Yue Fei's sin was that during the period of chaos he had disciplined his troops, won support from the populace, essfully suppressed the rising bandits, and defeated the Jürched cavalry with infantry tactics. By then thirty-nine, his survival would not only have jeopardized the impending peace that had been negotiated with difficulty and was still tenuous at best, but also threatened a shaky regime that wanted so much to find breathing space.
Twenty years after his death, Yue Fei was posthumously rehabilitated by the Southern Song court. The tribute that the Chinese habitually pay to fallen heroes has since then elevated him to a position second only to Guan Yü. Yet, unlike Guan, Yue Fei was not a soldier without polish. bined the traditional virtues of loyalty and filial piety with his schooling. Today a temple next to his tomb encases his statue, fourteen feet high and in full military gear. Above the statue are four characters, supposed to have been reproduced from his own calligraphy. The banner may be literally translated as ''Return Our Mountains and Rivers"; better still: "Recover Our Lost Territory." In fact, Yue Fei was an inspiration to the rising nationalism in modern China. Before his tomb are four cast iron statues in a kneeling position. They are Prime Minister Qin Hui, his wife, and two plices in Yue's murder. In the 1930s the local police had difficulty in prev
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