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Wu Lin吴璘

Song CourtHistory × Fiction

Younger brother of Wu Jie, led troops to defend the emperor.

DIRECT FIGURES
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RELATION RECORDS
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SOURCE WORKS
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Wu Lin, and the people around them.

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KINSHIP

Kinship

Blood, marriage and sworn bonds

2 figures · 3 records
02
ALLEGIANCE

Allegiance

Rulers, appointments and allegiance

14 figures · 18 records
10 more in the complete record
03
CONFLICT

Conflict

Battles, captures and defeat

5 figures · 5 records
1 more in the complete record
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THE UNSEEN

Mythic acts

Transformation, aid and divine punishment

2 figures · 2 records

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In history · History of Song

Ordered by Lou Zhao to command Fengxiang, opposed moving troops. Father of Wu Ting, a famous general. A great general of the Song Dynasty, criticized by Wang Gangzhong for sleeping while facing the enemy.

In fiction · The Story of Yue Fei

Younger brother of Wu Jie, led troops to defend the emperor.

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  1. Literature / legend

    The Story of Yue Fei

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  2. Official history

    History of Song

    43 profile notes
    28 relations37 verified quotations
    • Wu Linruler-subjectEmperor Gaozong of Song
    • Qin Huiadvocate cessionWu Lin
    • Emperor Gaozong of SongappointWu Lin
    • Wu LinsubordinateEmperor Xiaozong of Song
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    1. 高宗见璘,叹曰…………朕与卿,老君臣也

      ruler-subject · History of Song, 刘锜吴玠吴璘挺传

    2. 以吴璘为四川宣抚使

      be pacifier · History of Song, 高宗本纪九

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History vs. fiction

In the official history, Wu Lin spent his whole life stationed in Sichuan and Shaanxi to resist the Jin, while the novel fictionalized him leading troops east to the Jianghuai region to rescue the emperor.

  • According to the 'History of Song: Biographies of Wu Jie and Wu Lin', Wu Lin and his elder brother Wu Jie always guarded the border in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and defeated the Jin army at Heshangyuan. 'When Wuzhu invaded in force, the Wu brothers defended to the death. The enemy formations split and joined over thirty times; Wu Lin responded accordingly, and when the ambush was sprung at Shenben, the Jin troops were utterly defeated, and Wuzhu fled after being hit by a stray arrow.' They never went east to the Jianghuai region. In Chapter 43 of 'The Story of Yue Fei', it is fictionalized that various armies came to rescue the emperor, and a scout reported that 'Wu Jie, the vice envoy of Sichuan, together with his brother Wu Lin, led 30,000 troops' and camped on all sides with Zhang Jun and Liu Qi to besiege Wuzhu, which is a fictional invention of the novel.

Relationship network

22 figures · 111 links
Wu LinWu LinEmperor Gaozong of SongEmperor Gaozong of SongQin HuiQin HuiEmperor Xiaozong of SongEmperor Xiaozong of SongJin WushuJin WushuJinrenJinrenEmperor XiaozongEmperor XiaozongZhang JunZhang JunYu YunwenYu YunwenChen JunqingChen JunqingYang CunzhongYang CunzhongWu JieWang YanWang YingchenWu TingKing Hailing of JinGuo HaoYang ZhengHu ShijiangLou ZhaoWang GangzhongZheng Gangzhong
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Sources: History of Song, 何铸王次翁范同杨愿楼炤勾龙如渊薛弼罗汝楫愿萧振传; The Story of Yue Fei, 第四十三回; History of Song, 余端礼李璧丘崈倪思宇文绍节李蘩传; History of Song, 刘珙王蔺黄祖舜王大宝金安节王刚中李彦颖范成大传; History of Song, 刘锜吴玠吴璘挺传; History of Song, 外国传二; History of Song, 孝宗本纪一; History of Song, 孝宗本纪二

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