Since childhood, I have heard the story of Yue Fei's resistance to the Jin Dynasty. My mother-in-law's tattoos, three rejections of edicts, and directly attacked Huanglong. The Yue family army exceeded 100,000. The Yue family army defeated Tiefutu, broke the myth of the invincibl

National Hero Yue Fei

National Hero Yue Fei What is a national hero? In order to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity and safeguard the interests of the people, he sacrificed his life in the anti-aggression. Even after his death, his spirit influenced the Chinese people and the younger generation to continue his career. Since childhood, I have heard the story of Yue Fei's resistance to the Jin Dynasty. My mother-in-law's tattoos, three rejections of edicts, and directly attacked Huanglong. My Yue family army exceeded 100,000. My Yue family army defeated Tiefutu , breaking the myth of the invincible Jin army, and causing the arrogant Jin army to lament that "It is easy to shake the mountain, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family army." Yue Fei's loyalty and national integrity inspired me to be young.

All this suddenly changed in 2003. In the latest middle school history textbooks, the deeds of the national hero Yue Fei disappeared, and the theory that Yue Fei was not a national hero appeared on the Internet, which really surprised me. For a time, this wave of remarks aroused heated discussions from all walks of life. The initiator of all this was Yu Guiyuan, editor-in-chief of the 2003 edition of "Outline of History Textbooks for Full-time General High Schools". Everything originated from some shameless suggestions he made: "In the past, when the country was not unified, all ethnic groups were not united, but now the country is unified and is a big family. All ethnic groups are united and create prosperity together, so Yue Fei should not be called a national hero at this time. Being called a national hero again will damage the unity and progress of all ethnic groups."

How did Yue Fei's title of national hero come from?

The "loyalty to serve the country" engraved by the mother-in-law is a portrayal of Yue Fei's life. It is not difficult to read that his life is closely linked to the fate of the rise and fall of the country. Yue Fei lived in the late Northern Song Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed, and the army of the Song Dynasty was defeated again and again. The two emperors of Hui and Qin were captured by the Jurchens. More former dignitaries were either killed or became traitors. Even Yue Fei's immediate superiors became traitors. The nation was at a critical moment of life and death. Facing the Jurchens' iron hooves, countless people were displaced, mountains and rivers were broken, and the country and family were destroyed. At this critical moment of life and death, Yue Fei chose to stand on the side of the nation and relied on his personal ability to build the Yue family army. The allusion of " Mother-in-law's Tattoo " was born from this. It was his mother's admonition to Yue Fei. In the next 14 years, hundreds of battles were fought, and the Yue family army was established, becoming the mainstay of the Jin army to stop the Jin army from going south, and saving half of the Southern Song Dynasty, saving a place of survival for the nation and the people, and making outstanding contributions to the continuation of Chinese culture.

But our Prince Yue did not die on the battlefield, but died at the hands of his own people. He was killed by Zhao Gou and Qin Hui on false charges.

In Yu Guiyuan's view, although Yue Fei is a patriot hero who fights against foreign enemies and defends the land of the motherland, the forces that are hostile to them cannot be called foreign tribes. The former alien Jurchen Jin Dynasty is now also part of the Chinese nation. Therefore, Yue Fei's experience in resisting the Jin Dynasty can only be regarded as a national civil war, but not as a national hero who resists foreign aggression.

I don’t know whether Yu Guiyuan was intentional or unintentional. His remarks actually fermented on the Internet. Some ulterior motives and hostile forces made this remarks very popular, engaging in historical nihilism, and even reversed the traitor Qin Hui. He wrote a book called "The Great Biography of Qin Hui" and described Qin Hui as a great hero who promoted national integration. Yue Fei became the culprit of destroying national unity. This is a serious destruction of our beliefs, attacking our heroes, and turning black and white into the goal of subtle influence and making us unable to distinguish right from wrong, let us give up our national beliefs, and ultimately split the Chinese nation. But the eyes of the people and the country are sharp.

Even though Yu Guiyuan made arguing several times, all sectors of society still put him on the hat of a cultural traitor. To this day, there is still no clear conclusion about this matter. Such remarks are still flooding the Internet, but now various media still unswervingly call Yue Fei a national hero, and distorted remarks such as Yu Guiyuan must have no market for distorted remarks.