Talk:Chen (surname)

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There is a proposal to create a precedent that names are not encyclopedic. Articles about names regularly show up on various deletion pages and are summarily deleted. Perhaps - since you've been working on an article about a name, you hold a different opinion that you'd like to express. Please do: Wikipedia:Deletion policy/names and surnames SchmuckyTheCat 17:05, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Chin

陳 is pronounced as Jin (진) in Korean, and probably in some certain languages of Chinese. Perhaps that answers why some transcribe it as Chin.

[edit] Chen ancestroal hall

I believe someone should add the chen ancestroal hall to this page. this hall is in guangzhong in the guangdong provience.jackchen123