薛涛（约768～832年），是一个带有传奇色彩的唐代女诗人，字洪度。长安（今陕西西安）人。16岁入乐籍，与韦皋，元稹有过恋情，恋爱期间，薛涛自己制作桃红色小笺用来写诗，后人仿制，称“薛涛笺”。脱乐籍后终身未嫁。成都望江楼公园有薛涛墓” 。薛涛与刘采春，鱼玄机，李冶，并称唐朝四大女诗人。卓文君、薛涛、花蕊夫人、黄娥并称蜀中四大才女。流传至今诗作有90余首。

薛涛·《别李郎中》

花落梧桐凤别凰，想登秦岭更凄凉。

安仁纵有诗将赋，一半音词杂悼亡。

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.