Ancient China · Ruler

Linxin 廩辛

Lǐnxīn

Attested BC 1157 - BC 1148

Passages: 4
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Linxin was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1157 帝廩辛
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 434
BC 1148 帝廩辛立
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 159

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Zujia (祖甲)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 159
Sibling of Gengding (庚丁)
younger brother 弟 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 3, passage 160; Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 435

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 3Annals of Yin · 2 passages

帝甲崩，子帝廩辛立。 Jia died and his son Linxin ruled.

帝廩辛崩，弟庚丁立，是為帝庚丁。 Linxin died; his brother Gengding succeeded.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 2 passages

帝廩辛 Emperor Lin Xin

帝庚丁，廩辛弟。殷徙河北。 Emperor Gengding, Lin Xin's younger brother, moved Yin north of the River.