Lin Chong

Overview

林冲，绰号“豹子头”，原为东京八十万禁军枪棒教头。他善使一把丈八蛇矛，武艺高强，同时又性格隐忍，本希望安守本分，却因高俅势力的迫害一步步失去家庭、身份与正常生活，最终在风雪山神庙之后彻底走向反抗并投奔梁山。林冲既是梁山好汉中的顶尖高手，也是《水浒传》中“逼上梁山”主题最具代表性的人物。

Lin Chong, nicknamed “Panther Head,” was originally an arms instructor of the 800,000-strong Imperial Guard in the Eastern Capital. A master of the eighteen-foot serpent spear and a warrior of exceptional skill, he is nevertheless restrained and long-suffering by nature. Hoping only to live an ordinary life, Lin Chong is relentlessly persecuted by the powerful Gao Qiu and his associates, gradually losing his family, position, and place in society. After the famous episode at the Temple of the Mountain God in the snowstorm, he finally turns to open resistance and joins Liangshan. Lin Chong is both one of Liangshan’s finest warriors and the quintessential embodiment of the Water Margin theme of being “driven to Liangshan.”