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|Post=Marquis Wei }} Yue Jin (died 218),〔 courtesy name Wenqian, was a military general serving under the warlord Cao Cao in the late Eastern Han dynasty. He was noted as much for his short stature as for his valour and ferocity on the battlefield. Yue Jin participated in most of Cao Cao's early military exploits, and gained multiple successes in the campaigns against Lü Bu, Liu Bei, remnants of the Yellow Turban rebels, and Yuan Shao and his associates. He was particularly praised as a capable vanguard, but his most famed accomplishment came with his supporting role in the defence of Hefei against Sun Quan's forces at the Battle of Xiaoyao Ford in 214–215. Chen Shou, who wrote Yue Jin's biography in the historical text ''Records of the Three Kingdoms'' (''Sanguozhi''), named Yue one of the Five Elite Generals of his time, alongside Zhang Liao, Yu Jin, Zhang He and Xu Huang.〔(評曰：太祖建茲武功，而時之良將，五子為先。于禁最號毅重，然弗克其終。張郃以巧變為稱，樂進以驍果顯名，而鑒其行事，未副所聞。或注記有遺漏，未如張遼、徐晃之備詳也。) ''Sanguozhi'' vol. 17.〕 ==Early life== Yue Jin was from the Wei state (衛國), Yangping commandery (陽平郡), which is in present-day Qingfeng County, Puyang, Henan. He was small-sized and short but was known for his courage. When he first came to serve under the warlord Cao Cao, he was appointed as a clerk who handled administrative tasks in camp. Later, when Cao Cao was raising troops to join the campaign against Dong Zhuo, Yue Jin was tasked to recruit soldiers for Cao's camp, in which he brought back 1,000 men from his hometown. For his effort, Yue Jin was put into test as an acting Major (司馬) and "Formation Breaking Commandant" (陷陣都尉).〔(樂進字文謙，陽平衞國人也。容貌短小，以膽烈從太祖，為帳下吏。遣還本郡募兵，得千餘人，還為軍假司馬、陷陣都尉。) ''Sanguozhi'' vol. 17.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yue Jin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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