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
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.
Qin Hui
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Qin Hui or Qin Kuai, courtesy name Huizhi, was a Chinese politician of the early Southern Song dynasty, holding a position of chancellor under Emperor Gaozong.
Yue Fei
…Chinese characters 盡忠報國 (jìn zhōng bào guó, "serve the country with the utmost loyalty") tattooed across his back. The Biography of Yue Fei says after Qin Hui sent agents to arrest Yue and his son, he was taken before the court and charged with treason, but 飛裂裳以背示鑄，有盡忠報國四大字，深入膚理。既而閱實無左驗，鑄明其無辜。 Yue ripped his…
Portrait of Qin Kuai
Statues of Qin Hui and Lady Wang at the Yue Fei Temple.
The headless ghost of Yue Fei confronting the recently deceased spirit of Qin Hui in the Sixth Court. The plaque held by the attendant on the left reads: "Qin Hui's ten wicked crimes." From a 19th-century Chinese Hell Scroll.
'Qin Hui encounters the Monk of the Wind' from the Tale of the Eastern Window novel.