Originated from the surname Zi, it is the descendant of Bi Gan, a famous minister in the late Shang Dynasty, and belongs to the surname given by the princes. At the end of Shang Dynasty, Zhou Wang was helpless and died fighting Yan. Mrs. Bigan Chen fled to Changlin Mountain and gave birth to her son Quan. After Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, Quan was born in the forest, and his father was unyielding, so he was named Lin.
Zhou Pingwang Prince Jikai was named after his ancestors. Zhou Pingwang Ji Yijiu had an illegitimate child named Lin Kai, and some descendants of Lin Kai took their ancestral surname as their surname.
From the official position, Lin Heng, the official position of the Western Zhou Dynasty, belongs to the official title. Lin Heng, also known as Forester, is the official name of the organization established in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty. He mainly manages trees and is responsible for afforestation, conservation and watering.
Originated from the change of surname of ethnic minorities.
The above is the origin of Lin surname.
According to Customs Tong, Yuan He's Compilation, and Tong Zhi Zulue, Pan Geng, the monarch of Shang Dynasty, moved his capital from Yan State (now Qufu, Shandong Province) to Yin (now Anyang, Henan Province), so he was called Yin or Yin Shang. After the demise of the Shang dynasty, the adherents of the Shang dynasty took the country name as their surname and called it Yin. This Yin family has a history of more than three thousand years. Yin surname is one of the very old surnames. The early pronunciation of the Yin family was Yρ, and it was also changed to Yan at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. After the Tang dynasty, it was also confusing and changing yin. In the Song Dynasty, many members of the Yin family changed their surnames to Tang, Shang, Dai and Lin. In order to avoid the anonymity of Zhao, his father.