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Ke Yue
1183–1234
A Southern Song writer and official remembered for preserving family history, he is best known for collecting materials about his grandfather, the general Yue Fei. His works mix political memory, historical anecdote, and literary style in ways that still interest readers today.
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桯史
by Ke Yue
About the author
Born in 1183, Yue Ke was a Southern Song dynasty official, writer, and historian. Chinese-language reference material identifies him as a grandson of Yue Fei and credits him with a long public career as well as an active life in letters.
He is especially known for compiling and writing works connected with Yue Fei, including Jintuo cuibian and its continuation, which were meant to gather documents and argue for Yue Fei's vindication. He also wrote the anecdotal historical work Tingshi and several other collections, showing a strong interest in history, textual preservation, and public memory.
Dates for his death are not completely consistent across the sources I found. One source snippet describes him as living "post 1240," while a Chinese Wikipedia entry gives 1183–1243, so it seems safest to say he was active into the 1240s.