Ancient have called Yin Shou, for emperor yao, Yang (now henan Meng County) in the river.Xia jie princes, called Yin harmonic killed by Thomson.The western zhou dynasty Yin rail to youdao, in the far south mountain.When the spring and autumn jin state Yin Yi, the undercover official was instructed had sent him to the jinyang;Qin state Yin Xi, ren letter valley GuanLing, Lao tze to swim letter valley shut by his leaving, awarded the daodejing five thousand words.When the warring states period philosopher qi kingdom Yin Wenshan debate."Han han dynasty recorded its Yin Wenzi article, is listed as famous.From these conditions, can know the pre-qin period Yin Shi main activities in this henan, shanxi, shaanxi, shandong province.

The western han dynasty to the northern and southern dynasties, Yin Shi to have moved to hebei, guizhou, guangxi, guangdong, zhejiang, anhui, sichuan, hunan, gansu and jiangxi provinces.Han followers, river Yang Yin weng, pingyang people Ren Donghai satrap, an official incorruptible, popular, after being promoted to right out.The eastern han dynasty have scribes Yin Min, nanyang ZhuYang, knowledgeable, not letter prophetic-mixed;Yin Zhen, the birthplace of this county, guizhou Carey from scribes xu 'learning scriptures figure weft, home teaching, replacement jingzhou secretariat.The sixteen, Yin Shi in tianshui (today) in gansu province and west states (today) in western and northwestern region in gansu province become a family.There are many successful people.

The offspring of the sui and tang dynasties, Yin Min in HeJian developed into family, Yin Shi in places such as hubei xiangyang today have settlements.Tang dynasty Yin Sizhen, changan, life as the secretariat of the 13 counties, is famous for its clean, and the painter Yin Lin is famous for its good painting buddhist spirits.

Yuan, Ming and qing period, Yin Shi development to today's jiangsu, yunnan, liaoning and other parts of the province.Northern song dynasty scholar Yin Yuan, astronomers, Mr He Hanoi;Scholars Yin Chun, author of "the analects of Confucius to mencius solution".

In modern times, Singapore and other state-owned Yin overseas Chinese.