sentences:  Most modern authors believe the book to be the work of one Cài Shìpàn (), who is credited in the dictionary with "collecting and editing" the work, but is otherwise unknown.The "Lín" appears to be patterned on the structure of the "Qī".It is named in honour of Lín Bìshān (), a native of Minhou County who served as an official in Hebei shortly after passing the advanced examination in 1688.