Jin–Song wars
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The Jin–Song Wars were a series of conflicts between the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty and the Han-led Song dynasty. In 1115, Jurchen tribes rebelled against their overlords, the Khitan-led Liao dynasty, an
The Song and Jin were allies against the Khitan Liao. Painting of Khitan hunters, from the National Palace Museum
Jurchen chieftain Wanyan Aguda, who in 1115 became first emperor of the Jin dynasty
Modern statue of Jin emperor Taizong at the Museum of the First Capital of Jin. Taizong ordered military campaigns that led to the fall of the northern Song in 1127.
Emperor Huizong left Kaifeng on January 28, 1126, as the Jurchen army approached the city.
Yue Fei
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Yue Fei, courtesy name Pengju, was a Chinese military general of the Song dynasty and is remembered as a patriotic national hero, known for leading its forces in the wars in the 12th century between S
Jin–Song wars
…to conquer southern China in the 1130s but were bogged down by a pro-Song insurgency in the north and a counteroffensive by Song generals, including Yue Fei and Han Shizhong. The Song generals regained some territories but retreated on the orders of Southern Song emperor Gaozong, who supported a peaceful…
Qing dynasty illustration of Yue Fei
Portrait of Yue Fei in Liu Songnian's Four Generals of the Restoration.
Illustration of Zhou Tong, Yue Fei's teacher
Yue Fei's mother writes jin zhong bao guo on his back, as depicted in a "Suzhou style" beam decoration at the Summer Palace, Beijing.