Lin Xin (廩辛) was king of the Shang dynasty of China. His name by Bamboo Annals is Feng Xin (冯辛), 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, but the Records of the Grand Historian says six.
Kings of the Shang dynasty | ||
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| Predynastic Shang | 商 | |
| Early Shang | ||
| Late Shang+ | ||
+ The term here refers to the period in the historiographical sense, starting from Pan Geng who is traditionally said to have moved the Shang capital to Yinxu. The same term can also refer to the historical polity as the earliest known literate civilization in China, starting from Wu Ding. Xia → Shang → Zhou → Qin → Han → Three Kingdoms → Jìn / Sixteen Kingdoms → Southern Dynasties / Northern Dynasties → Sui → Tang → Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms → Liao / Song / Western Xia / Jīn → Yuan → Ming → Qing → Republic of China / People's Republic of China | ||