Lin Yinian (林億年) | 24 Histories

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Lin Yinian was an eunuch.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

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AD 1193 紹熙四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 469, passage 184

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 469Volume 469 Biographies 228: Eunuchs 4: Shao Chengzhang, Lan Gui Kanglu, Feng Yi, Zhang Quwei, Chen Yuan, Gan Bian, Wang Deqian, Guan Li, Dong Songchen · 5 passages

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帝以疾不朝重華宮，源與內侍楊舜卿、林億年數有間言。 Ill, the emperor stopped attending Chonghua Palace; Yuan and inner attendants Yang Shunqing and Lin Yinian repeatedly traded slanders.

詔罷源等官，源撫州、億年常州居住，舜卿任便居住。 An edict removed Yuan and the others from office: Yuan to Fuzhou, Yinian to Changzhou, Shunqing free to reside where he wished.

慶元二年，以生皇子恩，源、億年許自便，舜卿與內祠。 In Qingyuan 2, on the birth of a prince, Yuan and Yinian were allowed free movement and Shunqing received an inner temple stipend.

給事中汪義端駁之，乃移源婺州，億年湖州。 Giving-of-Petition Wang Yiduan objected, so Yuan was moved to Wuzhou and Yinian to Huzhou.

億年養娼女以別業，源在貶所與妓濫，俱以淫媟聞，人疑其非宦者云。 Yinian kept a courtesan in a side estate; Yuan consorted with prostitutes in exile; both were notorious for debauchery, and people doubted they were real eunuchs.