Lin Xingzu (林興祖) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Lin Xingzu as an administrator and official. This record brings together 8 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Lin Xingzu	林興祖	Lín Xīngzǔ
Surname	Lin	林	Lín
Title	Prefect Lin	林總管
Given	Xingzu	興祖	Xīngzǔ
Courtesy	Zongqi	宗起	Zōngqǐ

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:192:s0072

Roles

Administrator
Official

Life and dates

Death

Place: home / 家
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0096

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 至正八年 · Western Year: AD 1348
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0084
Source Date: Text: 至治二年 · Western Year: AD 1322
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0073

Career and standing

Label: circuit intendant of Daozhou / 道州路總管 · Action: appointed · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 至正八年 · Western Year: AD 1348
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0084
Label: Gentleman for Managing Affairs and vice prefect of Huangyan / 承事郎、同知黃岩州事 · Action: appointed
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0073
Label: prefect of Nanyang / 南陽知府 · Action: appointed
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0083
Label: prefect of Qianshan / 知鉛山州 · Action: appointed
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0073
Label: vice prefect of Jiande Circuit / 建德路同知 · Action: appointed
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0083
Status: retired · Action: entered
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0096

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: yuan · Relation: served
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0073
Place: Luoyuan in Fuzhou / 福州羅源
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0072

Learning and skills

Credential: Presented Scholar / 進士 · Action: earned · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至治二年 · Western Year: AD 1322
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0073

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0076

Events and relationships

Kind: ritual · Role: official · Action: prayed-ended-drought-and-insects
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0094
Kind: military · Role: intendant · Action: supplied-troops-bandits-fled · Other Person Id: Qaratemutur (哈剌帖木兒)
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0085, yuanshi:192:s0086, yuanshi:192:s0087, yuanshi:192:s0088, yuanshi:192:s0089, yuanshi:192:s0090
Kind: legal · Role: prefect · Action: suppressed-counterfeiting-ring · Other Person Id: Wu Youwen (吳友文)
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0074, yuanshi:192:s0076, yuanshi:192:s0077, yuanshi:192:s0080, yuanshi:192:s0081
Relation: recommended-by · Person Id: Berkebua (別兒怯不花)
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0083

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: incorrupt-and-loves-the-people · Provenance: Mode: quoted-speech
Explicit · yuanshi:192:s0092

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 192Volume 192 Biographies 79: Virtuous Officials 2 · 8 passages

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林興祖，字宗起，福州羅源人。 Lin Xingzu, courtesy name Zongqi, was a native of Luoyuan in Fuzhou.

興祖至官，曰：「此害不除，何以牧民！」 When Xingzu took office he said, "If this scourge is not uprooted, how can I govern the people?"

友文自至官，為之營救，興祖命並執之。 Youwen came in person to the yamen to arrange their release; Xingzu ordered him arrested as well.

時湖南副使哈剌帖木兒屯兵城外，聞賊至，以乏軍需，欲退兵，興祖聞，即夜詣說留之。 The Hunan Vice Commissioner Qaratemutur had his troops encamped outside the city; hearing the bandits were near and lacking supplies, he wished to withdraw; Xingzu went to him that very night and persuaded him to remain.

興祖許之。 Xingzu promised to provide them.

永明縣洞徭屢竊發為民害，興祖以手榜諭之。 The Yao of the caves in Yongming County had repeatedly raided and harmed the people; Xingzu addressed them with a personal proclamation.

皆曰：「林總管廉而愛民，不可犯也。」 They all said, "Prefect Lin is upright and loves the people; he must not be provoked."

春旱，蟲食麥苗，興祖為文禱之，大雨三日，蟲死而麥稔。 During a spring drought insects devoured the wheat seedlings; Xingzu composed a prayer, and for three days heavy rain fell; the insects died and the wheat ripened.