Wong Tai Sin Sign 61岳飛受劫The General's Betrayal
Yue Fei's story is the bleakest kind: not defeat on the battlefield, but recall from it.
Like thunderstorms came the Twelve Imperial Commands; On the eve of final victory, the general had to turn around.
His enemies rejoiced, but his home was trodden down.
The hero died, not in battle, but by treacherous hounds.
The General's Betrayal
This sign tells the tragic story of Yue Fei, one of China's most beloved military heroes from the Song Dynasty (12th century). He was a brilliant general who nearly drove out the Jin invaders from northern China, but just as victory seemed certain, Emperor Gaozong sent twelve urgent golden tablets ordering him to return to the capital immediately. Why? The prime minister Qin Hui, secretly collaborating with the enemy, had convinced the paranoid emperor that Yue Fei was becoming too powerful. Once back in the capital, the 39-year-old general was imprisoned and executed on trumped-up charges of treason. The Chinese saying 'twelve golden tablets' became synonymous with being recalled at the worst possible moment by those you trusted most.
Seven Short Readings
- CareerYue Fei was winning.READ
- WealthMoney isn't being stolen by enemies — it's leaking quietly from inside your own house.READ
- LoveYue Fei's tragedy is not that the Jin armies were too strong; it is that the twelve gold plaques came from his own court.READ
- HealthThis stick warns about betrayal from within your own circle when it comes to your health.READ
- StudyThis stick warns that your academic efforts face sabotage from unexpected quarters.READ
- FamilyYour family situation echoes Yue Fei's story in uncomfortable ways.READ
- The whole situationYue Fei's story is the bleakest kind: not defeat on the battlefield, but recall from it.READ
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