Xue Tao (770–832; another dating gives 768–831) was a Tang-dynasty Chinese woman poet, calligrapher, and literary figure. Her courtesy name was 洪度, also written 宏度, and her sobriquet was 女校書; her ancestral place was Chang’an, present-day Xi’an in Shaanxi. Her father was Xue Yun (薛鄖).
Life
She was a friend of Yuan Zhen, with whom she also engaged in poetic exchanges; she exchanged poems with Zhang Ji, Du Mu, Niu Sengru, Bai Juyi, Linghu Chu, Pei Du, and Yan Shou. Her exchanges of poems and prose included Li Deyu, Duan Wenchang, Duan Chengshi, Wu Yuanheng, Du Yuanying, Shi Guangxuan, Wang Bo, and Li Cheng. She also sent poems and prose to Gao Pian, Gao Chongwen, Wei Gao, Lu Shimei, Zhang Yuanfu, Wu Suijun, Wei Zhenguan, and Xiao Hu; Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi, Wang Jian, and Hu Zeng, in turn, sent poems and prose to her.
Works and posthumous commemoration
Her works include 《薛濤詩》, 《薛濤集》, 《錦江集》, 《洪度集》 in one juan, 《薛濤李冶詩集》, and 《薛濤詩存》; 《薛濤詩》 is also given as one juan and 《錦江集》 as five juan. Duan Wenchang wrote her epitaph, and Lou Liran wrote a preface for her.
References
- CBDB Xue Tao (95068)
- Wikidata Xue Tao (Q1267666)