January 27 1142 – Fabled General Yue Fei is Wrongfully Executed

January 27 1142 – Fabled General Yue Fei is Wrongfully Executed1 (20%) 1 vote Long a defender of the Southern Song Dynasty, the loyal — and frequently successful — General Yue Fei met an untimely end at the age of 39 when his government executed him for treason on January 27, 1142. Plotted against by members of the royal court campaigning behind his back for a surrender to the Jin Dynasty of the north, Yue has gone on to serve as an example of intense devotion for generations of Chinese. According to the most reliable sources, Yue’s life began in Anyang prefecture on a farm. Now the stuff of legend, […]