Xue
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Xue is the pinyin (romanization) of the Chinese surname 薛 (Xuē); also known as Hsueh in Romanic (Wade-Giles) in oversea Chinese. The family name is carried by the descendant of Lord Mengchang of feudal state of Xue (薛) in Zhou Dynasty.
[edit] Famous people surnamed 薛:
- Xue Baochai, character in Dream of the Red Chamber
- Xue Haifeng, athlete
- Xue Huan, wife of Kieran King
- Xue Ji, Tang dynasty calligrapher
- Xue Jinghua, the prima ballerina of the ballet Red Detachment of Women
- Xue Ren Gui, field marshal and chief commander of Royal Guard of Tang Dynasty
- Xue Wei, painter
- Xue Yue, Chinese Army commander of World war II.
- Xue Tao, an intelligent female poet of Tang dynasty