Bigan's son's surname is Zi, and his name is Lin Jian.
Lin Jian (1029 BC ~?), whose surname is Lin, was born in Changlin (now Longwo Village, Shibaotou Township, Weihui City, Henan Province). The son of Bigan, a minister in the Zhou Dynasty and the Grand Master of the Shang Dynasty, his mother was Gui.
After King Wu of Zhou conquered Zhou and destroyed Shang, he became the official, third supervisor, and the Duke of Boling County, becoming the ancestor of the Lin surname. The portrait is taken from the "Genealogy of the Lin Family in Xihe, Hui'an, Fujian" compiled in the Qing Dynasty.
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Biography of Lin Jian:
Lin Jian was born in 1029 BC. His father, Bigan Gong, was the son of Shang Wang Taiding, a nobleman of the Shang Dynasty. His surname is Zi, and his given name is Qian. Bigan was smart in his childhood, diligent and eager to learn. At the age of 20, he took up the high position of Taishi to assist Emperor Yi, and was entrusted to assist Emperor Xin alone.
Bigan’s wife Gui was just three months pregnant. Afraid of disaster, she fled to Chaoge and gave birth to a boy in a stone house in Longwo Village, Linshi Baotou Township, Changlin City, Weihui City, Henan Province today. , named Jian (the ancestor of the surname Lin).
King Wu of Zhou thought that Lin Jian was a descendant of Shang Tang and the son of Bigan, and that he could avoid King Zhou's chaotic and uninterrupted life, so he appointed Lin Jian as a doctor and lived in Qinghe. Later, he was granted the title of Lord Boling and was granted the title of Lord Boling, with a settlement of 2,000 households and a forage settlement of Boling (today's Anping County, Hebei Province). .
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