Yue Jin
Yue Jin () (died 218),
courtesy name Wenqian, was a military general serving under the warlord
Cao Cao in the late
Eastern Han dynasty of China. 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 of 214–215.
Chen Shou, who wrote the third-century historical text ''
Sanguozhi'', named Yue Jin as one of the
Five Elite Generals of his time, alongside
Yu Jin,
Zhang He,
Zhang Liao and
Xu Huang.
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