Lin Xin (廩辛) was king of the
Shang dynasty
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Dynasties in Chinese history, Chinese royal dynasty founded by Tang of Shang (Cheng Tang) that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, traditionally suc ...
of
China. His name by ''
Bamboo Annals'' is Feng Xin (冯辛), another book The Historic People of Han Book (汉书, 古今人表) also called him Feng Xin.
He got his throne in the year of Gengyan (庚寅). His capital was at Yin (殷).
According to Bamboo Annals, he ruled 4 years, but the
Records of the Grand Historian
''Records of the Grand Historian'', also known by its Chinese name ''Shiji'', is a monumental history of China that is the first of China's 24 dynastic histories. The ''Records'' was written in the early 1st century by the ancient Chinese his ...
says 6 years.
Shang dynasty kings
12th-century BC Chinese monarchs
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