What is the origin and history of Lin's surname?

1, derived from the surname Zi, is a descendant of Bigan, 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 killed fighting Yan. Bigan's wife 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.

2. Originated from Ji surname, from Prince Ji Kai, belonging to the ancestor's surname. Zhou Pingwang Ji Yijiu had an illegitimate child named Lin Kai, and some descendants of Lin Kai took their ancestral surname as their surname.

3. From the official position, Lin Heng, an official of the Western Zhou Dynasty, belongs to the official title of surname. 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. ?

4. It originated from the change of surnames of ethnic minorities.

Extended data:

There are mainly descendants of the Lin family in Fujian, descendants of the Lin family brought into Fujian by his father and son, and descendants of the Lin family brought into Fujian by Wang brothers. Although in the whole history of Fujian immigration, the scattered people of Lin surname entered Fujian, but these people all entered Fujian in a scattered way, and their descendants have no roots to find, so these Lin surnames mostly rely on their ancestors who entered Fujian in the early stage. Their hall names and county names in Fujian are Xihe, Nan 'an, Li Wen, Xiao Zhong, Shuanggan and Jiumu respectively.

Because Lin entered Fujian earlier and developed well, he became the most popular group in Fujian. By the end of the Tang Dynasty, the population of Lin descendants was increasing, and they began to move around Fujian. For example, Lu Lin footballer's descendant Lin Pi moved from Fuzhou to Putian, and this vein gave birth to the famous "Jiumu Forest".

In addition, when Lin's surname spread to the Ming Dynasty, it began to migrate to Ryukyu and Taiwan Province Province on a large scale in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. Today, 65,438+00% of the population in Taiwan Province Province are surnamed Lin, and most of their ancestors are from Fujian.

Today, the Lin family has been living in Fujian for nearly 1800 years, with descendants all over the world, and their ancestors all originated in Gushi County, Gwangju, Henan Province.

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