Fang Lin is one of the seventy-two sages of Confucius.

Fang Lin was born in Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. His native place is now a town in xintai city. Beagan's 27th grandson. A disciple of Confucius. Ask the essence of Confucius' ceremony. Confucius told him that it is better to be frugal than to be extravagant. ",with" big zai asked "praise. After his death, he was buried near the capital of Lu, that is, Linjia Village, Qufu City (104 national road west).

In Zhou Zhou, I was a doctor of Lu and worshipped as a teacher. After his death, he was buried with his wife, Mr. Yu, in East Yanshan, Kaifeng, Henan. In the twenty-seventh year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (739). Fang Lin was named "Qinghe Bo". From the Confucius Temple to the first one in Xi 'an, to the later Xiangxian Temple. When he was alive, he had studied the Lin family tree, which was obtained in Changlin Mountain. Therefore, in the second year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1009), the forest was sealed as Changshan Hou. In Confucius temples in many places, there is a memorial tablet of Fang Lin, which is placed with the memorial tablets of other disciples of Confucius, so that they can enjoy the worship of young disciples like Confucius.