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General Yue Fei (1103 - 1141 A.D.)

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« on: February 18, 2012, 02:33:29 pm »

The following information and story of Yui Fei is from a book I have titled “Gems of Chinese Literature”, by Herbert A. Giles, published in 1884.  I would like share this 'Good Horses' story, and acknowledge Walter, Steven and Tom once again for their help with the identification of the my Yui Fei IPB and pointing me in a direction to gather this fun background information as presented.  Charll

Yue Fei (1103 – 1141 A.D.)

Yue Fei was a famous military commander/general who was equally successful, at home in suppressing rebellion, and abroad in resisting the encroachments of the Tartars.   The intrigues of a rival, however, by whose advice to the Emperor to make peace with the Tartars was purchased at the price of half the empire, brought Yue Fei to the sword of the executioner.  Posterity has avenged Yue Fie by adopting the hated name of his betrayer as the common term for the spittoon.
 

 
Artist Xu Pengqi, dated 1995




Artist Pan Jaifang (pen name Zhen Yu), dated October 2007 (photos by David Osborne)



Good Horses

His Majesty asked me one day if I had any good horses; to which I replied that I used to have two excellent animals.  “They ate”, I added, “large quantities of hay and many pecks of beans, daily; besides drinking each a gallon of spring water. Unless their food was fresh and clean, they would not touch it.  On being mounted, they did not immediately break into a gallop; but would gradually warm into eagerness for their work.  Between noon and sunset they would cover some sixty and odd miles; and on removing the saddle they would be found neither to have lost wind nor to turned a hair any more than if they had been doing nothing.   Such is the capacity for endurance in those that are well fed and well treated, who are willing, but not over-zealous.  Unhappily, they both died; and those I have now do not eat more than a few pints per diem.  They are not particular about either their food or their drink.  Before you have fairly got hold of the bridle, away they go; and then, before many miles are passed, they pant and sweat and are like to drop with fatigue.  Such is the jaded condition of those who get little and are easily satisfied, who are over-eager and are easily exhausted.”

His Majesty praised my reply (“but” as one commenter said, “quite missed the point.”)   


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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2012, 01:27:37 am »

The Mr. Giles quoted from his 1884 book, is part of the pair who invented the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese (ie., transliteration of Chinese characters into Latin letters). Joey
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