Lin Xin

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

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

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ISSN 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. 86 (2): 293–315. doi:10.1017/S0041977X23000277. ISSN 0041-977X.


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