Researching Chen Jiru
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The name Chen means "Great, vast" and is of Chinese origin.
Records of Chen Jiru on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Chen Jiru and the Jiru Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Jiru Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Jiru family tree.
Study Parish Records for Chen Jiru at Find My Past.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about Chen Jiru.
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Jiru Family History Databases
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Jiru Forums
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Miscellaneous Jiru Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Chen Jiru. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Chen Jiru
Chen Jiru
300px|thumb|Portrait of Chen JiruChen Jiru ( 1558-1639) was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher and essayist during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).
Chen was born in Huating (华亭; present-day Songjiang District, Shanghai). His courtesy name was Zhongchun (仲醇) and his pseudonyms were Migong (麋公) and Meigong (眉公). Chen's calligraphy followed the style of Su Shi and Mi Fu. Chen also painted landscapes and elegant still lifes.
In 1595 he wrote Tea Talks (茶董補), still often quoted in China and Japan, and he studied pottery and created purple clay teapots in the Yixing style. His Shallow Comments on the Art of Nourishing Life as well as A Gentleman's Remarks on Diet were a reference for many years.
He was a notable author of the xiaopin, a form of short literary essay.
Chen Jiru left an autobiography which contains a "patently fictitious account of the circumstances of his own death, a most extraordinary innovation," writes the modern scholar Pei-yi Wu, describing Chen as "a member of the literati known for his versatile artistic talents."
In 2007, Jamie Greenbaum, a researcher at the University of Beijing, published a book on Chen Jiru's writings which provides an overview of his larger-than-life personality, as well as an account of the different literary personae he invented.
Source: Chen Jiru, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Jiru
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