Among these were stories of great warriors. In this environment, it was only natural that Yueh Fei would want to be a great warrior. This was also a very suitable occupation for this strong young man. His parents had devoted much to his education and now decided that he should learn archery.
岳飛幼時，家中環境亦不佳，父母親在努力維持家計之餘，仍非常重視孩子的教養，不僅教岳飛讀書識字，也常說些忠孝節義的故事給他聽，希望他從中能有所領會，將來也做個忠孝兩全的人。