According to legend his mother tattooed
精忠报国 ('serve the country with utmost loyalty') on his back. He was recalled from the front and executed at age 39 on 'trumped-up' (
莫须有) charges by
秦桧. Iron statues of Qin Hui and his wife still kneel before Yue Fei's tomb in Hangzhou, where visitors traditionally spit on them.
