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	Yue Fei
		Yue Fei and his mother settled in Hebei province.
		Yue Fei had been readying to attack the capital of the Jin Dynasty at the time.
		Yue Fei has been in 126 battles and won them all; this is perhaps the best military record in world history.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Yue_Fei (761 words)

	Yue Fei
		A statue of General Yue Fei Yue Fei’s Temple General Yue Fei, the national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty, was born in a poor and humble family.
		Although Yue Fei and other war generals had won brilliant victories and recovered the most part of the territory, it was the evil court officials like Qin Hui who wielded real power at court.
		After the emperor Xiao Zong succeeded to the throne, Yue Fei was cleared of the groundless charges and a temple was built in his memory at the foot of Qixia Ling by West Lake in Hangzhou.
	www.radinmasps.moe.edu.sg /ne/yue_fei.htm (410 words)

	Yue Fei the Hakka General
		Yue Fei was appointed as the deputy Minister of Defence.
		Yue Fei was a patriot and he did not know the intrigue of the Emperor and Qin Gui the Prime Minister.
		Yue Fei was extolled by patriots as a symbol of national resistance to foreign domination.
	www.asiawind.com /pub/forum/fhakka/mhonarc/msg00235.html (1563 words)

	Yue Fei - Famous Ancient Chinese People - Chinese
		Yue Fei (Traditional Chinese charactersTraditional Chinese: 岳飛, Simplified Chinese charactersSimplified Chinese: 岳飞, pinyin: Yuè Fēi; March 17?, 1103 - January 27, 1142) was a patriotic and nationalist military leader during the Song Dynasty of China.
		Yue Fei and his mother settled in Hebei province.
		As a valiant and tactically astute general, Yue Fei led many successful campaigns against the Jins although his troops were frequently outnumbered.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Yue_Fei (355 words)

	Treason by the Book
		Yue Zhongqi is both blessed and cursed by being a distant descendant of another General Yue-Yue Fei-who six centuries earlier, in the time of the Song dynasty, tried to rally the Chinese of his own day to reclaim the lands they had lost in the north to barbarian conquerors.
		Yue was on the man's staff at the time, and knows all the dangerous details.) But Zhang does not rise to the bait, and swears that he will never reveal where he and his teacher live, even if the general kills him for his silence.
		Yue probes the logic of the messenger's claims, winning debating points as he proves his superior knowledge of local conditions-it is, after all, the governor-general's responsibility to know such things-and regularly exposing great gaps in the messenger's information.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/s/spence-treason.html (4272 words)

	Stories from Ancient China: The Great General Yue Fei Was Frugal and Virtuous, Seeking No Honour or Glory \| ...
		Yue Fei once said, "If the government officials do not love money, and the military officers are not afraid of dying, then the country will be peaceful." Yue Fei was definitely someone who practised what he preached.
		Yue Fei was the main general of the Southern Song Dynasty of ancient China.
		Yue Fei and Li Wa were together until separated by death, maintaining a monogamous relationship.
	www.clearharmony.net /articles/200711/42255.html (910 words)

	Yue Fei – FREE Yue Fei Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Find Yue Fei Research
		When the Juchen overran northern China and captured the Song-dynasty capital at Kaifeng, Yue Fei accompanied the future emperor Gaozong into the south, where the Southern Song was established.
		Yue Fei prevented the advance of the Juchen in the south and was able to recover and secure some of the occupied territory in central China.
		His attempt to push north and recapture all of the lost territory was opposed by the minister Qin Hui, who had Yue executed.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1B1-383232.html (779 words)

	Tomb of Yue Fei, Hangzhou, Regent Tour China
		The Tomb of Yue Fei is set at the southern foot of the Qixia Hill, near the lake.
		General Yue Fei (1103-1142) was a national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty who distinguished himself in battles against northern invaders.
		In the two side halls of the temple are 120 tablets; the tablets are engraved with Yue Fei's poems as well as eulogies to him by noted figures.
	www.regenttour.com /chinaplanner/hgh/hgh-sights-tomb.htm (130 words)

