Lin Chong
| Lin Chong | |
|---|---|
| Water Margin character | |
Lin Chong in an 1886 block print by Yoshitoshi | |
| First appearance | Chapter 7 |
| In-universe information | |
| Alias |
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| Nickname | "Panther Head" 豹子頭 |
| Weapon | 8-foot-long (2.4 m) Snake Spear (丈八蛇矛); Pudao (朴刀) |
| Origin | Lance instructor of the 800,000 Imperial Guards |
| Designation | Right General of the Five Tiger Generals of Liangshan |
| Rank | 6th, Majestic Star (天雄星) of the 36 Heavenly Spirits |
| Ancestral home / Place of origin | Dongjing (present-day Kaifeng, Henan) |
| Chinese names | |
| Simplified Chinese | 林冲 |
| Traditional Chinese | 林冲 |
| Pinyin | Lín Chōng |
| Wade–Giles | Lin Ch'ung |
Lin Chong is a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the Four Great Classical Novels in Chinese literature. Nicknamed "Panther Head", he ranks sixth among the 36 Heavenly Spirits. In some folk tales derived from the novel, he is said to have learnt martial arts from Zhou Tong, who purportedly trained the Song dynasty general Yue Fei in archery.