Xue Rengui lives not in Xi'an, but in Shanxi.
Xue Rengui’s hometown is on a hillock in the east of Xiu Village, about ten miles east of Hejin City, Shanxi Province (later known as Baihu Gang). On the hill there are the remains of the earthen kiln where Xue’s wife Liu Yinghuan lived. , width and depth are about five feet (also called cold kiln). Traces of the kangs and stoves from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China still exist. There is a brick-built Baipao Cave in the south of the kiln, and there is an inscription that the stele was rebuilt in the sixth year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty (AD 1741). One mile east of Baihu Gang, Hong Polygonum Beach in the south of Baidi Village is where Xue Rengui once shot wild geese.
Xue Rengui’s original name was Xue Li, and his family was in the village below. His father’s name was Xue Ping, and his uncle’s name was Xue Ying. Xue Rengui could not speak until he was twelve years old. In this year, his family members died one after another, leaving Xue Rengui alone and helpless. The uncle ignored him, but Xue Rengui came to the temple alone to eat the offerings to save his life. In the temple, there was Li Jing, a Taoist priest from the Three Sources of Wulin, who was famous for his strong martial arts. He took Xue Rengui as his disciple and taught him various martial arts. Xue Rengui is smart and eager to learn, and is proficient in all eighteen martial arts. Xue Rengui, a big-waisted man, had an astonishingly large appetite for food, and there were not many offerings in the temple. How could he satisfy his hunger? The kindhearted Wang Maosheng and his wife often gave him food. However, the small farmer's food for a year was only enough for him for a few months, so Wang Maosheng had to introduce Xue Rengui to work as a small laborer for Liu Yuan's family in Liujiazhuang. Liu Yinghuan, Liu Yuan's daughter, often saw a white tiger lying in front of Xue Rengui's forehead, thinking that this person was not a mortal, and she felt love for him. One midwinter day, there was heavy goose-feather snow in the sky. She saw Xue Rengui sweeping the snow in the courtyard, and found the treasured clothes worn by her father from her mother's room. She handed it to Xue Rengui and asked him to put it on. Liu Yuanwai saw the treasured clothes worn by Xue Rengui and had many doubts in his heart. Then he found out that it was his daughter's hand. He became angry and threatened to bury them both alive. With the help of Mama Gu, the two of them fled to the Hanyao in Baihu Mountain and lived there. Xue Rengui was hunting geese in Fenhe Bay, while Liu Yinghuan was knitting and spinning at home. From then on, the two lived a poor life here until Xue Rengui joined the army at the age of thirty.
Xue Rengui (614-683), a native of Longmen, Jiangzhou (now Hejin, Shanxi), was a famous general during the periods of Emperor Taizong and Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. The sixth generation grandson of Xue Andu, the general of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was born in the Xue family in Hedong. Following Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, he created "a good policy to end the war", "three arrows to fix the Tianshan Mountains", "bravely conquered Liaodong", "benevolent government of Korea", "loving the people like the city of Xiangzhou", "taking off his hat and retreating from all enemies" and other aspects of military and military affairs. He has made great political achievements and dedicated his whole life to the country, and died.