Saying Yue Quan Chuan

Author: Qian Cai (Qing Dynasty)
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Publishing Date: August 1, 2002
Features: Faced with this helpless reality, the author of The Legend of Yue Fei a fictional ending in the latter part of the novel where treacherous ministers and bandits are punished, and loyal officials and heroes are rewarded, reflecting the people's desire for "magical words to console the loyal spirits." The full title of The Legend of Yue Fei is The Clear Loyalty Narrative, the Original of the Complete of Yue Wang, inscribed as "compiled and edited by Renhe Qian Cai Jinwen" and "augmented and revised by Yongfu Jin Feng Daju." It comprises twenty volumes and eighty chapters, completed around the to period of the Qing Dynasty, and was once banned during the reign. Yue Fei is a national hero eternally cherished in the hearts of the Chinese people, and The Legend of Yue Fei fully expresses the people's wishes. In the novel, Yue Fei is loyal to the country, righteous, highly skilled in martial arts, and knowledgeable in strategy; the generals of Yue's army are mostly green-linemen from the grassroots, dissatisfied with the corrupt court, yet they stand up and fight bravely when their nation is at stake. As the opposing force are the weak court, the treacherous king, and the ministers who abuse power, bend justice, and sell the country for personal gain. Yue Fei is an invincible general on the battlefield, but in the struggle between loyalty and treachery, he ultimately meets a tragic fate, being executed unjustly at Fengbo Pavilion due to his loyalty to the king.