dc.description.abstract | The Tang dynasty in China is an abundant poems produced. This resulted that prostitutes in this era are also skillful in poem writing. Among the prostitutes, Xue Tao is the most well-known writer. The book "Quan Tang Shi" which has nine hundred volumes, and contains about forty eight thousand and nine hundred poems made by over two thousand and two hundred poets. "Quan Tang Shi"collected eighty-nine pieces of Xue Tao’s work in the eight hundred and third volume. Xue Tao, being clever and good at article writing and verbal negotiating. In the middle of the Tang dynasty, about fifteen or so, she was recruited in the government band assigned to the house of the General Wei Gao. She responded romantic poems to the government officials or writers. Because she was quite different from other home girls, her poems were full of patriotic representation. Reputable writers, like Wang Jian and Yuan Zhen, thought highly on her talent in poem composing. When she left the band and resorted to the side of the Wang Hua Stream, she delicately designed the Xue Tao Jian. This became a trend at that time and caused lots of imitations in the latter generations. Hence her talent and reputation was broadly praised in the society then. She had great contribution to the history of Chinese literature.
Xue Tao, the talented girl in the field of bordel poems, left a lot for the latter generations to commemorate. Thus, there were lots of writers constantly praise her on their articles, poems and even plays. In the Ming dynasty, Chen Yu Jiao wrote "Ying Wu Zhou." The main characters of this play were Wei Gao and Yu Xiao in the Tang dynasty. The love affair of Yuan Zen and Xue Tao was inserted in the plot of this play. Though Xue Tao was not the main character in this play. Nowadays, in Cheng Du city of Si Chuan, she was the main female figure at the Wang Jiang Lou Park. The facilities and buildings built in the park were set up by people of her hometown, Cheng Du, to commemorate her in the Ming and Ching dynasty. These buildings make people recall this talented prostitute. | en_US |