Tietaigong 鐵胎弓

The Romance describes Huang Zhong's archery many times but does not give the name of his bow. In Chapter 53 the Romance says that Huang Zhong draws a bow of two dan of strength and hits a hundred times out of a hundred shots, and in Chapter 70 Huang Zhong, saying that his two arms can still draw a bow of three dan, draws two strong bows hanging on the wall one after the other and breaks them. At the start of Chapter 83 as well, Huang Zhong, though over seventy, insists that he is not old, saying that he draws a bow of two dan. Romance, Ch. 53 §9Romance, Ch. 70 §25Romance, Ch. 83 §2

In Chapter 83, Huang Zhong, surrounded by a Wu ambush, is struck in the shoulder by an arrow; he is rescued, but being old, with his blood and vigor in decline, and with his arrow wound bursting open, he breathes his last in the imperial camp that night. The Romance then gives a poem by a later writer, which sings that the old general who won great merit in taking Xichuan put on golden chain armor layer upon layer and drew the Tietaigong with both hands. The name Tietaigong appears only in this poem. Romance, Ch. 83 §5–8

In Chapter 97, Cao Zhen, General-in-Chief of Wei, vowing to capture Zhuge Liang, vouches for Wang Shuang as vanguard, saying that he wields a 60-jin (catty) great saber, rides a Dayuan horse that runs a thousand li, draws a Tietaigong of two dan, and secretly carries three Liuxingchui (meteor hammers) that hit a hundred times out of a hundred throws. Cao Rui, greatly pleased, makes Wang Shuang General of Tiger Might and Grand Vanguard of the Front Division. Romance, Ch. 97 §15–17