Origin one
It originated from Zi, followed by the Yellow Emperor, and came from Bigan, Shang Tang. Belongs to the surname given by the emperor. Legend has it that the common ancestor of all ethnic groups in the Central Plains is Ji, Yuan and Xiong. Son of shaodian. According to legend, Emperor Yan disturbed all tribes, and he won the support of all tribes and defeated Emperor Yan in Hanquan (now Zhuolu, Hebei). After the rebellion of Chiyou, he led the tribes to kill Chiyou in Zhuolu (now Zhuozhou, Hebei). Since then, he has been acclaimed as the leader of the tribal alliance by tribal leaders. It is said that many inventions, such as sericulture, boating, writing, temperament, medicine and arithmetic, were founded in the period of the Yellow Emperor. "Therefore, future generations praised" everything can be achieved ". At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, he was regarded as the "ancestor of mankind" of the Chinese nation by the later Buddha. Because Jian was born in the forest, he was given the surname Lin, named, and there was Lin from then on. The genealogy of Yuanhe recorded in the Tang Dynasty: "Lin, son of Yin Taiding, son of Bi Gan. Bigan was destroyed by Zhou, and his son resolutely fled to Changlin Mountain, hence his surname Lin. "Later, the descendants developed into the largest tribe of Lam, making the Lam family derived from the second son, Lu, Xianbei and Qiu unparalleled. Later, the family was divided into Xihe, Nan 'an and other counties, and most people who asked Lin were ancestors.
Li, Lin Ben, Chong Ben, etc.
Most people in the Lin family respect their ancestors.
Origin ii
Ji Kai is a prince, who comes from Ji's surname and is named after his ancestors. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Ji Yi had an illegitimate child named Qi and his grandson named Lin. Because Luoyang is its capital, his ancestral home is in Henan, and he is also a Lin family in Henan. "Tongzhi" in the Song Dynasty records: "Lin surnamed Ji. Lin Kai is the illegitimate child of Zhou Pingwang, and he thinks this is his family name. Lin Ying was born, and Lin Mao and Lin Qing were born in England. Their lineage is very clear. " Zhou Pingwang was located in 770 BC. Under the escort of a group of nobles and princes, he moved the capital to Luoyi (now Luoyang, Henan Province), known as the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in history. From then on, the Zhou Dynasty lost its ability to control the small countries of the four countries, and entered a specific period of great turmoil and melee in the ancient history of China-the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Because Ji Lin's biological mother was not Zhou Pingwang's first wife, she was in a low position in the royal family. Later, his descendants changed their surname to Lin and became another major lineage of Lin. This branch was originally active in Henan county, so it is commensurate with "Henan Lin family" in genealogy.
Origin three
Originated from the official position, Lin Heng, an official of the Western Zhou Dynasty, belongs to the official surname. Lin Heng, also known as a forester, was an organization official established in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty. He is mainly responsible for forest management, afforestation, maintenance and watering, including royal gardens. Just like today's forestry department and garden bureau. Under the jurisdiction of local government departments, there are one Lin Hengling, one Shi, two corporal and four active servicemen. This organization is lean and efficient. There is a passage in the ancient book "Notes on Zhou Li, Local Officials and Lin Heng": "Bamboo and wood are called forests, and water balance is called balance. Lin Heng is responsible for prohibiting patrols in the foothills of forests and keeping them flat. "
Among the descendants of Ling, Yi and Lin Bu, some took their ancestral titles as surnames, namely, Lin Shi, Lin Cheng and Lin Bu, all of which were reduced to one surname and passed down from generation to generation.
Origin four
Originated from Xianbei nationality, it belongs to Han culture and changed its surname to surname. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, after Emperor Xiaowen Tuoba Hong () of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved south to Luoyang, he implemented the policy of sinicization and changed part of the original Xianbei people's compound surname into the Chinese character Lin, that is, Lin in Luoyang, Henan.
Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty once ordered the Lin Qiu surname of Xianbei nationality to be changed to two Han surnames: Lin and Qiu. Since then, some Xianbei people have taken Lin as their surname.
Origin five
Originated from Gaoshan nationality, it belongs to Han culture and changed its surname to surname. In the Alishan area and the eastern mountainous area of Taiwan Province Province, China, there is an indigenous people, now known as the Gaoshan people in Chinese mainland. In fact, they are a branch of the ancient Baiyue people in China, who migrated to Taiwan Province Province and lived in a dense forest. Therefore, some people take Lin as the Han surname, and surname scholars call it the original surname or quasi-surname. Gaoshan people mainly live in Taiwan Province Island and Hainan Island, but some of them are scattered around Chinese mainland. Today, about 200 Gaoshan compatriots live in Hua 'an County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, which is one of the areas with the most concentrated and largest number of Gaoshan compatriots in Chinese mainland.
Many Gaoshan compatriots take "Lin" as their surname and pass it on from generation to generation.
Origin six
Originated from Manchu, it belongs to Han culture and changed its surname to surname. According to the Qing dynasty annals, imperial clan policy, Manchu Eight Banners surname records:
(1). Busahara, Manchu, which means "Heinz Dorset" in Chinese, is the oldest surname of Manchu, which originated from the servant-scattered department of Nuzhen, one of the "Thirty Surnames of the World" in the late Tang Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty, also known as the Nuzhen servant tribe, took the surname as their surname and lived in Varka (now from Changbai Mountain in the south, Tumen River in the north, Uzara in the lower reaches of Heilongjiang in the north, and Russia's southern coast in the east).
(2) Manchu Jia Lin, whose Manchu language is Linjiyahala, originally from Han nationality. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was carried by the Wuhuan Department of Xianbei in Liaodong and merged into Xianbei nationality. Later, it gradually evolved into the Jurchen of Liaodong, living in the famous city (now Gaolicheng Village, Sanjiazi Township, Hunchun, Jilin) and Wula (now Yongji, Jilin). Later, the Han nationality changed its surname to Lin.
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