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Lin Chong is a major character in the classical novel Water Margin, matched with the star Tianxiong among the thirty-six Heavenly Spirits and nicknamed Leopard Head. He begins as weapons instructor to the eight hundred thousand Imperial Guards at Dongjing. Framed by Gao Qiu and exiled to Cangzhou, he later joins Liangshan, ranks sixth, and dies of paralysis at Liuhe Temple in Hangzhou after the amnesty.[^wikidata][^zhwiki]