19 19 12 was born in Yinxian County, Zhejiang Province.
From 65438 to 0937, he worked as an accountant in banks and industrial and commercial units until the national liberation. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he continued to work as an accountant in the comprehensive management office of Xinhua Bookstore.
1975 Participated in the collation of historical documents in China History Museum. It took him 13 years to proofread 2.3 million words of Zheng Diary.
Initially, Mr. Gu Lin was a voluntary proofreader, editor and commentator of Reading magazine. He has published articles in popular folk publications such as Book Friends, Qingquan, Open Book and Scholar.
1988, release of interest knowledge; 1995, miscellanies published at the margin of the book; In 2004, he co-published Answering Guest Questions with Zhang Aquan; In 2005, he published "Light Ink Mark" and "Three Folds of Letters".
He died of heart and lung failure in Beijing in 2009 at the age of 89.