ancient State of Chen

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The ancient State of Chen was a small Zhou dynasty vassal state in what is now Henan Province, known for its role in early Chinese history and as the ancestral homeland of the Chen surname.

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Label Occurrences
State of Chen 1
ancient State of Chen canonical 1
state of Chen 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Zhou dynasty vassal state
ancient Chinese state
ancestralHomelandOf Chen surname
陳姓
associatedSurnameGroup Eight Great Surnames of Chinese antiquity
capital Chen
surface form: Chen (陳)

Wanqiu
chineseName
surface form: 陳國
conqueredBy State of Chu
culturalRole early center of Zhou ritual culture
endedInYear 479 BCE
ethnicComposition Zhou Chinese nobility
existedDuring Spring and Autumn period
Western Zhou period
foundedInCentury 11th century BCE
founder Duke Hu of Chen
founderAncestry descendant of the legendary Emperor Shun
founderPersonalName Man (滿)
governmentType feudal state
grantedBy King Wu of Zhou
historicalEra Ancient China
surface form: Bronze Age China
language Old Chinese
legacy origin of multiple later Chen-ruled regimes
source of many Chen clan lineages in China and overseas
locatedIn North China Plain
surface form: Central Plains of China

Henan Province
mentionedIn Guoyu
Records of the Grand Historian
surface form: Shiji

Zuo Zhuan
modernSiteNear Zhoukou
surface form: Huaiyang District, Zhoukou, Henan
neighboringState State of Cai
State of Chu
State of Song
state of Zheng
surface form: State of Zheng
notableRuler Duke Huan of Chen
Duke Wen of Chen
Duke Xuan of Chen
partOf Chinese feudal states system
pinyinName Chén Guó
politicalSystem hereditary monarchy
postConquestNobleSurname Chen
surface form: Chen (陳)
region southeastern Henan
religion Chinese ancestral worship
Zhou state cults
rulingClanSurname Gui (媯)
successorState State of Chu
vassalOf Zhou dynasty

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Instruction
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Input
Subject: ancient State of Chen
Description of subject: The ancient State of Chen was a small Zhou dynasty vassal state in what is now Henan Province, known for its role in early Chinese history and as the ancestral homeland of the Chen surname.

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

origin ancient State of Chen
Chen hasOriginFromState ancient State of Chen
this entity surface form: State of Chen
Spring and Autumn period hasPart ancient State of Chen
this entity surface form: state of Chen