Qin Hui | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Portrait of Qin Kuai | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 秦檜 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 秦桧 | ||||||||||||||
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Courtesy name | |||||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 會之 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 会之 | ||||||||||||||
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Qin Hui or Qin Kuai (January 17, 1091 – November 18, 1155) was a Chinese politician. He was a Chancellor of the Song dynasty in Chinese history.
He was a contemporary of Yue Fei during the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Song. Modern historians have blamed Qin Hui for being a traitor for his part in the persecution and execution of his political enemy, Yue Fei, a general who fought for the Song against the Jin dynasty during the Jin–Song Wars.[1]
He was also nicknamed "Long-legged Qin" (Chinese: 秦長腿).[2][3]