Xue Pan's father, Xue Yun, is an official in Shu. After his death, his wife and daughter lived in Shu. When I was a child, my father Yun and I lived in Chengdu. At the age of eight, I was able to write poetry. My father died and my family was poor. When I was sixteen, I was fascinated by music books. I haven't been married since I left Shu Yue. Later, he settled in Huanhuaxi. Xue Tao is a beautiful, popular and 8-year-old poet. He is proficient in music and is famous for his talent. During the Zhenyuan period, the special envoy Wei summoned poetry wine in Nanxichuan and later entered Yuefu. Later, Yuan Zi, Liu, Gao Chongwen, Wu, Li, Duan Wenchang, Du, Guo Zhao and Li Deyu successively went to Shu and followed her to the shogunate as geisha and guests. Ceng Wei asked the court to award the title of provincial school secretary, which was not realized in the old case, but people often called it "girls' school book". Later generations called Song Ji a textbook, which came from her. Xue Tao's birthday is unknown. His death was the year when Duan Wenchang reelected Shu, that is, from six to nine years of Daiwa. The old man said that she had contact with Gao Pian, and Gao Pian was designated as Sichuan Festival. In the first year of Nuozong Ganfu, the times were far apart, which was obviously wrong.
Famous poets include Xue Tao, Yuan Zhen, Bai Juyi, Zhang Ji, Wang Jian, Liu Yuxi, Du Mu and Zhang Hu. Living in Huanhuaxi, he made his own pink note to write poems. Later generations copied it and called it "Xue". In her later years, she dressed up as a female Taoist and built a poetry building in the penholder square, leading a quiet old age. Wang Jianshi's Dream of Red Mansions said: "The book of Wan Li Bridge Girls' School is sealed with loquat flowers. How much does this eyebrow sweeper know? "It's not as good as the spring breeze."
Among the female poets in Tang Dynasty, Xue Tao and Yu are the most famous. Xue Tao, Yu and Li Qingzhao are called the four great poetesss in the Tang Dynasty. Zhuo Wenjun, Xue Tao, Huarui and Huang Li are also called the four talented women in Sichuan. Xue Tao's poems are not only famous for their clear pronunciation and beautiful sentences, but also some works with profound thoughts and concern for reality. In feudal times, there were few women, especially women like her. She has been to Songzhou, which is close to Tubo, and there is a poem called "Punishing Wei Linggong". The first poem said: "It is said that the border town is bitter, and I didn't know it until now. It's a shame to sing with the leader. " I deeply sympathize with the hard life of border guards. Yang Shen said, "Irony without expression is the beauty of a poet". I also think her Marginal Mansion is "profound" and "beyond the reach of ordinary skirts". A total of five volumes, has now been lost. Recorded a volume of poetry. Neighbor Zhang Pengzhou has Xue Tao's poems. See Shen Anshi and Catalogue of Siku Quanshu.
According to Jinjiang Collection, Tao knew this song when he was eight or nine years old. One day, my father was sitting in the yard. He referred to a sentence: "There is only one ancient tung tree in the yard, which goes straight to the sky", so let Tao go on. He replied: "The branches meet birds in the north and south, and the leaves float away with the wind." His father's death "shows his quick thinking. When my father heard about it, he was surprised by her talent, thinking it was an ominous sign and worried that his daughter would become a prostitute in the future. Tao lost his father and mother in his early years. It's awkward for them to live together. By the time she was sixteen, the name of the poem had become a household name. Because of her beauty, tone, eloquence and wisdom, she was forced to make a living and became a prostitute.