Biography of Yue Fei (87)

Author: Gong Yanming
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Publish Date: 2001-04-01
Features: Yue Fei, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty who resisted the Jin forces and is regarded as a national hero. From his encounter with Zong Ze in the gloomy weather of the second year of the Jianyan era, within less than a decade, with his outstanding military talent, he led the Yue Family Army in hundreds of battles against the Jin forces, invincible, rising to the ranks of general and minister. In the tenth year of the Shaoxing era, just as he was leading his army northward in a campaign, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty and Qin Hui insisted on seeking peace, ordering the army to retreat with twelve imperial edicts. After returning to Lin'an, Yue Fei was stripped of his military command and appointed as Vice Minister of Military Affairs. Soon after, he was falsely accused of plotting rebellion and imprisoned. In December of the eleventh year of the Shaoxing era, he was executed on the flimsy charge of "" (meaning "perhaps there is"). This book, based on thorough historical records, elaborates on the Southern Song court's politics, the life of Yue Fei, and the process of his unjust case being rectified and his name cleared. It also discusses Yue Fei's noble character and his military thought, "Man Jiang Hong" and its literary influence, as well as the enduring impact of Yue Fei's spirit on later generations, described as "heart shining like the sun and moon."