According to the villagers of Liziping in Guxian County, Lin Xiangru's descendants moved to Xucun and Hongtong County in Zhao Cheng to avoid the slaughter and persecution of the King of Qin. In order to find out the truth of this historical fact, the author made a field trip to Xucun, Hongtong County.
In Xucun, Dicun Township, Hongtong County, we found the Lin family who lived here. According to 64-year-old Lin Xichang, there are 8,900 households with a population of more than 4,000 in Xu Cun. Among them, the population of Lin surname exceeds 1500. Because of its long history, Lin has moved here for many years. Not far from the east of the village, the author saw a huge stone tablet of "Zhao Shangqing's hometown of Lin Xiangru" which was as high as two meters. Behind this monument, there is a preface to Rebuild Gong Lin as a Monument, which reads:
"A generation of great men, eternal romantic; The aftertaste flows in the wind, making you timid and stubborn. Clouds and mist, so the picture is a hero; The dusty road is so clear. During the Warring States Period, Zhao Shangqing was a native of Xucun, Zhao Cheng. Strike Qin, the mountains and rivers are strong; Return to Zhao successfully and compete for the sun and the moon. Lian Po's feeling of offering a humble apology can turn private into public, and * * * economy; Xun Zhiyong is not only a national minister, a loyal man, but also an eternal hero. The land belongs to mulberry, where is the grave, and the road monument is more indestructible! This is a monument, which was built here in the past. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, wind and rain hit and bricks were scattered. I, Zhao Guanshen, allocate funds to supervise maintenance. At that time, people in the city sang while traveling. However, time flies, and more than 200 years have passed. Nowadays, this square is listless and its handwriting is blurred. Lin clan, get together to discuss, with Yue Xian's contribution to rebuild. In order to honor the ancestors' orders, I got more than 80 yuan of silver coins because of * * *, so I carved Japanese turtledove works, begged for orders, and wrote couplets for Yu. My knowledge is shallow, so I dare not take on heavy responsibilities. However, Feng has always admired me. Every time I hate my birthday, I can't whip it, talk about it, praise its virtue, and I am also happy. So the language is not too vulgar, and I will stay in the future. Dong, a soldier of a certain unit, wrote an article, and Ma Shudan, a graduate of Shanxi University, wrote an article. In the 12th year of the Republic of China (1922), March in Hitachi. "
According to Mr. Li Chuiqin's article "A Study of Lin Xiangru's Hometown in Xu Cun", Lin Xiangru has been a native of Zhaocheng for a long time: in the early Qing Dynasty, there was an "Lin Xiangru archway" outside the north gate of Zhao Cheng; there was a "hometown-style" Baomen Building in the east of Xucun Village, and the bottom floor of this gatehouse was the doorway for cars, horses and pedestrians; The second floor is the Pavilion of Gods, with a statue of Lin Xiangru like the God of Wealth. There is no textual research on the date of school establishment. Above the door, there is a plaque "like hometown". Due to disrepair, this gatehouse was first destroyed by the flood at 1932. After reconstruction, it was demolished by the Japanese invaders in 1942, and the turret was built with its bricks. Therefore, Master Kong Li, who has made great contributions to the protection of "Zhao Cheng Jinbao", also insists that "Lin Xiangru is from Zhaocheng".
According to reports, there is a "Lin's ancestral hall" in Xucun, and its remains are located on the hillside of 1.5 km southwest of Xucun, covering an area of about 4 mu. People call it "the tomb of the Lin family" or "the tomb of four acres". According to folklore, Lin Xiangru once dressed up and went back to his hometown to worship his ancestors after serving as the master of Zhao? Smoking in front of parents' graves, stabbed by Zizyphus jujuba, and torn robes. He carefully observed the curved spiny jujube? Xun said, "It is advisable to bend the hook alone and stab it straight." Unexpectedly, the curved thorns of jujube trees in this field actually grew into straight thorns. With the spread of this beautiful legend, "the spine of the mausoleum of Lin" has also become one of the "Ten Scenes of Zhao Cheng" with the same name as "Guangsheng". It is said that when Lin Xiangru returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors, he brought a large number of followers. In order not to disturb the people, he ordered all his followers' horses not to enter the village, and they were tied to the village east road, so this section of the road was called "Ma Dao". Later, horses were taken to Fenhe Beach in the east of Nanshiming Village for grazing, leaving the historical place name of "Ma Fang Beach" in Lin Xiangru.
From the above Lin Xiangru relics and legends, it can be analyzed and speculated that because the ancient people's right to subsistence is closely related to their land ownership, the Lin Xiangru family, originally from a remote mountain village in Guxian, Yueyang, moved from Guxian to Xucun, Zhao Cheng, perhaps shortly after he became a "Zhao Shangqing"; It was not until Lin Xiangru died and was buried in Ziping Village, Li (Lin), his hometown, that all his clansmen moved to Xu Cun, Zhaocheng County to escape the slaughter and persecution of the King of Qin. In order to facilitate ancestor worship, the Lin family moved their ancestors to Xu Cun, Zhao Cheng. This can be proved by the fact that there is no "Lin Xiangru's Tomb" in Xu Cun's Lin Daizu, but there is a "Lin Xiangru's Tomb" in Liziping Village, Guxian County.
From the "geographical perspective" of Guxian and Zhao Cheng, when Han, Zhao and Wei were divided into Jin, Pingyang (now Linfen, Shanxi) was the boundary: Wei in the south, Zhao in the north and Shangdang Korea in the east. At that time, the ancient county of Yueyang and Zhao Cheng were the "Zhao Cheng" in the border area of Zhao. So it is ambiguous whether Lin Xiangru is from Guxian or Zhaocheng. Sima Qian, the Taishi Duke, wrote Lin Xiangru as "Zhao Man" in Historical Records, which is a record of "faithfulness without falsehood".
In addition, there are many relics of Lin Xiangru in Handan, the capital of Zhao State in Hebei Province, and the author also made a detailed investigation.