Cultural depictions of Yue Fei

Yue Fei, a Chinese general of the Song dynasty remembered for his exploits in the Jin–Song wars, has appeared in various types of media; including black-and-white films, plays, games, wuxia novels, and folktales.

Shortly after filming New Police Story in 2004, Jackie Chan reported that he would produce and play Yue Fei in a bioepic about the general's life.

He continues, "I think Yue Fei is a man with great sense of loyalty, so am I. I've been loyal to Golden Harvest, to friends and to my country!"

[11][12][13][14][15][16] A Yue Fei card set was sold as part of five famous Chinese warriors — Guan Yu, Hua Mulan, Jie the Tyrant, Sun Tzu, and Yue Fei — in the "Chinese" section of the second set of world cultures produced by the Anachronism boardgame in June 2005.

[22] Out of the Five Chinese Elements used to describe warrior attributes, Yue Fei is listed under water, which represents intelligence.

Card 47, titled Jin Cheng Bao Guo, depicts his mother giving him his famous tattoo on his back.

Card 48, titled Dao, shows Yue blocking a Jurchen soldier's spear attack with a Chinese broadsword.

Card 49, titled Hu Xiong Jia, depicts Yue using his armor's breastplate to deflect the spear attack of a Jurchen soldier, while simultaneously snapping the weapon's polearm with a palm strike.

Card 50, titled Ba Duan Jin, depicts Yue teaching his soldiers the Eight Section Brocade qigong exercise that is often attributed to the general.

[25] Yue Fei is one of the 32 historical figures who appear as special characters in the video game Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI by Koei.

One day when he was chopping firewood, he passed by a village with a martial training hall ran by a famous master.

At first the training was hard because the bright sunlight hurt his eyes, but he continued to practice the skill of the "far-sighted person" for many years.

With all the people crowded around their house, a Peng landed on the roof and spread its wings over the length of the entire residence.

Days after his birth, a monk warned Yue Fei's father to put his wife and newborn child inside of a water tank if the baby were to cry.

So when the dragon heard his newly reborn enemy cry, he flooded the river to kill Yue and get his revenge, but failed.

The snake lunged at him in anger, but Yue Fei dodged to one side and pulled on its tail with his supernatural strength.

During the Ming dynasty, the new provincial governor-general of Hangzhou, who was a direct descendant of Qin Hui and Madam Wang, had both iron statues thrown into the West Lake under cover of night.

At that exact moment, the murky water became clear and the statues drifted ashore as if propelled by an invisible force.

The story is told after having Yue Fei imprisoned on false charges, Qin Hui went to Lingyin Temple to have his fortune read.

The fortuneteller's name was "Xie Renfu of Chengdu" and he told the fortunes of both Emperor Gaozong and Qin Hui, who were in disguise, in the Dragon's Intonation Monastery.