Lin Xin Explained

Lin Xin (Chinese: 廩辛) was king of the Shang dynasty of China.^[1] His name by Bamboo Annals is Feng Xin (Chinese: 馮辛), The Historic People of Han Book (Chinese: 汉书, 古今人表) referred to him as Feng Xin.

Lin ascended the throne in the year of Gengyan (Chinese: 庚寅) in the capital of Yin (Chinese: 殷).

According to Bamboo Annals, Lin ruled four years,^[2] but the Records of the Grand Historian says six.

Notes and References

1. Hopkins . L. C. . January 1917 . The Sovereigns of the Shang Dynasty, B.C. 1766-1154 . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland . 80 . 0035-869X.
2. Boileau . Gilles . 2023 . Shang dynasty's “nine generations chaos” and the reign of Wu Ding: towards a unilineal line of transmission of royal power . Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies . en . 86 . 2 . 293–315 . 10.1017/S0041977X23000277 . 0041-977X. subscription .