Yue He
Water Margin character
Yue He is a fictional character in Water Margin, one of the Classic Chinese Novels. Nicknamed "Iron Whistle", he ranks 77th among the 108 Heroes and 41st among the 72 Earthly Fiends.
Background
The novel describes Yue He as a good-looking, highly sociable, and musically inclined man who sings well and plays various instruments. He is also well-trained in martial arts. Originally from Maozhou (茅州; present-day Changyi, Shandong), he lives in Dengzhou (登州; around present-day Penglai, Shandong), where he works as a jailer in the prefecture prison. His elder sister is married to Sun Li, who serves as a military officer in Dengzhou.
Becoming an outlaw
When the brothers Xie Zhen and Xie Bao run into trouble with the law and get thrown into prison, Yue He is assigned to keep watch over them. He sympathises with the brothers as he knows they have been framed for theft by the wealthy Squire Mao, who has also bribed the prison warden to have the brothers murdered in prison. Besides, he is distantly related by marriage to the Xie brothers: his elder sister married Sun Li, whose younger brother Sun Xin is married to the Xie brothers' cousin, Gu Dasao.
Yue He alerts Gu Dasao and Sun Xin to the Xie brothers' plight, after which they pressure Sun Li to join them in their plan to raid the prison and save the brothers.
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