Xue Tao
Xue Tao

Xue Tao (simplified Chinese: 薛涛, c770–832), courtesy name Hongdu (洪度/宏度) was a Chinese poet and courtesan of the Tang dynasty. 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".

Xue Tao Famous Poems

    • ○ For Those Who Happily Remained After the Rain (酬人雨后玩竹)
      "As for the poem, the Southern Gates of Heaven were the names of fortified passes on the border. Empty-mindedness was a part of Daoism in China before even the advent of Bodhidharma and his Zen. Shun is the legendary early king. But I am too …"
    • ○ Autumn stream (秋泉)
      "By Xue Tao"
    • ○ To the peony (牡丹)
      "By Xue Tao"
    • ○ To my friend (送友人)
      "By Xue Tao"
    • ○ Two birds on the lake (池上双凫)
      "Xue Tao: 薛涛(AD768-832),she is a female poet in Tang dynasty.She lives in Chengdu city all her life,and makes many patrician friends.She loves to write poems in the peachy letter.People call this letter"The Xuetao Letter"She has c…"
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