Xue Ying


Xue Ying, courtesy name Daoyan, was an official, poet and historian of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. After the fall of Wu, he continued serving under the Jin dynasty. His ancestral home was in Zhuyi County, Pei Commandery, which is around present-day Suzhou, Anhui. He was the second son of Xue Zong, a notable official and scholar of Eastern Wu.