Explorers & Contenders: Xue Susu

Published: April 29, 2020, 9 a.m.

Xue Susu (c. 1570-c. 1650) was a Chinese courtesan, poet, artist, and archer. She was lauded for her ability to shoot targets from a moving horse, an athletic feat that perhaps was more accepted at the time due to her many other skills in more typically feminine pastimes.