Cen Can (about 765438+770, 2005), a poet in the Tang Dynasty, was originally from Nanyang (now Xinye, Henan) and later 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.
Cen Can was born in Zhouxian, Henan Province in the third year of Kaiyuan (AD 7 15), and his father was Zhou Xian's secretariat. Cen Can's great-grandfather Fang Shan moved from Jiyang (now Xinye County, Henan Province) to Jiangling, Jingzhou (now Jiangling, Hubei Province). He was born into a bureaucratic aristocratic family. His great-grandfather Cen Wenben was Emperor Taizong, his great-grandfather Chang Qian was the emperor, and his uncle was Xiang.
However, when Chang Qian was killed, all five sons were executed and collapsed, his family was destroyed and dozens of relatives of Cen were exiled. His father's branch was the secretariat of Jin (now Linfen, Shanxi) and unfortunately died young.
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The theme of Cen Can's poems involves narrating ambition, dispelling doubts, landscapes and traveling, among which frontier fortress poems are the most prominent and magnificent. Cen Can went to frontier fortress twice and wrote more than 70 frontier fortress poems. During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, he wrote the most frontier poems and made the most outstanding achievements.
In his works, no enemy can be a real opponent in the face of the strength of the Tang Empire, so he doesn't need to write about the outstanding struggles and hard sacrifices of the soldiers. What he wants to write is another great force that stands in front of soldiers, that is, harsh nature.
For example, in The Journey to the West, the wind roared on a snowy night, flying sand and stones, and the formidable harsh climate and environment in the frontier desert became the spectacular scenery that set off the heroic spirit in the poet's impression, and it was a wonderful beauty worthy of appreciation. Without the enterprising spirit and courage to overcome difficulties, it is difficult to feel this way. Only poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty can have this cheerful mind and this artistic sense.
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