Sui and Tang · Official and Statesman

Lin Fu 林甫

Attested AD 627 - AD 649

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Lin Fu was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 627 to AD 649 中書侍郎林甫
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 98

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Liu Congyi (劉從一)
great-great-grandson 玄孫 · paternal line · 4 generations
great-great-grandfather 玄祖 · paternal line · 4 generations
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 98
Parent of Xiangdao (祥道)
begot 生
son 子
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 113
Parent of Great-grandfather of Liu Congyi
father 父
son 子
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 98, 113

Career and standing

Vice Director of the Secretariat 中書侍郎
Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 98

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 98

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 129Volume 125 Biographies 75: Zhang Yi, Liu Congyi, Xiao Fu, Liu Hun · 2 passages

劉從一，中書侍郎林甫之玄孫也。 Liu Congyi was the great-great-grandson of Vice Director of the Secretariat Lin Fu.

初，林甫生祥道，麟德初為右相，祥道即從一曾伯祖也。 Lin Fu's son Xiangdao served as right chief minister at the beginning of the Linde era; Xiangdao was Congyi's great-granduncle.