Xue Tao - Setto

A female poet of the mid-Tang Dynasty in China. Her courtesy name was Hongdu. She was originally from Chang'an (Xian, Shaanxi Province), but moved to Chengdu in Sichuan with her father when she was young, and later became a singing prostitute. She was intelligent, witty, and skilled in poetry, and was favored by many notable people, including Yuan Zhen and Wu Yuanheng. Yuan Zhen gave her poems, and Wu Yuanheng appointed her as his editor, so she was called the "female editor." She excelled in quatrains, and wrote delicate and sentimental sentiments on crimson paper that she made herself. This is known as Xue Tao paper, and is loved by many people to this day. Currently, the ruins of Xue Tao Well, where she made paper, remain in Wangjiang Park in Chengdu. There is a volume of "Xue Tao Poems."

[Masafumi Ito]

``Kanshi Daikei 15 Uo Xuanki and Xue Tao'' written by Karashima Yoshi (1964, Shueisha)''

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

中国、中唐の女流詩人。字(あざな)は洪度(こうど)。長安（陝西(せんせい)省西安(せいあん)市）の人であったが、幼時父に連れられ四川(しせん)の成都に移住し、のち歌妓(かぎ)となった。明敏で機知に富み、詩にも巧みであったため、元稹(げんしん)、武元衡(ぶげんこう)ら多くの名士の愛顧を受けた。元稹は詩を贈り、武元衡は彼女を校書郎に任じたので、「女校書」とよばれた。絶句に優れ、繊細で感傷的な情調を、自製の深紅の小箋(しょうせん)につづった。これがいわゆる薛濤箋(せっとうせん)で、人々に愛用され、いまに及ぶ。現在成都の望江公園内に、彼女が紙を漉(す)いた薛濤井など遺跡が残っている。『薛濤詩』一巻がある。

［伊藤正文］

『辛島驍著『漢詩大系15　魚玄機・薛濤』（1964・集英社）』

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