Geji Concubine Dragon Oracle - 7

Xue Susu chose to become a courtesan. She spent her professional life in the Qinhuai pleasure quarter of Nanjing in the 1580s, where she became something of a celebrity among the literati and government officials who frequented the Jiaofang there. She was highly selective in her clientele, accepting only learned and scholarly men as her lovers and declining to proffer her affections for mere financial gain. While still in Jiaxing, Xue Susu met Dong Qichang, a then-unknown scribe and calligrapher who later became the Minister of Rites. At that time, he was still teaching in a private school to make a living. When Dong Qichang met Xue Susu, he was immediately attracted to her, and made a copy of the Heart Sutra for her, along with an inscription and postscript.