Southern Song chancellor who made peace with the Jurchen 金 and in 1142 had 岳飞 killed on the charge 莫须有, 'perhaps there was something'. Iron statues of him and his wife kneel before Yue Fei's tomb in Hangzhou.
In front of the Yue Fei Temple in Hangzhou are iron statues of Qin Hui and his wife on their knees.
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His descendant 秦大士, the 状元 of 1752, is said to have written at Yue Fei's tomb: 人从宋后羞名桧，我到坟前愧姓秦, 'since the Song, people are ashamed to be named Hui; at this grave I am ashamed to be a Qin'.
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In his name 桧 is read huì; as 'juniper' the same character is guì. His name became a byword for traitor, and a popular story says the fried dough stick 油条 was first called 油炸桧, 'fried Hui', by people who hated him.
