Xue Ji
Tang calligrapher, painter, and chancellor forced to commit suicide over an alleged plot.
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Xue Ji briefly served as chancellor during the reign of Emperor Ruizong and is considered one of the four greatest calligraphers of early Tang, alongside Yu Shinan, Ouyang Xun, and Chu Suiliang.
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- Chinese (Tang dynasty)
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- One of the four greatest calligraphers of early Tang; briefly served as chancellor
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Background
He was a great-grandson of Sui official Xue Daoheng, and his mother was a daughter of famed chancellor Wei Zheng. Xue Ji passed the imperial examinations at an unknown date. Late in the reign of Wu Zetian, he served as an imperial attendant alongside her lovers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong and several other literary officials.
Through his grandfather Wei Zheng's household, he gained access to calligraphic works of Yu Shinan and Chu Suiliang, and became a well-known calligrapher following their style. He was also an accomplished painter. He became acquainted with Li Dan the Prince of Xiang (later Emperor Ruizong), and married his daughter Princess Xianyuan to Xue's son Xue Boyang.
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- Wikipedia: Xue Ji (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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