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Xue Feng
Late Tang poet from Fenyin in Puzhou, a jinshi of 841 who rose to Director of the Palace Library; best known for his Palace Poem.
In a study at night, a desk holds a brush pot, a porcelain vase with a plum branch, a lit red lantern, a folded fan and an unrolled blank scroll, with no one seated there, while through a round window the moon rises over a lake with a sailboat.
Also known as Courtesy name Taochen
Xue Feng, courtesy name Taochen, came from Fenyin in Puzhou (modern Wanrong, Shanxi), of the Hedong Xue clan, and was a late Tang poet. He took the jinshi in 841 and served as collator, defender of Wannian, and registrar of Henan prefecture, then governed Bazhou and Mianzhou, ending as grand master of remonstrance and Director of the Palace Library. He died in office around 867. The Complete Tang Poems preserves one scroll of his verse, and the Three Hundred Tang Poems includes his Palace Poem. His dates are unknown.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; jinshi in 841 CE, died in office around 867 CE