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The Lintian Republic (Chinese language: 霖田公司, Hakka Chinese/Dutch language: Lim-Thian; "Misty fields company"), known post-1850 as Xinle Republic (Chinese language: 新樂公司, Hakka Chinese/Dutch language: Xim-Lok; "New happiness company") was an autonomous Chinese Kongsi republic located in (Chinese language: 烏落, Hakka Chinese: Boedok), kecamatan, Bengkayang Regency of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It joined the Heshun Confederation in 1850 and was dissolved in 1854 at the hands of the Dutch East Indies. legend (possibly a corruption of the words "boo ciowan", the mark of the Ministry of Revenue mint in Beijing)]]
In 1851, Budok and Lumar was reported to have been attacked by hostile Dayak people, who massacred the members of the Lintian kongsi and cut off contact between Budok and the larger Chinese settlement of Montrado. When the larger Dagang kongsi came to liberate the miners at Budok, the kongsi leader of Lintian accused the Santiaogou Federation (another powerful kongsi that was the enemy of Dagang) of orchestrating the attack. It is later revealed that the sultan of Sambas, the overlords of the Chinese kongsis, feared an attack of the hostile Dagang on the capital of Sambas, and called on the Dayaks to attack the Chinese villages (provided they were not with the Santiaogou, who were their ally). These attacks were so brutal that both Lintian and Shiwufen kongsi hastily allied with the Dagang, whom before they pledged neutrality between Dagang and Santiaogou's conflicts.
Later that year, after Dagang had attacked the Dutch and were forced to neogotiate peace terms, the Lintian also signed the treaty, which affirmed full Dutch subjugation of the Chinese kongsis. The Dutch now wielded the power to appoint representatives of Lintian, along with Dagang and Shiwufen. The Lintian kongsi was also commended for their loyalty during the Willer Conferences of 1853, and were officially subdivisions of the Heshun zongting. Lastly, as all the remaining kongsis had to change their name, Lintian's name was henceforth referred to as Xinle (新樂).
When the Dagang kongsi refused to meet the demands of the Willer Conferences in early 1854, an expedition against the Dagang was conducted by Willer. Following the Dagang's defeat once again, the Dutch argued the Dagang ought to be eradicated and Budok dissociated from Dagang and placed under a separate government. After the Dutch occupied Singkawang, a hotspot for Chinese rebellious activity, the Lintian kongsi sent a representative to offer their full submission. Finally, the July decree against the kongsi declared Heshun will be officially dissolved, and Budok will be administered by government-appointed officers. Budok's miners will also have to leave West Borneo, or be condemned to Penal labour and exile. Thus, along with other kongsis of Montrado, the Lintian/Xinle kongsi was abolished in July 1854.
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