The Origin of Lin Family in China

Lin surname, the purest surname, comes from a branch of the Korean royal family-the Zhou royal family, and is a descendant of the Lin family. It is named after a place name. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Wan Yin Gong, the son of Qu Wo, was sealed in Korea (now Hancheng County, Shaanxi Province), and he established Korea. His title is viscount, so he is also called a man. His descendants thought he was a surname. When it reached Han Jue (namely Han Xianzi), Jue's great-grandson was named Han Kang, who was an official in Zhao State and was given the title of Linzhou (north of Liulin County, Shanxi Province, northwest of Weinan County, Shaanxi Province). Linzhou belongs to Zhao, Han Kang is the founding king, and his sons and grandchildren take Linzhou as their surname.

Lin (Li n) comes from the surname Ji, from the fief of Han Kang, a descendant of the Spring and Autumn Period, and belongs to the name of fief.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Jin Xiangong sealed his youngest son in Korea (now Hancheng, Shaanxi). Because Ji is a viscount, he is also called. His descendants took the name of their ancestors' feudal city as their surname, called Korea, and later established Korea, becoming one of the seven heroes of the Warring States.

It was passed on to Han Jue (Han Xianzi), who served as a high official and a fu in the State of Jin, and was famous for his selfless law enforcement.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, in a series of internal struggles in the State of Jin, Han Biao always maintained a detached attitude. In the third year of exile (Ji Ru in the 17th year of Jin Jinggong, 583 BC), Luan and Han helped Jin Jinggong destroy Zhao. Although Han Biao had a deep relationship with the Zhao family, he did not attack, but played a key role in the preservation of the descendants of Zhao.

In the 12th year of King Jian Zhou (Li Gong lived for seven years in Jin Dynasty, in 574 BC), Luan Shu and Xun Yan were forced to attack suddenly, killing Xu Tong and abolishing Jin Ligong. At that time, Han Jue was invited to participate in this matter, and Han Jue flatly refused. These two struggles between the Jin family were all related to the monarch, so Han Biao said, "It is beyond my power to kill the monarch by force." In fact, he is unwilling to participate in the struggle for power and interests between families. It was because of his detached attitude that the Han family was preserved and expanded, and eventually became one of the six officials in the Qing Dynasty when they were in private affairs.

In the twentieth year of King Jian of Zhou (the seventh year of Duke Qi of Jin Dynasty, 566 BC), Han Jue abdicated, and his son Han Qi (Han) succeeded Shang Qing of the State of Jin. Since then, the prominent position of the Han family in the state of Jin has never declined. After the "three tribes were divided into Jin", the Han family suddenly became a vassal, which was prominent in the history of the Warring States period.

Han Qi's great-grandson was named Han Kang (Sun Yuan of Han Jue), and later became an official in Zhao. Zhao Xiangzi Zhao Wuxu rewarded Lin Di (now Mengmen in Liulin, Shanxi Province, according to legend, on the north side of the western section of Dalou Mountain, now Weinan, Shaanxi Province) for his work.

Among the descendants of Hankang, many people take the name of their ancestors' feudal city as their surname, which is called Lin. Generation after generation, the most famous figure was Lin Xiangru, who made Zhao the prime minister of a powerful country.

Most people in the Lin family respect Hanzi and Han Kang as their ancestors.