岳飞，字鹏举，相州汤阴人也。少负壮志，性沉毅，好读书，尤精武艺。家贫无以自给，尝于市肆卖药，以资家用。
绍兴初，金兵南侵，朝廷募兵抗敌，岳飞应募从军。其初入伍，即显异才，每战必先登，所向披靡。岳飞之母姚氏，教子甚严，常书“精忠报国”四字于背上，以励其志。岳飞铭记于心，终身不渝。
岳飞治军严明，纪律森然。尝有士兵私取民财，岳飞立斩之，以儆效尤。其部下皆畏服，号曰：“冻死不拆屋，饿死不掳掠。”故百姓闻岳家军至，无不欢欣鼓舞。
然天妒英才，奸佞秦桧，忌岳飞威名，遂与金议和，构陷岳飞，诬以谋反。绍兴十一年，岳飞冤死于风波亭，年仅三十九岁。后世追念其功绩，谥号武穆，庙号宋高宗赐“忠烈”。
呜呼！岳飞之死，非独其一人之悲，实乃国家之痛也。其忠义精神，光照千秋，激励后人，永垂不朽！
翻译：
Yue Fei, whose courtesy name was Pengju, was from Tangyin, Xiangzhou. He was young with great ambition, calm and resolute in character, fond of reading, and especially proficient in martial arts. Due to poverty, he once sold medicine in the market to support his family.
In the early years of Emperor Gaozong's reign during the Southern Song Dynasty, when the Jin army invaded southward, the court recruited soldiers to resist the enemy. Yue Fei joined the army. At first, he showed extraordinary talent, leading the charge at every battle, invincible wherever he went. His mother, Lady Yao, taught him strictly, often writing the four characters "loyal and devoted to the country" on his back to inspire his will. Yue Fei remembered this for life, never forgetting it.
Yue Fei governed his troops strictly and with discipline. Once, a soldier stole civilian property, and Yue Fei immediately executed him as an example. All his subordinates respected and obeyed him, calling them: "even if frozen, they would not tear down houses; even if starving, they would not plunder." Therefore, when people heard that the Yue Army was coming, they were all delighted.
However, heaven was jealous of such talent. Qin Hui, a treacherous official, envied Yue Fei's fame and conspired with the Jin to frame him, falsely accusing him of treason. In the eleventh year of Emperor Gaozong's reign, Yue Fei was wrongfully executed at Fengbo Pavilion at the age of thirty-nine. Later generations remembered his achievements, posthumously granting him the title of Martial Warrior, and Emperor Gaozong bestowed upon him the posthumous title of Loyalty and Valor.
Alas! Yue Fei's death was not only a personal tragedy but also a national sorrow. His spirit of loyalty and righteousness shines through the ages, inspiring future generations, and will never fade away!
