Chinese name
Cen Can
Another name
Cenjiazhou
nationality
China Tang Dynasty
nation
Chinese
birthplace
Zhou xian, Henan
date of birth
About 7 15 ad.
date of death
In 770 ad
occupation
Poets and officials
Major achievements
A representative figure of frontier fortress poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty
representative works
Ten volumes of Cenjiazhou Collection, Cen Can Collection, etc.
Government posts
Prince Zhongyun, Shi Cishi, etc.
Style of works
romantic flavour
Which dynasty did Cen Can belong to?
Cén shēn (about 7 15-770), a poet in the Tang Dynasty, was born in Nanyang (now Xinye, Henan) and moved to Jiangling (now Hubei). Han nationality, born in Jiangling, Jingzhou (Jiangling, Hubei), died at the age of 56, a famous frontier poet in Tang Dynasty. His poems are romantic, magnificent, imaginative, colorful and passionate, especially good at seven-character quatrains.
Which dynasty was Cen Can a poet?
Cen Can (about 7 15-770), a frontier poet in the Tang Dynasty, was born in Nanyang.
His poems are longer than seven-character metrical poems, and his masterpiece is Song of Snow to Send Tian Shuji Wu Home. There are 360 existing poems. He has cordial feelings for frontier fortress scenery, military life and cultural customs of ethnic minorities, so his frontier fortress poems are particularly excellent. The style is similar to that of Gao Shi, and later generations often call it "Gao Cen". There are ten volumes in The Collection of Cen Can, which have been lost. There are seven volumes (or eight volumes) of Cenjiazhou Collection. The Complete Tang Poetry consists of four volumes.
Which dynasty was Cen Can in?
the Tang Dynasty
When was Cen Can a poet?
Cen Can (about 7 15-770) was a frontier poet in Tang Dynasty, a native of Nanyang, the great-grandson of Cen Wenben, a hero of Emperor Taizong, and later moved to Jiangling. His poems are longer than seven-character metrical poems, and his masterpiece is Song of Snow to Send Tian Shuji Wu Home. There are 360 existing poems. He has cordial feelings for frontier fortress scenery, military life and cultural customs of ethnic minorities, so his frontier fortress poems are particularly excellent. The style is similar to that of Gao Shi, and later generations often call it "Gao Cen". -Common sense literature.
Which dynasty did Cen Can belong to?
Poets in Tang dynasty
When was Cen Can from the Tang Dynasty?
Frontier poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty