Background
The Water Margin describes Yue He as a handsome gentleman from Maozhou (present-day Mouding County, Yunnan). He has a talent for music and is able to play various types of musical instruments and sing very well, earning himself the nickname "Iron Whistle". Yue He is also highly intelligent and possesses an innate ability to foresee the outcome of events. He learnt martial arts from his distant relative Sun Li.
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