Zhào Lín 趙璘 (fl. Kāichéng — Xiántōng, c. 830s–870s), zì Zézhāng 澤章. Native of Nányáng originally, the lineage having moved to Píngyuán. Great-nephew of the chief minister Zhào Zōngrú 趙宗儒 (746–832, served under Dézōng and Xiànzōng) and son of Zhào Kàng 趙伉, who held the post of Zhāoyìng wèi 昭應尉. Maternal grandson of the Xījuàn Liǔshì 西眷柳氏 — a senior sub-lineage of the great Tang Liǔ clan. Jìnshì of Kāichéng 3 (838); in Dàzhōng 7 (853) zuǒbǔquè 左補闕; later Governor (cìshǐ 刺史) of Qūzhōu 衢州 (modern Zhèjiāng). His one surviving work is the KR3l0008 Yīnhuà lù 因話錄 in 6 juàn, an unusually well-organised collection of court anecdote arranged into five “bù” 部 (gōngshāngjuézhǐyǔ) named after the notes of the pentatonic scale. The data above are entirely from the book’s own preface and from the Táng shū Zǎixiàng shìxì biǎo. CBDB id 33141 records c_fl_earliest_year 853 and c_fl_latest_year 868, consistent with the bibliographic evidence.