Yue Jin

Yue Jin
General of Cao Cao
Born	(Unknown)
Died	218
Names
Traditional Chinese	樂進
Simplified Chinese	乐进
Pinyin	Yuè Jìn
Wade–Giles	Yüeh Chin
Courtesy name	Wenqian (simplified Chinese: 文谦; traditional Chinese: 文謙; pinyin: Wénqiān; Wade–Giles: Wen-ch'ien)
Posthumous name	Marquis Wei (Chinese: 威侯; pinyin: Wēi Hóu)

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.

Yue Jin was from the Wei State (衛國), Yangping Commandery (陽平郡), which is in present-day Qingfeng County, 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).

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