Is "Man Jiang Hong" written by Yue Fei?

Yes

Modern and contemporary scholars have raised questions. They think that if it was written by Yue Fei, why is there no poem "Man Jiang Hong" in the books of the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty after Yue Fei's death? It did not appear until the "Yuewu Mu Yiwen" compiled by the Ming Dynasty more than 400 years later. Moreover, this poem was not included in the "Yuewangjiaji" compiled by Yue Fei's descendants. Therefore, "Man Jiang Hong" may have been written by someone in the Ming Dynasty under the guise of Yue Fei's name.

These scholars studied the sentence "breaking through the gap in Helan Mountain" in the poem and believed that Helan Mountain was west of Hetao in present-day Gansu Province. It was the territory of Xixia in the Southern Song Dynasty and did not belong to the Jin Kingdom; and the Huanglong Mansion that Yue Fei wanted to attack directly , in present-day Jilin Province. If this poem was written by Yue Fei, how could he write the wrong location? Some people have raised questions about the content and style of the lyrics, believing that "Man Jiang Hong" is an impassioned and generous heroic poem, which is very different from the style and style of Yue Fei's lyrics. Therefore, they doubt that "Man Jiang Hong" was not written by Yue Fei.

Some scholars have put forward different opinions on the above conclusion: they believe that after Yue Fei's death, his family's manuscripts were seized and confiscated. Although some of them were later returned, during the era when Qin Hui and other parties were in power, these works It is difficult to spread to the world. Therefore, it is not surprising that the lyrics of "Man Jiang Hong" are not found in records of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and did not appear and spread until the middle of the Ming Dynasty. As for the sentence "Helan Mountain", like other place names, it can be used as a metaphor. Moreover, there have always been wars between Xixia and the Northern Song Dynasty. Yue Fei is not unfamiliar with this period of history. "Man Jiang Hong" uses Helan Mountain to refer to the enemy's territory, which is not a bad idea. Nor can we conclude that "Man Jiang Hong" was not written by Yue Fei just because the style of "Man Jiang Hong" is different from Yue Fei's other lyrics. Because it is not uncommon in the history of literature for writers to write in two different styles.

Some people have also researched the specific time of "Man Jiang Hong" written by Yue Fei based on the words and sentences. When Yue Fei took charge of the military at the age of 30, he had traveled more than 8,000 miles in southern and northern wars, so there is a sentence in the poem, "Thirty years of fame and fame, clouds and moon along the eight thousand miles." Yue Fei was stationed in Jiangzhou at this time. It was autumn and it was rainy there, so there was a sentence in the poem "Xiaoxiao rain breaks". Therefore, it is inferred that "Man Jiang Hong" was written by Yue Fei in Jiujiang in late September of 1133 AD (the third year of Shaoxing in the Song Dynasty).

Although the author of "Man Jiang Hong" is temporarily difficult to draw a conclusion, no one doubts the value and historical influence of this poem.