Yue Fei

Yue Fei
Illustration of Yue Fei in Liu Songnian's Four Generals of Zhongxing, 72 years after the death of Yue Fei.
Native name	岳飛
Born	(1103-03-24)March 24, 1103 Tangyin, Anyang, Henan, China
Died	January 28, 1142(1142-01-28) (aged 38) Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Allegiance	Song dynasty
Years of service	1122–1142
Battles/wars	Song–Jin wars
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	岳飛
Simplified Chinese	岳飞
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yuè Fēi Wade–Giles Yüeh4 Fei1 IPA [ɥê féɪ] Wu Suzhounese Ngóh Fi Gan Romanization Ngok5 Fi1 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Ngohk Fēi Jyutping Ngok6 Fei1 IPA [ŋɔːk̚˨ fei˥] Southern Min Tâi-lô Ga̍k Hui Middle Chinese Middle Chinese /ŋˠʌk̚ pʉi/

Yue Fei (Chinese: 岳飛; March 24, 1103 – January 28, 1142),^[1] courtesy name Pengju (鵬舉) was a Chinese military general who lived during the Southern Song dynasty and is remembered as a patriotic national hero of Song China, known for leading its forces in the wars in the 12th century between Southern Song and the Jurchen-ruled Jin dynasty in northern China. Because of his warlike stance, he was put to death by the Southern Song government in 1142 under a frameup, after a negotiated peace was achieved with the Jurchens.^[2] Yue Fei is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (Chinese: 無雙譜; lit. 'Table of Peerless Heroes') by Jin Guliang.

Yue Fei's ancestral home was in Xiaoti, Yonghe Village, Tangyin, Xiangzhou, Henan (in present-day Tangyin County, Anyang, Henan). He was granted the posthumous name Wumu (武穆) by Emperor Xiaozong in 1169, and later granted the noble title King of È (鄂王) posthumously by the Emperor Ningzong in 1211. Since his death and after the fall of the Song dynasty in 1279, Yue Fei is widely seen as a culture hero in China; he has evolved into a paragon of loyalty in Chinese culture.