Ruan Wengzhong (Ch:阮翁仲) was a Chinese hero of the Qin Dynasty, who fought against the Xiongnu on the Great Wall at the border city of Lintao. He was allegedly a 3 meters tall giant. His story was first mentioned by the 3rd century CE writer Gao You in his commentary of the Huainanzi, and later developed in the 6th century Commentary on the Water Classic:
The First Emperor of China Qin Shihuang built a giant bronze statue of his likeness, in addition to his more famous Twelve Metal Colossi, by melting the bronze weapons captured in his victory over the Six Kingdoms. The statue was placed outside his Imperial Palace at Xianyang, near Xi'an.
"Wengzhong" has become a generic term for large scale statues of bronze and stone, and for jade statuettes placed within the coffin of the dead.