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Mar 24, 1103 Tangyin County, Henan, China Died on 27 Jan 1142 (aged 38)
Song dynasty general
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About Yue Fei
- Yue Fei (March 24, 1103 – January 28, 1142), courtesy name Pengju, was a Chinese military general, calligrapher, and poet who lived during the Southern Song dynasty.
- His ancestral home was in Xiaoti, Yonghe Village, Tangyin, Xiangzhou, Henan (in present-day Tangyin County, Anyang, Henan).
- He is best known for leading Southern Song forces in the wars in the 12th century between Southern Song and the Jurchen-ruled Jin dynasty in northern China before being put to death by the Southern Song government in 1142 under a concocted charge.
- He was granted the posthumous name Wumu (??) by Emperor Xiaozong in 1169, and later granted the posthumous title King of È (??) by Emperor Ningzong in 1211.
- Widely seen as a patriot and national folk hero in China, since his death Yue Fei has evolved into a paragon of loyalty in Chinese culture.
