陈圆圆，字畹芬，原姓邢名沅母亲早亡，从养母陈氏姓。圆圆能歌善舞，色艺冠时，时为称「江南八艳」之一。崇祯时外戚周奎派遗田妃的哥哥田畹下江南选美。田畹将名妓陈圆圆、杨宛、顾秦等献给崇祯皇帝。因战乱频仍，崇祯无意逸乐。陈圆圆又回到田府，田畹佔为公有。一日吴三桂在田府遇见陈圆圆，一见钟情纳圆圆为妾。李自成攻破北京，手下刘敏掳走陈圆圆，吴三桂“冲冠一怒为红颜”，遂引清军入关，攻破李自成，陈圆圆复归吴三桂。后吴三桂为滇王，圆圆随往，以女道士卒于云南。

Chen Yuanyuan, courtesy name Wanfen, originally surnamed Xing Mingyuan's mother died early, and adopted her adoptive mother's surname Chen. Yuanyuan was good at singing and dancing, and when she was the best in color, she was called one of the "Eight Beauties of the South of the Yangtze River".