Zhong Jin 鍾縉

In Chapter 41 of the Romance, when Lady Mi entrusts A Dou to Zhao Yun and throws herself into a dry well, Zhao Yun pushes over an earthen wall to cover the well and mounts his horse with A Dou held to his breast. Pursued by Zhang He, he falls into a pit and escapes from it, and when he is blocked front and rear by four generals who had surrendered from Yuan Shao's service, he draws the Qinggang Sword, cuts about him wildly and breaks through the layered encirclement. Seeing this from the top of Mount Jing, Cao Cao has the order sent everywhere that when Zhao Yun arrives no one is to shoot arrows at him from hiding, but he is only to be taken alive. Romance, Ch. 41 §55–62

Having broken through the encirclement and already left the main battle line, his war robe soaked in blood, Zhao Yun is pressing on when two more bodies of troops burst out from below a hillside: they are the two brothers Zhong Jin and Zhong Shen, subordinate generals of Xiahou Dun. One wields a great axe and the other a painted halberd, and they shout loudly to Zhao Yun to dismount at once and submit to being bound. The Romance closes Chapter 41 with the lines that he has only just escaped the tiger's den when he meets those who come stirring up the waves from the dragon's pool. Romance, Ch. 41 §64–65

In Chapter 42 the two block Zhao Yun's way and fight him. When Zhao Yun levels his spear and thrusts straight at them, Zhong Jin meets him first, swinging his great axe, but in fewer than three bouts he is speared off his horse by Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun cuts his way through and rides off. Zhong Shen pursues closely with his halberd, but Zhao Yun wheels his horse round, parries the painted halberd with his spear and strikes down with the Qinggang Sword, cutting away half his head together with his helmet; Zhong Shen falls from his horse dead, and the rest of their men scatter and flee. In the Romance, Zhong Jin's name appears only in these two chapters. Romance, Ch. 42 §1–2