Since domestic disorderly Chen, Chen several times and respectively Chen township, YangWu dozen households and gushi.The early and middle tang dynasty, the central plains Chen twice migrating south fujian.

1, 2 years, the emperor ZongZhang tang court sent Chen army crackdown "pretty loud Lao chaos" in the south of fujian, Chen died, his son Chen yuanguang generation father led the troops, pacify the situation, after setting the zhangzhou county.So later generations called "get a saint king", their descendants known as "open get a saint king".

2, YingChuan Chen Shi seed Chen Zhongzhi Chen Yong son, the prime minister Li Linfu, deep moved to fujian, then more children, become "a teacher sent" in fujian Chen.

Chen in guangdong, which began in southern song dynasty.Chen in Taiwan, which began in the late Ming dynasty, fujian deep person Chen yunhua in the late Ming dynasty in Taiwan by zheng chenggong, for the extended into the first.Chen to move in the history of Vietnam is long.The husband of queen yi dynasty Li Zhao huang Chen Jiong, be created in 1228, Vietnam, and the king of the 13, lasted 175 years.

Chen moved to Japan, which began in the Ming, zhu yuanzhang dispatched to mostly sailor, since some existed in the ryukyu islands.After the Ming and qing dynasties, for instance, Chen in the coastal area, there are a lot of people out to sea for a living.Chen Chen leave rate families hundreds, for example, moved to Malaysia and Singapore.Others have moved to the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and the United States, Britain, France, Australia and other countries.