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Yue Fei (traditional Chinese: 岳飛; simplified Chinese: 岳飞; pinyin: Yuè Fēi; March 17, 1103 - January 27, 1142) was a famous Chinese patriot
and military general who fought for the Southern Song Dynasty against the Jurchen armies of the Jin Dynasty. Since his political execution, Yue Fei has evolved into the standard model of loyalty in Chinese culture. Yue was born into a poor tenant farmer's family in Tanyin County, Anyang Prefecture, Henan province. According to be recounted, when he was born, flooding of Huang He river were destroying his village. His father died of drowning when he rescued his wife and son by putting them in a jar. After that Yue Fei and his mother resided in Hebei province. Since he was small, he was very professional in war strategies and tactics as well as martial arts. When he was young, he escaped death after he killed Tieu Luong Vuong Sai Que in a match to win first doctoral candidate. He didn’t participate in battles against Juschen people until he was 23 years old.

According to legend, his mother had tattooed four words 精忠报国 (utterly loyal to country) on his back before he left home. These words had become the most important for the rest of his life.

As a general courageous and understanding the strategies, Yue Fei won several victories in the battle against the Jin forces. Occupied advantage by the difficulties that troops of the cavalry faced in the mountainous terrain of southern China, he won the victory even though his military in general was less. His troops successfully won back the south territory of Yangtze and Huai River. However, his attempt to seize the northland that had lost previously by Nan – Song Dynasty was against by mandarins (they thought that the war lasts may be so costly). This Expectation was reflected in his most famous poem Manjiang Hong or bloody river (滿江紅). It is a woeful and majestic poem. Quote:

My wrath bristles through my helmet, the rain stops as I stand by the rail;
I look up towards the sky and let loose a passionate roar.

At age thirty my deeds are nothing but dust, my journey has taken me over eight thousand li
So do not sit by idly, for young men will grow old in regret.

The Humiliation of Jing Kang still lingers, when will the pain of his subjects ever end?
Let us ride our chariots through the Helan Pass, There we shall feast and drink barbarian flesh and blood.

Let us begin anew to recover our old empire, before paying tribute to the Emperor.
Finally, corrupt mandarins - the most famous is general Qin Hui (秦檜) who sold country, convinced the Song Gau Song king to recall Yue Fei back to the capital with twelve pieces of gold presenting for the King’s authority just after he took the army to attack the Jin capital and almost won. It was a blind faith after he did his best to fight for the feeble and declined Dynasty. He complied with the orders of the king without any suspicion, even while knowing that he may be killed and his entire attempt in the war would be vain.

He and his son, Yue Yun, were convicted to die and executed at Feng Ba Jing Temple. Anecdotes said that, Marshal Han Shizhong questioned Quin Hui: “what is the evidence to convict Yue Fei?” Qin Hui answered: "Though it isn't sure whether there is something that he did to betray the dynasty, maybe there is." The phrase "perhaps there is" or "could be true" (traditional Chinese: 莫須有; simplified Chinese: 莫须有; pinyin: mò xū yǒu) has entered the Chinese language as an expression to refer to fabricated charges.

Later generations have hypotheses is Song Gau Song king asked Qin Hui to kill Yue Fei. There are many reasons: 1) If Yue Fei had won Huang Long Palace - Jin capital, he would have saved Huizong and Kham Tong King. Gau Song was fraid of giving back the throne to these two people. So the only way was Yue Fei had to disappear. 2) Yue Fei’s services and reputation were much higher than the King, he won in so many battles that his name was drowned his King’s. Similar situation had occurred when Emperor Taizu of Song - Zhao Kuangyin, ancestor of Gau Song, annulled Zheng An. 3) Gau Song just want to sink in depravity and enjoy the life of a king. The expenditure for the war could be used to build palaces and hold parties. The legend also says that those who had the intention to treat Yue Fei were chased by Yue Fei’s ghost until they killed themselves. The dish “Finger - shaped soufflé́ batter” of the Chinese made of flour fried in oil, is always made in pair. It is a symbol of Qin Hui and his wife tied together and thrown into cauldron of oil.

Today, he is regarded as one of the great symbol of patriotism and is a national hero of China; The poem Manjiang Hong has been known by Chinese all over the world. His tomb in Xi He, Hangzhou is often visited by many people.

In addition, in the curricula of primary schools in China today, students are studied at least an article on Yue Fei.

According to Werner, The king Song Hao Song (1163-1190) was later reinstated honor for Yue Fei, built temples, and gave him a respect name – Loyal and True; other names are Nhac Ngac Vuong (1179), Wu Mu Wang (1211 ). However, according to Mayers, respect name are Wu Mu (1179); Ngac Vuong(1204); and Loyal and True from the years later 1204.