In Fiction
In Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, on one occasion when Yue Jin was losing to the enemy general Ling Tong in a duel, Cao Xiu fired an arrow which hit Ling's steed. Ling fell from the horse and would have been killed by Yue if Gan Ning had not intervened and saved him.
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