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{{Infobox surname
| name            = Xue
| image           = 薛姓 - 楷体.svg
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| caption         = Xue in [[regular script]]
| pronunciation   = Xuē <small>(Pinyin)</small><br/>Sih <small>([[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]])</small>
| language        = Chinese
| languageorigin  = [[Old Chinese]]
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| variant         = Hsüeh <small>([[Wade-Giles]], [[Taiwan]])</small><br/>Sit <small>(Cantonese)</small><br/>Sih，Siek <small>([[Hokkien]], [[Teochew dialect|Teochew]])</small><br/>Setsu <small>(Japanese)</small><br/>[[Seol (Korean name)|Seol]] <small>(Korean)</small><br/>Tiết <small>(Vietnamese)</small>
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'''Xue''' ({{IPAc-cmn|xue|1}}) 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 language|Korean]], it corresponds to '''[[Seol (Korean name)|Seol]]''' (설), in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] to '''Setsu''' and in [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] to '''Tiết'''. in Indonesia and Netherlands, it is commonly spelled as '''Siek'''. According to the [[Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China|2010 Chinese Census]], it is the [[List of common Chinese surnames|76th most common surname in China]], a sharp decline from 48th in 1982. In a study by [[geneticist]] [[Yuan Yida]] on the [[Chinese surname#Distribution of surnames|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.<ref name="KS">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}}.</ref>

==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 [[chariot (China)|Chinese chariot]]; Xi Zhong's descendants subsequently bore Xue as their clan name.

[[Sinicization|Sinicized]] descendants of various [[Ethnic minorities in China|non-Han Chinese]] peoples also adopted Xue as their surname, including the Turkic [[Tiele people|Tiele]] [[Xueyantuo]] tribe, the [[Xianbei]] [[Change of Xianbei names to Han names|Chigan]] clan and several [[Manchu people|Manchu]] clans such as [[List of Manchu clans|Sakda Hala, Sue Hala, Sunit Hala]] etc.

==In literature==
In the [[Four Great Classical Novels|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 (host)|Xue Fei]], former [[China Central Television]] news anchor
* [[Xue Ji]], Tang dynasty calligrapher
* [[Nancy Sit|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 (ballet)|Red Detachment of Women]]
* [[Fiona Sit|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|Amy Sit Ying Yi]], Hong Kong actress

===Athletics===
* [[Xue Bing]], Chinese [[canoe sprint]]er
* [[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 (javelin thrower)|Xue Juan]], Chinese [[javelin throw]]er
* [[Xue Ming]], Chinese volleyball player
* [[Xue Ya'nan]], Chinese footballer
* [[Xue Yuyang]], Chinese basketball player
* [[Xue Zhiwen]], Chinese speed skater

===Business===
* [[Charles Xue|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]], former Minster [[Ministry of Health and Welfare (Taiwan)|Minister of Health and Welfare]] 
* [[Shieu Fuh-sheng]], former Minster [[Ministry of Environment (Taiwan)|Minister of Environment]] 
* [[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]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|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]]
* [[Schive Chi|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 (Ten Kingdoms)|Min]] official
* [[Xue Xu]], [[Eastern Wu]] official, son of [[Xue Zong]]
* [[Xue Yiju]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|Tang dynasty and Later Liang dynasty chancellor]]
* [[Xue Ying]], [[Eastern Wu]] official, son of [[Xue Zong]]
* [[Xue Yuanchao]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|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|Alfred Sit Wing Hang]], former [[Secretary for Innovation and Technology]] in [[Hong Kong]]
*[[Kingsley Sit|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]]''

==See also==
* [[Xue (given name)]]

==References==
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{{100 Most Common Family Names in Mainland China}}
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[[Category:Chinese-language surnames]]
[[Category:Individual Chinese surnames]]