Education
Probably she had some literary education from her father and later developed the skills thankful to opportunity to to learn from practicing poets.
Probably she had some literary education from her father and later developed the skills thankful to opportunity to to learn from practicing poets.
Xue was registered with the guild of courtesans and entertainers in Chengdu and in time became well known for her wit and her poetic talent. Her poetry attracted the attention of Wei Gao, the military governor of Chengdu, Sichuan. Thankful to the protection of such influential persons as General Wei Gao, Commissioner Wu Yuanheng and Chief Minister Yuan Zhen Xue Tao was assigned to the post of Editing Clerk, a most unusual position for a woman at the time, probably she was the first woman on the such a high position. As most unmarried Tang women Xue Tao became a Daoist nun and died in the summer of 832
Xue Yun was transferred to Chengdu, when she was still little, or possibly before her birth. Her father died while she was young, he managed to make an positive impact on her
Wei Gao, military governor of Xichuan Circuit, was fascinated by her poetry and made her his official hostess. After Wei Gao became her literary patron, her reputation was widespread.
He fell in love with her when he was dispatched by the court to Sichuan as an Investigating Censor in 809. The affection was apparently returned, but Yuan Zhen sought prestige and connections through marriage, and Xue Tao's past was against her.
