This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.
Chen Shuozhen (Chinese: 陳碩真; pinyin: Chén Shuòzhēn; died 653) was a Tang dynasty woman from Muzhou (in modern Chun'an, Zhejiang), who led a peasant uprising in 653.[1] During the rebellion, she declared herself Emperor Wenjia (文佳皇帝),[2] becoming the only female rebel leader in Chinese history to assume the title of emperor.
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- ↑ Woo, X L. Empress Wu the Great: Tang dynasty China. Algora Publishing. ISBN 978-0-87586-660-4. http://books.google.com/books?id=5gMKS6PsFaIC.
- ↑ Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 199.
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