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		The general catches Yue Fei and scolds him harshly, yet the general recognizes a certain toughness of character and honour in the youngster and decides to serve as his mentor.
		Yue Fei, suspicious of military bureaucracy, is reluctant to join the army but eventually follows his mother's advice and formally enlists as a soldier.
		In one particular battle against the Jin, Yue Fei and the brigands are outnumbered 500 to one, but Yue Fei remembers the training he received from General Yeung and applies his skills to avoid attack and even goes on the offensive by chopping the legs of the Jin's horses, ultimately destroying the whole battalion.
	www.digitalmagic.com.hk /yuefei.html (794 words)

	Yue Fei ~ The National Hero from China
		Yue Fei was an outstanding army general in the battle against the Jins during the Southern Song Dynasty in China, And a celebrated national hero in Chinese history.
		Yue Fei was secretly killed in a prison at HangZhou in 1142 by the Emperor Gaozong (Zhao Gou) and the Qin Guiled capitulationist clique who "convicted" him on a fabricated charge.
		Yue Fei went to the yamen to inform Li Chun of his and other families’ decision to return to their homeland.
	members.tripod.com /~stories_shop/yuefei/yuefei02.htm (7334 words)

	ExecutedToday.com » 1142: Yue Fei, paragon of loyalty
		Loyalty is what Yue Fei is known for, so unbendable that going on nine centuries later it can still work as shorthand for understanding the daily paper.
		Much of Yue Fei’s biography is recorded by undependable sources such as a fantastical biography written decades after his death, and a historical novel dating to centuries later.
		Yue Fei was rehabilitated not long after his death, and a shrine built (still on public display to this day) with statues of his persecutors, often abused by visitors, carved kneeling in supplication.
	www.executedtoday.com /2008/01/27/1142-yue-fei (539 words)

	Some Thoughts After Watching "The Loyalty of Yue Fei" by Divine Performing Arts \| Clearharmony - Falundafa in Europe
		Yue Fei, a famous patriotic general in the South Song Dynasty, lived in a poor family when he was young.
		When the curtain opens, Yue Fei and his family soldiers are practising martial arts to the melody of "Man Jiang Hong," portraying the magnificent co-ordination and energy of Yue's family troops.
		The grand and heroic manner of the performance validated the saying "shaking the mountain is easier than beating Yue's family army." In the show, the dancer expressed the heart-burning pain of Yue Fei's mother so vividly when she tattooed the characters on her son's back.
	clearharmony.net /articles/200806/44858p.html (1266 words)

	Hangzhou Mausoleum of General Yue Fei
		As a result, Yue Fei was falsely accused and later secretly killed in jail.
		Occupying an area of four acres, the Mausoleum of General Yue Fei is located at the southern foot of Qixia Hill near the West Lake.
		Yue Fei's tomb is right in the center, and to its left is the tomb of his son Yue Yun who had been a competent assistant of his father on the battlefields.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /attraction/zhejiang/hangzhou/yuefei.htm (500 words)

	Yue Fei, Qin Gui, and Patriotism in Song China \| Jottings from the Granite Studio
		Yue is generally seen as the ultimate paragon of loyalty, but like a lot of paragons Yue’s story evolved over the ages, changing to suit the times.
		Yue blamed Qin Gui, not the emperor, for his misfortune, and today in front of Yue Fei’s tomb in Hangzhou, there are two iron statues of Qin and his wife.
		Yue Fei was the ultimate patriot as well as the consumate tragic figure: His devotion to an ideal and his loyalty to a flawed monarch ultimately sealed his fate.
	granitestudio.org /2008/01/27/yue-fei-qin-hui-and-patriotism-in-song-china (2829 words)

