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Xue Ying
Poet of Emperor Wenzong's reign who left the Dongting shiji in one scroll; his Autumn Day on the Lake is in the Qianjia shi.
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 Xue Ying of Emperor Wenzong's reign
- Roles
- Writer / Poet
Xue Ying was a Tang poet of the reign of Emperor Wenzong; his dates and birthplace are unknown. He is credited with the Dongting shiji in one scroll, and his Autumn Day on the Lake, from it, is known through the Qianjia shi. Wenzong reigned 827 to 840, and that range is used here only as a rough frame for his activity, not as his own dates.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; lived under Emperor Wenzong of Tang (827–840 CE)