Overview
Xue Sheng was a Writer.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 760 to AD 800 父勝，能文Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 175
- AD 766 to AD 805 父勝，能文Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 202
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Xue Cuncheng (薛存誠)father 父 · paternal lineDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 175; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 202
Key source chapters
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 153, passages 174-175; Old Book of Tang 157, passages 201-202
- At Hedong 河東Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 157, passages 201-202
Learning and skills
- Skill writing 文 · Level ableDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 202
- Skill writing 文 · Level praised-by-contemporariesDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 175
Works and attributed material
- Tug-of-War Rhapsody 拔河賦AuthorDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 175
- Tug-of-War Rhapsody 拔河賦Relation AuthorDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 175; Old Book of Tang 157, passage 202
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment language fluent and bright; praised by contemporaries · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 175
- Assessment language-fluent-and-bright-praised-by-contemporaries · Mode contemporary-judgmentDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 202
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 175
- Value historicalDirectly stated · Old Book of Tang 157, passage 202
References in the histories
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