Yue Jin | |
|---|---|
| 樂進 | |
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| General of the Right (右將軍) | |
| In office 215–218 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
| Chancellor | Cao Cao |
| General Who Breaks and Charges (折衝將軍) | |
| In office 206–215 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han |
| Chancellor | Cao Cao (from 208) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown Qingfeng County, Henan |
| Died | 218[a] |
| Children | Yue Lin |
| Occupation | General |
| Courtesy name | Wenqian (文謙) |
| Posthumous name | Marquis Wei (威侯) |
| Peerage | Marquis of Guangchang Village (廣昌亭侯) |
Yue Jin () (died 218),[1] courtesy name Wenqian, was a military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was noted as much for his short stature as for his valour and ferocity on the battlefield. Yue Jin participated in most of Cao Cao's early military exploits, and gained multiple successes in the campaigns against Lü Bu, Liu Bei, remnants of the Yellow Turban rebels, and Yuan Shao and his associates. He was particularly praised as a capable vanguard, but his most famed accomplishment came with his supporting role in the defence of Hefei against Sun Quan's forces at the Battle of Xiaoyao Ford of 214–215.[2]
Chen Shou, who wrote the third-century historical text Sanguozhi, named Yue Jin as one of the Five Elite Generals of his time, alongside Yu Jin, Zhang He, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang.[3]
- ^ a b (建安二十三年薨， ...) Sanguozhi vol. 17.
- ^ de Crespigny (2007), p. 1017.
- ^ (評曰：太祖建茲武功，而時之良將，五子為先。于禁最號毅重，然弗克其終。張郃以巧變為稱，樂進以驍果顯名，而鑒其行事，未副所聞。或注記有遺漏，未如張遼、徐晃之備詳也。) Sanguozhi vol. 17.
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