1 Born after Gao Xin's family in Di Ku, the great ancestor was Bi Gan, the imperial clan of Shang Dynasty. At that time, Zhou Wang had no way to hurt Zhongliang. Holding the heart of saving the country and the people, I stayed at the palace gate for three days and made a speech in a new guise. Zhou Wang hated this, so he killed Beagan, cut open his heart, and sent troops to surround Beagan's mansion and destroy it. Bi Gan's two wives were pregnant, and Huang was arrested and executed immediately. He also took out the fetus by caesarean section and burned the body. Bathe Gui's family. In order to keep Bigan's pulse, she gave up martyrdom and endured humiliation. She was released by sympathetic soldiers and fled Chao Ge with four maids. She lived in seclusion in the stone room of Changlin (now southwest of Qixian County, Henan Province) and gave birth to a posthumous son Jian, the ancestor of Lin. Her descendants are called Lin because they think it is her family. It's for Lin in Henan.

2 from the surname Ji. Tongzhi According to the genealogy, there was an illegitimate child named Qi and whose grandson took the word of his grandfather as his surname, also known as Lin. It's for Lin in Henan.

Change the surname of Xianbei nationality. According to Shu Wei. According to official records, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital from Pingcheng (now Datong, Shanxi) to Luoyang, and implemented the movement of filial piety and sinicization, changing part of the original Xianbei compound surname to Han surname Lin. It's for "Luoyang Linshi" in Henan.

4 Manchu changed their surnames. In the Qing Dynasty, Manchu entered the customs from Manchuria. After entering the customs, some Manchu people changed their Chinese characters to single surnames, and their surnames were changed to Lin surnames of Han nationality.

Some aborigines in Taiwan Province Province were changed to Lin by the Qing Dynasty or the Kuomintang government.

At present, due to the easy view of Jin Dynasty, most of Lin's families are concentrated in the south. At that time, the war in the north continued, and the emperor decided to move south. Lin's entry into Fujian and Guangxi is a pass in the history books, and then he is likely to move from Fujian and Guangdong.