入闽陈姓出自妫姓,其始祖为妫满,妫满受封于太昊之墟陈(今河南省淮阳县),建立侯爵陈国。后陈国为楚所灭,妫满后裔便以国为氏,称陈氏,奉妫满为始祖。陈姓还有一支是少数民族改姓,也出之河南。北魏孝文帝自山西大同迁都洛阳后,将随迁的代北鲜卑族侯莫陈氏改为单姓陈氏。西晋末年,中原战乱频仍,各界人士纷纷渡江南迁,移居江南各省,有一批人迁至今福建省,其中即有陈氏。此即《闽书》中所载:“永嘉二年,中原板荡,衣冠始入闽者八族,所谓林、黄、陈、郑、詹、丘、何、胡是也。”如闽侯县南通镇陈厝村陈氏始祖陈润官,西晋散骑都尉、南海太守,为避乱于西晋末 Chen surname from the surname surnamed Min, his ancestor is full Man, full enclosed by Tai Hao Hui Chen (now Huaiyang County, Henan Province), the establishment of the Marquis Chen. After the fall of Chen for Chu, full descendants will be based on the country, said Chen, Bong full for the ancestors. Chen surname there is a minority surname, but also out of Henan. Northern Wei Xiaowen emperor since the transfer of Datong in Luoyang, Shanxi, North Korea will follow the relocation of the surname Hou Mo Chen to single name Chen. In the late Western Jin Dynasty, frequent fighting in the Central Plains war, people from all walks of life have to move south, moved to the southern provinces, a group of people moved to Fujian Province, of which Chen. This is “Min book” contained in: “Yongjia two years, Central Plains plate swing, clothing into the people of the eight ethnic groups, the so-called Lin, Huang, Chen, Zheng, Zhan, Qiu, Ho is also.” Minhou County, Nantong Chen Chencun ancestor Chen Run Guan, Western Jin Dynasty riding captain, the South China Prefecture, in order to avoid chaos in the Western Jin Dynasty