<span>Yue Fei has been a household name all over China for nearly nine centuries. His defeat of the Jin Tartars, a nomad people from today's Manchuria, earned him everlasting fame. He was born into a poor family in Tang Yin County, Henan Province. He joined the army in the second half of the Reign of Emperor Huei Zhang (1101-1125). Having succeeded several times in his campaigns aginst the Jin invaders, Yue Fei finally reached the Town of Zhuxian (near today's Kaifeng City in northern Henan Province). He was about to cross the Yellow River and make a decisive assault on the Jin Capital (called the Yellow Dragon City) when he was urgently summoned back to the Chinese Capital. In order to secure peace, the Prime Minister Qin Kuai was prepared to cede all the territories north of the Huai River to the Tartars. So impatient was he for Yue Fei's withdrawal from the front that he despatched twelve decrees in the name of the Emperor in the course of a single day. When Yue Fei arrived at the Capital, Qin Kuai immediately had him arrested and incarcerated on a false charge of treason. Two months passed and there was no evidence against Yue Fei. Qin Kuai then handed his secret instructions to the prison guard. The next day, Yue Fei was found dead. He was then only thirty-nine. Qin Kuai's crimes were eventually exposed. Emperor Xiao Zhong (1163-1189) bestowed posthumous honours on Yue Fei, who has been loved and respected by people of the whole country as a national hero ever since. The book was written by Qian Cai, a scholar in the Reign of Emperor Kangxi (1664-1721). The translation was made by T.L. Yang, not Chief Justice of Hong Kong.</span>

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