Táng-dynasty 唐 philological scholar, held the office of Dāng tú chéng 當塗丞 (“Assistant Magistrate of Dāng tú”). Author of the Lièzǐ shì wén 列子釋文 (Lièzǐ Philological Glosses) in 2 juàn — a Táng philological-phonetic apparatus to the Lièzǐ integrated into [[KR5c0125|the Wén yuān gé Sìkù quánshū edition]] of the classic.
Office. Dāng tú chéng 當塗丞 — assistant magistrate of Dāng tú 當塗 county (in modern Ān huī 安徽, near Mǎ’ān shān 馬鞍山). This was a low-ranking provincial-administrative office, consistent with the typical Táng background of philological scholars.
Dating. Active during the Táng dynasty (618–907). No precise dates recorded. Placement in the Táng is confirmed by the Sìkù editors’ notice (see KR5c0125), where the shì wén is described as a Táng work.
Work. His Lièzǐ shì wén 列子釋文 — originally in 2 juàn — provides philological-phonetic glosses (fǎnqiè pronunciations, homophone glosses, variant-reading identifications) for the characters and phrases of the Lièzǐ. In the Wén yuān gé edition, the shì wén is integrated into the body of the text as phonetic notes beneath each line; in some Míng editions it becomes garbled or mixed with Zhāng Zhàn’s 張湛 commentary.
Philological method. As a shì wén 釋文, Yīn Jìngshùn’s work follows the tradition of Lù Démíng’s 陸德明 (c. 550–630) classical Jīng diǎn shì wén 經典釋文 — providing a critical-philological apparatus on the scriptural text. His work is the single most important pre-Sòng philological tool for reading the Lièzǐ.
Disambiguation. Yīn Jìngshùn is attested only through the Lièzǐ shì wén; he has no other known works. Not to be confused with other Táng figures named Yīn.
Dating. Táng (618–907). No precise dates. No CBDB record identified.