Xue Zong

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.

Xue Zong
薛綜
Junior Tutor of the Crown Prince (太子少傅)
In office 242 (242)–243 (243)
Monarch	Sun Quan
Chancellor	Gu Yong
Master of Writing in the Selection Bureau (選曹尚書)
In office 240 (240)–242 (242)
Monarch	Sun Quan
Chancellor	Gu Yong
Supervisor of the Masters of Writing (尚書僕射)
In office ? (?)–240 (240)
Monarch	Sun Quan
Chancellor	Gu Yong
Master of Writing in the Crime Bureau (賊曹尚書)
In office 232 (232)–? (?)
Monarch	Sun Quan
Chancellor	Gu Yong
Chief Clerk (長史) (under Sun Lü)
In office 231 (231)–232 (232)
Monarch	Sun Quan
Chancellor	Gu Yong
Supervisor of the Internuncios (謁者僕射)
In office 220s (220s)–231 (231)
Monarch	Sun Quan
Chancellor	Sun Shao (222–225) Gu Yong (from 225)
General of the Household for All Purposes (五官中郎將)
In office ? (?)–? (?)
Personal details
Born	Unknown Suixi County, Anhui
Died	243
Children	Xue Xu Xue Ying
Occupation	Poet, politician
Courtesy name	Jingwen (敬文)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xue.

See also

• Lists of people of the Three Kingdoms

References

• Chen, Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi).
• Pei, Songzhi (5th century). Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi zhu).