In the 11th year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (A.D. 1 14 1), Yue Fei was killed by Qin Gui in Fengbo Pavilion on trumped-up charges, and the funeral was not completed. According to the records of the court affairs, "the jailer took out his body and crossed the city to Jiuqu Congci". In order to mark clearly, Kun Shun also marked it. He tied the Yuhuan worn by Yue Fei around his waist, planted two orange trees in front of his grave, and told his son these secrets when he died.
Until Song Xiaozong ascended the throne, the power of the main battle gradually increased, and finally Yue Fei's grievances were cleared. The court in the Southern Song Dynasty restored Yue Fei's rank and reputation. Although it has been 2 1 year since Yue Fei was killed, Kun Shun's son still reported to the court the truth of his father's burial of Yue Fei, and finally Yue Fei's bones were moved to 1 163 and buried under Qixia Ridge in West Lake, Hangzhou. There were no kneeling statues of Qin Gui and others in front of the mausoleum built at that time. However, it is also said that Yue Fei's body was buried in Qixialing, on the bank of Xizi Lake in Hangzhou.
Then, when were the statues of Qin Gui and others kneeling in front of Yue Fei's tomb cast and placed there? After careful investigation, I found that only in the Ming Dynasty did someone cast the kneeling statues of Qin Gui and others and put them in front of Yue Fei's tomb.
The first time was Chenghua in the middle of Ming Dynasty. At that time, Zhou Mu, a scholar from Changshu, Qin Gui, presided over the reconstruction of Yue Fei's tomb while working in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. For the first time, he cast a kneeling statue of the couple with iron and put it in front of Yue Fei's tomb. This is the first time that Qin Gui and others knelt down to Yue Fei.
The second time was in the eighth year of Zheng De in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 15 13). At that time, the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province cast three kneeling statues with his hands behind his back. What he didn't expect was that these bronze statues couldn't stand the beating of tourists' sticks and were soon all beaten into a pile of rotten copper.
The third time was in the Wanli period (AD 1594), when Fan Lai, the assistant inspector, recast the kneeling statues of Wang, Wang and Zhang Jun with iron. However, the cast kneeling statue was destroyed. In the second year, Wang Ruxun, the right deputy governor of the south of the Yangtze River, caused a sensation in the world because he was the same clan as his wife Wang, and ordered his confidant to secretly sink the kneeling statue of his wife Wang and his accomplice Zhang Jun into the West Lake at night. As soon as this incident came out, it immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the people in Hangzhou, and they demanded the government to investigate the truth and catch the black hand behind the scenes. Wang Ruxun was scared to flee Hangzhou overnight. Later, in order to win the hearts of the people, Ma Wei, a salt merchant, recast two kneeling statues of Wang He and Zhang Jun and put them back in their original places.
The fourth time was in the 30th year of Wanli (AD 1602). The aforementioned Fan Lai once again went to Zhejiang as a political envoy. He found that the statues of Qin Gui and others were blurred, so he rebuilt four iron statues with his own salary and money.
The fifth time was in the thirty-fourth year of Wanli (AD 1606). At that time, Sun Long, who was woven by Suzhou and Hangzhou, recast four kneeling statues of Wang, Wan Jichang and Zhang Jun with copper. Different from the past, this time he carved their names on his chest and surrounded them with wooden fences, but soon these bronze statues were broken by tourists.
The sixth time was in the ninth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty (A.D. 173 1). Li Wei, the governor of Zhejiang Province, asked Yong Zhengdi to recast the kneeling statues of Qin Gui and other four people with some confiscated weapons.
The seventh time was during the Qianlong period. After the Qiantang county magistrate asked the governor Xiong of Zhejiang Province for instructions, he recast the kneeling statues of others.
The eighth time was in the twelfth year of Qianlong (AD 1747). Tang Mo, the governor of Zhejiang Province, ordered to recast the kneeling statues of Qin Gui and others, because the kneeling statues of Qin Gui and others were seriously damaged.
The ninth time was in the fifth year of Jiaqing (AD 1800). Ruan Yuan, then governor of Zhejiang Province, ordered four kneeling statues, including Qin Gui, to be recast with old weapons.
The tenth time was in the fourth year of Tongzhi (AD 1865), and the minister in charge of Zhejiang, Jiang Yili, ordered the recasting of four kneeling statues, including Qin Gui.
The 11th time was in the 23rd year of Guangxu (A.D. 1897). Zhang Zuyi, Minister of Zhejiang, recast four kneeling statues of traitors such as Qin Gui.
The twelfth time was during the ten years of turmoil after the founding of New China. Some facilities in Yue Fei's tomb were destroyed, and the kneeling statue in front was gone. It was not until 1979 that the people of Zhejiang rebuilt Yue Fei's tomb and made the sixth cast kneeling statue of Qin Gui and others, which has been passed down to this day.
In addition to the traitor statue kneeling in front of Yuefei's tomb in the West Lake, in Yuefei's hometown of tangyin county, Henan, people restored Yuefei Temple and placed five kneeling statues outside the mountain gate. In addition to the four iron statues of Wang, Wang and Zhang Jun, there is also a bronze statue to show the intention of monitoring traitors. The couplet behind the kneeling statue is: kneel in front of the steps and think about the prime minister of that year; Look at today's general, the crown hangs down on the seat.