Sui and Tang · Official

Xue Jue 薛玨

Attested AD 792

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Xue Jue was an official.

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun · 1 passage
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八年三月，參遂為上所疏，乃讓度支使，遂以宏專判，而參不欲使務悉歸於宏，問計京兆尹薛玨，玨曰：「二子交惡，而滂剛決，若分鹽鐵轉運於滂，必能制宏。」 In the third month of 792 Dou Can fell from imperial favor and surrendered the finance commission to Ban Hong—but Can did not want Hong controlling everything. He consulted Metropolitan Prefect Xue Jue, who advised: "Those two are enemies, and Pang is tough and resolute; give him salt-and-iron transport and he can check Hong."