Xue Tao

Xue Tao
薛濤
Xue Tao's portrait by Qiu Ying
Xue Tao's portrait by Qiu Ying
Bornc. 770[1]
Died832[1]
NationalityChinese
Other namesHongdu[2]
Female Jiaoshu[3]
Occupation(s)Courtesan,Poet,Qingke,Calligrapher
Xue Tao Well in Wangjianglou Park, Chengdu.

Xue Tao (simplified Chinese: 薛涛; traditional Chinese: 薛濤; pinyin: Xuē Tāo; Wade–Giles: Hsüeh Tʻao, c. 770–832),[1] courtesy name Hongdu (洪度/宏度)[2] was a Chinese courtesan, poet and qingke(清客) of the Tang dynasty.[4][5] She was one of the most famous women poets of Tang poetry, along with Yu Xuanji, Li Ye and Liu Caichun known as "the four great female poets of the Tang Dynasty".[6][7]

  1. ^ a b c Jia 2018.
  2. ^ a b Yu 2010, p. 1.
  3. ^ Lee & Wiles 2014, p. 522.
  4. ^ "About Xue Tao". www.thedrunkenboat.com. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Xue Tao Culture".
  6. ^ Huang, Ginger (2013-11-30). "Courtesans and poets - the ancient world of China". www.theworldofchinese.com. Th world of Chinese. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  7. ^ "The four great female poets of the Tang Dynasty illuminated the entire Tang Dynasty with their talents!".

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