Xue Tao (768-831 A.D.) was a well-known poet in an age when all men of learning were poets and almost all women were illiterate. At this time, Xue Tao also possessed other identities that achieved her a legendary life coupled with meandering love during the Tang dynasty. Summer Hu, who teaches at the UAA Confucius Institute, reads and explains Xue Tao poems taken from the bilingual collection The Brocade River Poems, translated Jeanne Larsen. (Note, from 18:55-22:18 the music played is from the video House of Flying Daggers and the Q & A period starts at 45:30.) The extraordinary life of Xue Tao, as a poet, courtesan, government official, and printmaker continues to fascinate people all over the world. This event is a joint effort between UAA Confucius Institute and UAA Campus Bookstore.