	Treason by the Book - Jonathan D. Spence - Penguin Group (USA)
		Yue Zhongqi is both blessed and cursed by being a distant descendant of another General Yue-Yue Fei-who six centuries earlier, in the time of the Song dynasty, tried to rally the Chinese of his own day to reclaim the lands they had lost in the north to barbarian conquerors.
		With time, Yue Fei's recklessness came to be seen as statesmanship, and his yearning plea to regain for China her "mountains and rivers" became a rallying cry for all Chinese people.
		Yue probes the logic of the messenger's claims, winning debating points as he proves his superior knowledge of local conditions-it is, after all, the governor-general's responsibility to know such things-and regularly exposing great gaps in the messenger's information.
	us.penguingroup.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_9780142000410,00.html (4714 words)

	Ancient Chinese Warrior Yue Fei Wall Scroll
		Yue Fei was a Chinese patriot and nationalist military leader who fought for the Southern Song Dynasty against the Jurchen (a northern tribe which established the Jin Dynasty).
		Yue Fei was also known for his strict discipline of his legions, forbidding them to pillage, even when facing the harshest of conditions.
		Yue Fei and his son, Yue Yun, were sentenced to death and executed on charges that were not proven but instead "could be true".
	www.orientaloutpost.com /ancient_chinese_warrior_yue_fei_wall_scroll.php (1999 words)

	Yue Fei
		Yue Fei (1103-1142), a national hero, was a very famous general in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) who fought against the invasion of the State of Jin.
		calligraphy work of Yue Fei that reads "return the mountains and rivers to us" is hung on the wall, as a reference to his patriotism as well as his resistance against the Jurchen.
		On the two side halls of the temple are 120 tablets that are engraved with Yue Fei's poems as well as eulogies to him by noted figures.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_madeinchina/2005-07/21/content_70831.htm (443 words)

	Yue Fei - Definition, explanation
		Yue Fei (Simplified Chinese: {ṣ}; Traditional Chinese: {ṭ}; pinyin: {}; March 17?, 1103 - January 27, 1142) was a Chinese patriotic and nationalist military leader who fought for the Southern Song Dynasty against the Jurchen Jin Dynasty.
		According to the legend, Yue Fei's mother wrote four characters (Chinese: {}; pinyin: {}) which mean "serve the country loyally" on his back before he left home.
		Eventually, corrupt officials persuaded the Emperor Gaozong to recall Yue Fei to the capital, where he and his son, Yue Yun, were sentenced to death and executed on charges that were "Not Necessarily There" (Chinese: {}; pinyin: {}).
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/y/yu/yue_fei.php (434 words)

	Martial Arts Gathering 2007: Arts - Geok Gar Kuen
		Yue Fei later became an army General in the Song army and defeated the invading soldiers of Jin from the north, thus earning himself a great reputation.
		Very sadly however, Yue Fei was framed by Qing Kwai, a senior councilor of the Song Emperorâs court, and was murdered at Feng Bo Pavilion together with is son.
		Yue Feiâs martial art series is not very long the most basic had strokes only consist of 10 continuous movements.
	www.martialartsgathering.com /geokgar.html (593 words)

	Yue Fei Tomb \| Inscribed, Gatetower, Loyal, Visitors, Right \| China Guide
		The tomb of Yue Fei is in the west of the temple.
		While in the southern one are tablets inscribed with poems composed by famous people in all successive dynasties, when they came and paid their respects to Yue Fei and also short accounts of the renovation or rebuilding of the temple.
		Yue Fei, the renowned general in Southern Song Dynasty, is the most famous one among them.
	www.chinaeguide.com /china-travel/china-top-attractions/yue-fei-tomb.html (506 words)

