GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 77

薛

薛 is read as xuē.

Pinyin

xuē

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 薛

Basic meaning

mugwort-like plant; old state name

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Ancient Xue state tradition, visible through Zhou-period memory; Ancient surname tradition, before 221 BCE; exact calendar year not pinned by the attached sources

Place: Xue state, commonly associated with today's Tengzhou area, Shandong Province

Origin note

A major Xue surname tradition traces the surname to the ancient state of Xue in Shandong. Descendants and state people later used Xue as a surname.

Historical figures

薛仁贵 (Xue Rengui)

614-683 CE · Tang general

A celebrated Tang general with a strong later legend tradition.

薛涛 (Xue Tao)

c. 768-832 CE · Tang poet

A famous woman poet of the Tang dynasty.

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