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Yue Fei
Southern Song general who defeated Jin armies at Yancheng, was recalled and stripped of command, and was put to death on charges Qin Hui never substantiated
Mural of Man Jiang Hong · Hair Bristles in Wrath, a work by this person.
A general leans on a railing in the rain, looking north toward lost lands beyond the Helan Mountains as banners stir behind him. The solitary watch holds the lyric’s resolve to reclaim the homeland.
Also known as Zi Pengju · Yue Wumu · Yue Zhongwu · E Wang
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Yue Fei, courtesy name Pengju, came from a farming family in Tangyin, Xiangzhou, enlisted in the early 1120s and fought the Jin under Zong Ze and Zhang Suo. In 1134 he recovered Xiangyang and five neighbouring prefectures, and in 1140 he defeated the main Jin army under Wuzhu at Yancheng and Yingchang and advanced to Zhuxian. Emperor Gaozong and Qin Hui, intent on peace, ordered him back, and the next year he was relieved of command, made vice-commissioner of military affairs and then thrown into the Court of Judicial Review on a charge of treason. Under interrogation he bared his back, tattooed with the words serve the country with utmost loyalty. He was put to death in January 1142, and his son Yue Yun and officer Zhang Xian were executed; when Han Shizhong demanded the evidence, Qin Hui replied that it need not exist. Emperor Xiaozong cleared his name and reburied him by the West Lake; he was later named Wumu, made King of E, and finally renamed Zhongwu.
Life and times
Dates 1103 CE–1142 CE
- 1130Yue Fei's CampaignsTook partage 27
- 1130Yue Fei's Campaigns Historical Milestoneage 27
- 1140Yue Fei Battle at Zhuxianzhenage 37
- 1141Treaty of ShaoxingTook partage 38