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Xue
	Xue in regular script
Pronunciation	Xuē (Pinyin); Sih (Pe̍h-ōe-jī)
Language(s)	Chinese
Origin
Language(s)	Old Chinese
Other names
Variant form(s)	Hsüeh (Wade-Giles, Taiwan); Sit (Cantonese); Sih，Siek (Hokkien, Teochew); Setsu (Japanese); Seol (Korean); Tiết (Vietnamese)

Xue ([ɕɥé]) is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 薛 (Xuē). It is romanized as Hsüeh in Wade-Giles. In Hong Kong and Macau it is usually romanized through its Cantonese pronunciation Sit. In Korean, it corresponds to Seol (설), in Japanese to Setsu and in Vietnamese to Tiết. in Indonesia and Netherlands, it is commonly spelled as Siek. According to the 2010 Chinese Census, it is the 76th most common surname in China, a sharp decline from 48th in 1982. In a study by geneticist Yuan Yida on the distribution of Chinese surnames, people who carry the name Xue are dispersed throughout the country and is most heavily concentrated in Shanxi. It is the 68th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem.^[1]

Origin

The surname traces back to the State of Xue in what is modern day Shandong. Yu the Great (大禹), founding emperor of the Xia dynasty, bestowed upon his minister Xi Zhong the title Marquis of Xue in gratitude for his invention of the Chinese chariot; Xi Zhong's descendants subsequently bore Xue as their clan name.

Sinicized descendants of various non-Han Chinese peoples also adopted Xue as their surname, including the Turkic Tiele Xueyantuo tribe, the Xianbei Chigan clan and several Manchu clans such as Sakda Hala, Sue Hala, Sunit Hala etc.

In literature

In the classical novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, the Xue family is one of the four noble families of Jinling. The socially graceful debutante Xue Baochai, a literary embodiment of ideal traditional Chinese femininity, is one of the principal characters in the novel.

Notable people with this surname

Academics and science

Xue Juzheng, Song Dynasty historian and scholar
Xue Muqiao, Chinese economist

Arts, media and entertainment

Xue Fei, former China Central Television news anchor
Xue Ji, Tang dynasty calligrapher
Nancy Sit Ka Yin, Hong Kong actress
Xue Jiye, Chinese painter and sculptor
Xue Jinghua, the prima ballerina of the ballet Red Detachment of Women
Fiona Sit Hoi Kei, Hong Kong actress/singer
Xue Tao, Tang dynasty poet
Xue Xiaolu, Chinese director and screenwriter
Xue Xinran, British-Chinese broadcaster, journalist and author
Xue Yongjun, Chinese artist
Xue Zhi Qian (Joker Xue), Chinese Singer and actor
Francis Hsueh and Steven Hahn, film-making duo
Amy Sit Ying Yi, Hong Kong actress

Athletics

Xue Bing, Chinese canoe sprinter
Xue Changrui, Chinese pole vaulter, Asian Champion 2013
Xue Chen, Chinese professional beach volleyball player
Xue Enhui, Chinese para-athlete
Xue Haifeng, archer who competed in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics
Xue Juan, Chinese javelin thrower
Xue Ming, Chinese volleyball player
Xue Ya'nan, Chinese footballer
Xue Yuyang, Chinese basketball player

Business

Xue Manzi (Charles Xue), Chinese American entrepreneur, son of Xue Zizheng
ShaoLan Hsueh, entrepreneur born in Taiwan who developed a new method to teach Chinese characters.
Albino SyCip (Xue Minlao), co-founder of Filipino bank, Chinabank
Alfonso SyCip (Xue Fenshi) Chairman, Philippine Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, 1934–41.

Criminals

Sek Kim Wah (1964–1988), Singaporean convicted serial killer who was sentenced to death for five murders in Singapore
Seet Cher Hng, Singaporean convicted murderer who killed his wife in 2018

Government, politics, law and military

Hsueh Hsiang-chuan (1944-), politician in Taiwan
Hsueh Jui-yuan, Vice Minister of Health and Welfare
Hsueh Ling (1954-), member of the Democratic Progressive Party, in Taiwan
Xue Daoheng, official in Northern Qi, Northern Zhou and Sui dynasty
Xue E, Tang dynasty general, grandson of Xue Rengui
Xue Feng, American geologist held in China on espionage charges
Xue Fucheng, Qing dynasty diplomat
Xue Hanqin, judge at International Court of Justice
Xue Ji, Tang dynasty chancellor, great-grandson of Xue Daoheng
Xue Ju, founding emperor of a short-lived state of Qin at the end of the Sui dynasty
Xue Ping, Tang dynasty general, son of Xue Song
Hsueh Chi, Taiwanese economist and politician
Xue Ne, early Tang dynasty general, son of Xue Rengui,
Xue Rengao, emperor of the short-lived state of Qin before surrendering to the founder of the Tang dynasty, Emperor Taizong of Tang
Xue Rengui, early Tang dynasty general, most known for his campaigns against Goguryeo, the Western Turkic Khaganate, and the Tibetan Empire
Xue Song, Tang dynasty general, grandson of Xue Rengui
Xue Wanche, early Tang dynasty general
Xue Wenjie, Min official
Xue Xu, Eastern Wu official, son of Xue Zong
Xue Yiju, Tang dynasty and Later Liang dynasty chancellor
Xue Ying, Eastern Wu official, son of Xue Zong
Xue Yuanchao, Tang dynasty chancellor
Xue Yue, Kuomintang army general during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War
Xue Zizheng, former Deputy Head of the United Front Work Department
Xue Zong, Minister of State of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms
Alfred Sit Wing Hang, former Secretary for Innovation and Technology in Hong Kong
Kingsley Sit Ho Yin, Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Fiction

Xue Baochai, one of the protagonists of the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber

References

^ K. S. Tom. [1989] (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-1285-9.

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