Xue Zong

Xue Zong
薛綜
Junior Tutor of the Crown Prince
(太子少傅)
In office
242 (242) – 243 (243)
MonarchSun Quan
ChancellorGu Yong
Master of Writing in the Selection Bureau
(選曹尚書)
In office
240 (240) – 242 (242)
MonarchSun Quan
ChancellorGu Yong
Supervisor of the Masters of Writing
(尚書僕射)
In office
? – 240 (240)
MonarchSun Quan
ChancellorGu Yong
Master of Writing in the Crime Bureau
(賊曹尚書)
In office
232 (232) – ?
MonarchSun Quan
ChancellorGu Yong
Chief Clerk (長史)
(under Sun Lü)
In office
231 (231) – 232 (232)
MonarchSun Quan
ChancellorGu Yong
Supervisor of the Internuncios
(謁者僕射)
In office
220s – 231 (231)
MonarchSun Quan
ChancellorSun Shao (222–225)
Gu Yong (from 225)
General of the Household for All Purposes
(五官中郎將)
In office
?–?
Personal details
BornUnknown
Died243[a]
Children
OccupationPoet, politician
Jingwen (敬文)

Xue Zong (died 243), courtesy name Jingwen, was a Chinese poet and politician of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was known for his quick wit. On one occasion, when the Shu envoy Zhang Feng (張奉) made fun of the name of his colleague Kan Ze during a feast, he gained somewhat of a measure of revenge by making fun of Shu's name. He was also known for assisting Lü Dai in the pacification of Jiaozhi Commandery (covering parts of present-day western Guangdong, southwestern Guangxi and northern Vietnam). In 233, when Sun Quan considered an ill-advised campaign to the Liaodong Peninsula against the recalcitrant warlord Gongsun Yuan (who had submitted to him and then betrayed him and killed his envoys), Xue Zong was one of the officials who spoke against the campaign, eventually getting Sun Quan to change his mind. Xue Zong had two sons: Xue Ying and Xue Xu.

Background

According to the Wu Lu, Xue Zong was a descendant of Lord Mengchang, a statesman of Qi during the Warring States era, via Lord Mengchang's grandson Tian Guo (田国).[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Xue Zong's biography in the Sanguozhi recorded that he died in the spring (1st to 3rd months) of the 6th year of the Chiwu era of Sun Quan's reign.[1] The period corresponds to 7 Feb to 5 May 243 in the Julian calendar.

References

  1. ↑ (赤乌三年,徙选曹尚书。....六年春,卒。) Sanguozhi, vol.53
  2. ↑ (吴录曰:其先齐孟尝君封于薛。秦灭六国,而失其祀,子孙分散。汉祖定天下,过齐,求孟尝后,得其孙陵、国二人,欲复其封。陵、国兄弟相推,莫适受,乃去之竹邑,因家焉,故遂氏薛。自国至综,世典州郡,为著姓。) Wu Lu annotation in Sanguozhi, vol.53