	Yue Fei - China History Forum, Chinese History Forum
		Yue Fei didn't have festivals or being the god of war was probably because during the Qing dynasty the Manchus were the descendents of the Jurchens, and having Han hero who beat their ancestors around wasn't a good idea.
		Yue Fei uses mazhadao and pole-axes to defeat the Jin cavalry, and his general Yang Zaixing nearly captures the Jin commander Wanyan Wushu.
		Yue Fei perceives that the Jin army is moving to attack Yingchang, and sends his son Yue Yun with an army to reinforce the Yingchang garrison under Wang Gui.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=629 (3691 words)

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		Yue Fei is one of two Chinese generals ever to be deified.
		Yue Fei led his troops against the Manchus and successfully repelled the invasion.
		Across from Yue Fei's tomb are cast-iron statues Prime Minister Qin Hui, Emperor Gaozong and two other co-conspirators kneeling in shame, with their hands tied behind their backs.
	www.chinats.com /hangzhou/hangzhou485.htm (224 words)

	Memoriam Brendan Lai
		This was not the first significant writing for Yue Fei as his mother had branded "Patriotic to Country and loyal to the last" on his back.
		While Yue was directing an attack at the Tartar capital of Huang-Lung, peace was announced by Chin Kuei, Minister of the Sung and a famous appeaser.
		Yue Fei also became something of a folk hero for martial artists due to his courage and loyalty.
	www.plumpub.com /info/Bios/bio_yuehfei.htm (437 words)

	The Temple of Yue Fei (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Yue Fei's Tomb is situated at the southern foot of Qixia Hill.
		This tomb was built to commemorate Yu Fei who is a famous general in Southern Song and an outstanding national hero of China.
		A carving couplet is on the gate: "The green hill is fortunate to be the burial ground of a loyal general, the white iron was innocent to be cast into the statues of traitors.
	www.hangzhou.com.cn /20030101/ca342798.htm (327 words)

	Yue Fei at AllExperts
		Yue Fei (; March 17?, 1103 - January 27, 1142) was a Chinese patriot and nationalist military leader who fought for the Southern Song Dynasty against the Jurchen Jin Dynasty.
		Eventually, corrupt officials, the most famous being Qin Hui (ç§¦æª), a traitor, persuaded the Emperor Gaozong to recall Yue Fei to the capital with twelve golden pieces (representing the emperor's authority) just as he was about to attack the capital of the Jin Dynasty and win the war.
		Legend has it those who plotted to have Yue Fei executed were haunted by his ghost and driven to commit suicide.
	en.allexperts.com /e/y/yu/Yue_Fei.htm (660 words)

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		Yue wanted to stay and command the troops, but felt he must obey the orders from the emperor.
		He gave a large reward to the guard and re-buried Yue, properly this time, next to West Lake, in the city of HanZhou.
		Too bad that Yue's son was long dead from the battle.
	blogs.sun.com /syw/entry/what_crime_the_iron_committed (408 words)

	China History Forum, Chinese History Forum > How was Yue Fei convicted?
		Yue Fei's explanation that a general commanding an away force had the discretion to decide how to respond to the ruler's order (将在外, 君命有所不受) was deemed "unacceptable".
		First, Yue Fei was not the only general or official rooting to fight the Jurchens or rescuing the two captive emperors.
		Third, Yue Fei himself had "overstepped" his limits as a general in some incidents, one in particular about appointing an heir for the impotent Gao Zong, the other was to mourn for his mother and unilaterally quit his post (attributed to being given command and then relieved command of the Huai Xi army).
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t4187.html (3199 words)

	China to Commemorate Patriot Yue Fei
		The hometown of ancient Chinese patriot Yue Fei in central Henan Province will commemorate the 900th anniversary of his birth on March 17, according to sources with the local government.
		A native of Anyang in Henan, Yue Fei became a general known for his strict discipline and bravery, whose patriotic spirit and integrity have made him a model for Chinese people.
		Descendants of Yue Fei all over the world and many overseas Chinese are expected to attend the March 17 meeting in Anyang's Tangyin County, birthplace of Yue Fei.
	www.china.org.cn /english/culture/58028.htm (209 words)

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