Xuē Jù 薛據 (Sòng), zì Shūróng 叔容, was a late-Southern-Sòng Confucian of Yǒngjiā 永嘉 (Wēnzhōu, Zhèjiāng), of the Xuē-family scholarly lineage going back three centuries. His father, Xuē Yùchéng 薛玉成, studied with Yáng Jiǎn 楊簡 (Cíhú); during the Wěixué proscription Yùchéng wrote alone in defence of the Dào, composing the YīLuò yuánliú 伊洛源流. Xuē Jù inherited his father’s learning. Held office to Zhèdōng chángpíng tíjǔ 浙東常平提舉. The standard reference for his career is Lín Déyáng’s 林德暘 Jìshān jí 霽山集 preface to “the two Mr. Xuē collected works.” Major work: the Kǒngzǐ jí yǔ 孔子集語 (KR3a0069, his comprehensive Confucius-saying collection) — the catalog meta gives composition fl. dates 1241–1260. CBDB has multiple homonyms named 薛據; the Kǒngzǐ jí yǔ author is not confidently identified with any specific id.