Zhou Lin (; died 850) was a Chinese military general of the

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, who briefly ruled the ''de facto'' independent Lulong Circuit (盧龍, headquartered in modern

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) as its military governor (''

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''). Little is known about Zhou's life—as while the official histories of Tang, the '' Old Book of Tang'' and the '' New Book of Tang'', had biographies for most of the Lulong military governors, both lacked one for Zhou. What is known is that in 849, with the soldiers discontented with and plotting a mutiny against the military governor Zhang Zhifang, who had succeeded Zhang's father

Zhang Zhongwu Zhang Zhongwu () (died 849''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 248.), formally Prince Zhuang of Lanling () (per the '' Old Book of Tang' Old Book of Tang'', vol. 180.) or Duke Zhuang of Lanling () (per the '' New Book of Tang' New Book of Tang'', vol. ...

earlier in the year after Zhang Zhongwu's death, Zhang Zhifang took his family and fled to the imperial capital

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. The soldiers supported Zhou to acting military governor, succeeding Zhang Zhifang. Apparently, Zhou was subsequently commissioned military governor by then-reigning Emperor Xuānzong, as, when Zhou died in 850, he was referred to as military governor. The soldiers supported Zhang Yunshen to be his successor, and Emperor Xuānzong subsequently made Zhang Yunshen military governor.''Zizhi Tongjian'', vol. 249.

References

* '' Old Book of Tang'', vol. 180. * '' New Book of Tang'', vol. 212. * ''

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'', vols. 248,

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. 850 deaths Tang dynasty jiedushi of Lulong Circuit Year of birth unknown {{China-mil-bio-stub