Lin Hong was born in Fuqing, Fujian Province in the Ming Dynasty, with the courtesy name Ziyu. At the beginning of Hongwu's reign, he was recommended by talented people, and was awarded the title of "Le County Scholar". He is of a retarded nature and is not good at official duties. He will not return until he is forty years old. Gongshi is the first among the ten talented scholars in Fujian. There is "Ming Sheng Ji".
