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The origin of the word "Lin"
Lin surname is a surname with a long history, which is said to come from a famous minister in the late Shang Dynasty. Bigan was originally a member of the Shang royal family. When he was in Shang Zhouwang, he served as Shao Shi, and he was famous for his loyalty and honesty. Zhou Wang fatuous, repeatedly advised and remonstrated. Later, he was found guilty of this, his heart was cut off and he died. In order to avoid being chased by officers and men, Mrs. Chen fled to the stone forest and gave birth to a son, Mingjian. Because he was born in Lin and took Lin as his surname, he was honored as his ancestor by Lin.

Besides the above, forests have other sources. According to legend, in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, there was an illegitimate child named Kai. Children and grandchildren take his word as their surname and Lin as their surname. Later, I gave birth to Won, Won, Won, and Qing. Because Luoyang is the capital city, this Lin surname also originated from Nanjun, where Luoyang is located today, so the genealogy calls them Henan Lin surname. In addition, there were other surnames among Xianbei people in the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the movement of Emperor Xiaowen changing his surname, he also changed his surname to Lin and was registered as a native of Luoyang, Henan. The above three Lin surnames are the main lineages of Lin surnames today.

In the early days, Wang Xing developed and multiplied mainly in the north. Wang Yuan, a descendant of Zhou Lingwang, fled the Qin Dynasty, came to Langxie, and then moved to Linyi. Wang Zu of Hanoi was born in Taiyuan, first living in Qixian County, then moved to Pingzhou, and then moved to Wenxian County of Hanoi. Wuji, the grandson of Wei Gongzi, mourned the birth of a sage. In the Western Han Dynasty, he moved to Baling and became a Jingzhao person.

Wang moved south to the Yangtze River, which began in the late Western Jin Dynasty. Now, Wang Chao and Wang from ancient Henan entered Fujian, and Wang was named the king of Fujian. At the same time, Wang moved to Sichuan, Anhui and Jiangxi. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, many Central Plains people fled to the south on a large scale, and many of them moved to Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places to settle down. At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, a Wang family living in Fujian moved to Guangdong, and their descendants were scattered all over Guangdong. Since the late Ming Dynasty, Wang Ren has moved to Taiwan Province Province. Wang Xing's immigrants began in Ming and Qing Dynasties, mainly distributed in some countries and regions in Europe, America and Southeast Asia.

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