Wei Qing was a famous general of the West Han Dynasty fighting against the Hun.

Born into a poor and humble family, Wei Qing once worked as a stable slave. After his sister was selected as a concubine of Emperor Wu, he was recruited to work in the palace.

During that time, the nomad Hun, who lived in north China at that time, often invaded the southern area. Depending on the fortune and military strength accumulated during the reigns of Emperor Wen and Empero Jing, Emperor Wu changed the former policy of peace-making through marriages, and decided to lunch a large-scale war against the Hun. When Emperor Wu found Wei Qing ‘s military talent, he appointed Wei Qing the general to fight against the Hun.

During the period from 129 BC to 119 BC, Wei Qing led his troops to defeat many times of offensives lunched by the Hun, and took back Hetao region of the Yellow River, which was long occupied by the Hun.Finally, he and his nephew Huo Qubing led the troop to Mobei (presently north to Gaoyuan Wide Desert), where they crumpled up the main force of the Hun. Since then, the Hun moved gradually towards the northwest area, and the military threat posed by the Hun on the border was ultimately removed.

Wei Qing was a modest person who treated his soldiers very well and was loved and esteemed very much by his officers and soldiers. Emperor Wu Emperor Wu of Han especially ordered the construction of a Lu Mountain-shaped tomb for Wei Qing beside his own mausoleum, signifying the immortal feats Wei Qing made for the country.