almost 4,000 Shanghainese, topping the list of the city's most common monikers, according to official figures released Thursday.
		Following the 3,937 people named Chen Jie, the 3,751 named Zhang Min make up the second largest group of identically named Shanghainese.
		Purely in terms of surnames, Zhang comes out on top among Shanghainese, with almost 900,000 occurrences, according to data culled from identity card registrations.
	goldsea.com /Asiagate/609/14shanghai.html (321 words)

	CHEN family history and genealogy information .. Chen ancestry links
		genealogy software and family history research database for the Chen name will likely be included in the updates along with an automated form to submit data for Chen family history..
		this will be useful if you are searching for online listings for the Chen surname from historical perspectives..
		posting surname and ancestry data for Chen items as well as allowing the public to search for Chen details will remain free of charge.
	www.museumstuff.com /zg.cgi?w=chen (192 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Chen (surname)
		In Vietnam, this surname is written in Quoc Ngu as Trần, and is the second most popular Vietnamese surname, accounting for 11% of the population, after the surname Nguyễn (38,4%).
		Olivia Chen, sister of Hong Kong pop star Edison Chen, Tricia Chen
		Tricia Chen, singer, actress, sister of Hong Kong pop star Edison Chen
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Chen_(surname) (499 words)

	In the U.S: Chen VS Lin/Li surnames - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		I guess Chen is a northern name, I haven't seen any Guangdong ren or HKers with it, at least not that I know of.
		My last name is Chen, and my family was from Guangdong.
		Li, Chen, Wang, Huang...Cantonese in Hong Kong will get their surnames in HK pinyin i.e.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=55791 (496 words)

	Chen Genealogy and Family History Research
		Below is a list of the newest databases which contain Chen genealogy records.
		All Chen surname in City Directories from the 1800s and early 1900s
		Chen search results at Ancestry.com - Automatic search through more than 1.5 billion records of all kinds
	distantcousin.com /SurnameResources/Surname.asp?Surname=Chen (228 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Shanghai muddle over popular name
		If you are trying to track down someone named Chen Jie in Shanghai, you may need a little extra help.
		It combines a common surname - Chen - with a popular character - Jie - which means clean or pure.
		One Chen Jie told the Shanghai Daily that she kept getting another woman's letters.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/5345302.stm (317 words)

	What's your surname - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		There's already one in Chinese section, but I just want to know what surnames are the most commonly used in Taiwan.
		But I still want to make sure and see what surnames Taiwanese members on AF have.
		I know like more than twenty people witht he Chen surname in Taiwan and there is many Yang also, I guess.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=22057 (246 words)

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