ABSTRACT

The Sung Prime Minister, Ch'in Kuei (;$.;ft) , and his wife had both sold out to the Tartars, and they brought false charges against the successful general. Yueh Fei was thrown into prison, but escaped conviction when he tore off his jacket and revealed that his mother had tattooed on his back the characters Chin Chung Pao Kuo ( • .t .. 11 ) , "Loyal and true to defend the country". On the production of this somewhat unconvincing documentary evidence he was acquitted, only to be re-arrested by his cowardly adversaries who caused him to be murdered in gaol in A.D. 1141.