The origin of the Lin family is the Lin family among the hundreds of surnames [Lin family's territory] Nan'an County, now northeast of Ganxiao Longxi County and north of the Weishui River. "Hundred Family Surnames" notes that it is Xihe County, present-day Lishi County, Shanxi. [Origin of the Lin family] The surname Lin originated from the surname Ji. According to the "Authentic Genealogy of the Lin Family", the ancestor surnamed Lin was Bigan, a loyal minister of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty. Bigan was the son of Prince Ding of Shang Emperor and the uncle of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty. At that time, King Zhou was dissolute and immoral, and the people were miserable. Bigan and other ministers successively advised him to correct his mistakes, but he refused to listen. The other ministers resigned one after another, but Bigan believed: "If the master has made mistakes and does not persuade him to correct them, it is disloyal; because he is afraid of death, he Not daring to speak is an act of bravery. If the master refuses to listen to the advice, it is his fault, and he has done his duty as a minister." With this idea in mind, Bigan insisted on giving advice regardless of life and death. , stayed at the palace for three days and three nights, and finally angered King Zhou and wanted to kill him. King Zhou said: "I heard that the hearts of saints all have seven holes. I wonder if yours is the same." After that, he ordered people to dig out Bigan's heart. After Bigan's wife, Chen, received the bad news, she knew that King Zhou would not give up, so she ran away overnight and hid in a stone room in the woods on the outskirts of Muye (today's Ji County, Henan Province) until she gave birth safely. One son was named Jian and given the courtesy name Changen. Shortly thereafter, King Zhou was killed by King Wu of Zhou, and the Zhou Dynasty was established. Mrs. Bigan and her son received courtesy from King Wu. Because Jian was born in the woods (the word "Lin" originally means woods), King Wu gave him the surname Lin. After that, the surname Lin appeared. [Lin's reputation] The main famous people with Lin's name in history include Lin Ding, a calligrapher of the Five Dynasties, Lin Bu, a poet from the Song Dynasty who is famous for his "sparse shadows slanting across the clear water, and a faint fragrance floating in the moonlight at dusk", and the painter Lin Chun. , poet and painter Lin Xiyi; in the Ming Dynasty, there was the poet Lin Hong, the painter Lin Liang, and in the Qing Dynasty, there was Lin Zexu, a national hero who banned smoking and resisted the British. The surname Lin is the 16th most common surname in China today.