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Wrath sets on end my hair
I lean on railings where
I see the drizzling rain has ceased
Raising my eyes
Towards the skies
I heave long sighs
My wrath not yet appeased
Yue Fei was a strategist and a national hero of the Southern Song Dynasty. He was born in Tangyin, Xiangzhou (now Tangyin in Anyang). When Yue Fei was fifteen or sixteen years old, the Song Dynasty was invaded from the North by the state of Jin. The government and higher authorities of the Song Dynasty were so corrupt and incompetent that the country was at a critical juncture.
One day, Yue Fei's mother said to him, "Now the country is in a difficult time, what are your plans?" Yue Fei said, "Go to the front line, kill the enemy and be loyal to the country!" His mother was very satisfied with his answer, because "serve the country with the utmost loyalty" was her requirement for her son. She decided to tattoo the characters on the back of her son and let him remember this oath forever. When Yue Fei untied his shirt, his mother asked, "Are you afraid of pain?" Yue Fei said, "A small steel needle is nothing. If you are afraid of even the needle, how can you go to the front line to fight?" Yue Fei's mother first wrote four words "jing zhong bao guo" (literary meaning "serve the country with the utmost loyalty") on Yue Fei's back, and then stabbed the characters with an embroidery needle. After that, his mother coated them with vinegar ink. Since then, the four Chinese characters "jing zhong bao guo" were never wiped out from Yue Fei's back. Later, Yue Fei took it as his motto and went to the front line to kill the enemy and became a famous hero fighting against the Jin intruders. (Video: Yang Jiaxin)
