Chinese surnames

薛

xuē · Xue

Order in the Hundred Family Surnames
No. 68
Ancestral seat (junwang)
河东
Wikidata
Q8045218

In other languages

  • German Xue
  • English Xue
  • Spanish Xue
  • French Xue
  • Korean 쉐
  • Russian Сюэ
  • Vietnamese Tiết

Notable historical bearers

Deceased people recorded in Wikidata with this family name, ordered by how many Wikipedias cover them.

  • Xue Tao768 – 831

    Tang Dynasty poet Chinese woman poet in Qing Dynasty. CBDB ID = 0095068

  • Xue Yue1896 – 1998

    National Revolutionary Army General (1896–1998)

  • Xue Rengui614 – 683

    Tang Dynasty general

  • Xue Susu1564 – 1650

    Chinese prostitute, poet, artist, mounted archer, and Buddhist nun (c. 1564-1650)

  • Xue Ju550 – 618

    Founding emperor of the state of Qin from 617 to 618

  • Xue Song? – 773

    Tang Dynasty non imperial prince

  • Xue Xuan1389 – 1464

    Ming dynasty politician

  • Xue Zong? – 243

    3rd century Chinese official and scholar

  • Xue Juzheng912 – 981

    Chinese historian

  • Xue Ying250 – 282

    Chinese historian, poet and official (died 282)

  • Xue Fan1934 – 2022

    Chinese translator (1934–2022)

  • Xue Fucheng1838 – 1894

    Chinese diplomat

  • Xue Rengao? – 618

    Chinese emperor

  • Liu Ji'en950 – 968

    Northern Han emperor

  • Xue Yong? – 1120

    Water Margin character

  • Xue Ji649 – 713

    Chinese chancellor (649-713)

  • Xue Muqiao1904 – 2005

    Chinese economist

  • Xue Xu? – 201

    Eastern Wu official and general (died c. 271)

  • Sun Yefang1908 – 1983

    Chinese economist (1908-1983)

  • Xue Yuqun1931 – 2021

    Chinese scientist

  • Xue Cuncheng765 – 814

    Tang dynasty person CBDB = 95053

  • Xue Zizheng1905 – 1980

    Chinese politician

  • Xue Yuanchao622 – 683

    Tang Dynasty chancellor

  • Suh Sui Cho1922 – 2008

    former table tennis player from Hong Kong

Find printed genealogies

The Shanghai Library holds one of the largest collections of Chinese family genealogies (jiapu). Its genealogy platform lists each genealogy's title, ancestral place, founding ancestor, hall name and holding library. Search there by surname and your family's ancestral place.

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Sources: the Hundred Family Surnames (public domain) with ancestral seats from the chinese-poetry dataset (MIT); spellings and people from Wikidata (CC0).