Yue Yun was the eldest son of the Southern Song anti-Jin general Yue Fei. Both Wikidata and the Chinese Wikipedia article are titled Yue Yun, Wikidata also lists the traditional-character form, and its English label is Yue Yun, so the heading stays the personal name. The structured record gives his life as 1119 to 1141, while the body of the Chinese Wikipedia article writes 1119 to 1142, a difference of one year in the death date.[1][2]
Background
The Chinese Wikipedia article says he was styled Yingxiang, with the style name Huiqing, a man of Tangyin in Xiangzhou. He rose to Left Martial Grand Master, defense commissioner of Zhongzhou and overseer of the Liquan temple, and was later posthumously given the ranks of military commissioner of the Anyuan army and military governor of the Wukang army. In the seventh month of 1130 he joined the army under Zhang Xian, commander of the front army of the Tongtai pacification office, at the age of twelve. In the ninth month of 1133, after Yue Fei had put down Jizhou and Qianzhou, Yue Fei brought him to Lin'an to see Emperor Gaozong. The emperor gave Yue Yun a bow and arrows, a battle robe and a silver-wrapped spear, and by special decree made him an officer of the gate service although he had no military record yet. Yue Fei submitted a memorial declining it, and the emperor refused.[2]
Military deeds
The article says that in 1134 Yue Fei marched to recover Xiangyang, the prefectures of Tang, Deng, Sui and Ying, and Xinyang army. In the attack on Suizhou, Yue Yun, holding two iron mallets weighing eighty jin, was the first up the wall and the bravest of the three armies. In the seventh month, in the attack on Dengzhou, he again led the climb. But Yue Fei reported only his merit at Suizhou and hid his merit at Dengzhou, so the court only raised him to an officer of loyal instruction and gate service. In 1135 the emperor by special decree made him a gate announcer, and Yue Fei again declined and was again refused. Soon the court discovered his battle merit and made him a martial officer of the wing. In 1137 the court named him a great officer of martial virtue and acting prefect, and Yue Fei again declined. In 1139 he was named great officer of martial display and acting prefect. In 1140, for the victory at Yingchang, he became Left Martial Grand Master and defense commissioner of Zhongzhou.[2]
His death
The article says that in 1141, after Yue Fei was stripped of command, his army was renamed the Ezhou garrison of the imperial forces, with Wang Gui in charge and Zhang Xian as deputy. Qin Gui and Zhang Jun falsely accused Zhang Xian and Yue Yun of plotting to return Yue Fei to command, and Zhang Jun took them into custody. The censor-in-chief Moqi Xie built a false case. Yue Fei was ordered to die, Zhang Xian and Yue Yun were executed in the marketplace, their descendants were imprisoned and their property was confiscated. In 1161 Emperor Gaozong ordered the descendants of Yue Fei and Zhang Xian released and free to move from their places of exile. In the seventh month of 1162 his offices of Left Martial Grand Master and defense commissioner of Zhongzhou were restored. In 1178 he was posthumously given the rank of military commissioner of the Ningyuan army, and in 1204 that of military governor of the Wukang army.[2]
Descendants
The article says Yue Yun married Lady Gong, and had two sons, Yue Fu and Yue Shen, and a daughter, Yue Daniang. Yue Fu and Yue Shen were given office in the reign of Emperor Xiaozong, and Yue Fu later served as minister of personnel. Nearly ten thousand descendants of Yue Fei live in the Hefei area of Anhui, direct descendants of Yue Yun.[2]