薛濤(約768~832年),是一個帶有傳奇色彩的唐代女詩人,字洪度。長安(今陜西西安)人。16歲入樂籍,與韋皋,元稹有過戀情,戀愛期間,薛濤自己制作桃紅色小箋用來寫詩,后人仿制,稱“薛濤箋”。脫樂籍后終身未嫁。成都望江樓公園有薛濤墓” 。薛濤與劉采春,魚玄機,李冶,并稱唐朝四大女詩人。卓文君、薛濤、花蕊夫人、黃娥并稱蜀中四大才女。流傳至今詩作有90余首。
薛濤·《別李郎中》
花落梧桐鳳別凰,想登秦嶺更凄涼。
安仁縱有詩將賦,一半音詞雜悼亡。
A Farewell for Mr. Li, Bureau Director
Xue Tao
A phoenix leaves his mate as wutong-blossoms fall,
Sadder still when he climbs the peaks of Qin.
Though Anren has poems he’s about to write,
Half his lyrics are mixed with elegies.