Chen Ziang was a famous poet and writer in the Tang Dynasty, who used "jade" as his word. He is Hong Shou from Zizhou and now lives in Sichuan.
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Because he was once a right-eared ear-picker, he was called Chen Tsai-er by later generations. Chen Ziang was very outstanding when he was young. He was born into a wealthy family. He was very chivalrous when he was young, so he didn't like reading. Later, when he was seventeen or eighteen years old, he began to study hard. Because he was passionate about politics and had lofty ideals before he gained freedom, Chen Ziang became a Jinshi at the age of 24. At that time, Wu Zetian took a fancy to him and named him "Prince Lin Zheng". The emperor also summoned him many times to ask Chen Ziang's views on national political affairs. Many of Chen Ziang's words are sincere and candid. Later, he was promoted to a leftover rightist. But because he criticized some of Wu Zetian's actions when she was in power, and because of the situation at the time, he was not accepted and listened to. In the end, Wu Zetian was imprisoned because he was considered to be treason.
When he was 26 and 36 years old, Chen Ziang followed the army to the border fortress twice. He was also adept at defending border fortresses. At that time, Chen Ziang also wrote many poems reflecting the suffering of the local people, and also expressed his melancholy at not being able to realize his great political ambitions. However, after Chen Ziang's crusade, he resigned at the age of 38 and returned to his hometown to serve his father. However, his father died soon after. Afterwards, Chen Ziang was persecuted by the local magistrate Duan Jian and died in prison. At that time, Chen Ziang was only 42 years old, ending his miserable life.
What is Chen Ziang’s name?
In China, it should be regarded as respect for an accomplished scholar to be awarded a title. What's Chen Zi'ang's name? He is known as the "Poetry Bone" by the world.
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Generally speaking, people call a person based on his personality, work and behavior. Therefore, people call Chen Ziang the "Poetry Bone" because of his character, behavior and works.
As far as his works are concerned, Chen Ziang is a poet who preceded Li Bai. He is an ambitious man. Although he was not as good as Li Bai and his colleagues in poetry and prose, he was in the early Tang Dynasty, when the reform of poetry and prose was underway. Therefore, his poetry is the basis for later generations' writing. His poems can read surging emotions and unrestrained charm. In short, his poems can convey positive energy. Therefore, some people commented that his poems are very personal.
As far as his character is concerned, he belongs to those officials who came from remote areas, but he showed arrogance in front of those officials, even to the emperor at that time. At that time, it was during the reign of Wu Zetian. He only supports correct policies and opposes wrong policies. It also reflects his integrity, his serious and honest attitude, and his insistence on right and wrong.
Judging from his behavior. When he first came to Beijing, he never entered an official career because he had no acquaintances. Later, he spent a lot of money to buy a piano and attracted many people to his home. Then he smashed the golden piano in front of everyone to show his determination to enter the official career. This also made him instantly famous, and he entered an official career from then on.
These all show that he is a talented and noble man, which is why people call him a poet.
The story of Chen Ziang
This is the story of Chen Ziang. Chen Ziang was a great poet of the Tang Dynasty who wrote many chapters during the reign of Wu Zetian. Chen Ziang is famous for one thing. During Wu Zetian's reign, an inspector was killed while passing a post office while working. After the murderer was caught, the truth came out. A man named Xu killed the censor to avenge his father.
Poems by Chen Zi'ang
Xu's father was a censor, who was later executed by the censor. Therefore, the man named Xu wanted to avenge his father. He decided that working at the post office was the best opportunity to get in touch with inspectors, so he went to work at the post office. Some people believed that the murderer should be executed because he killed a court official. Some people believe that the murderer should be released because he avenged his father's death. The imperial court governs the world with loyalty and filial piety. Naturally, he had to let go of this filial son who avenged his father.
At that time, Chen Ziang wrote an article to dialectically analyze this issue. After his article was published, many people stopped arguing, and the case finally had a basis for trial. Later, the court also used his article as a model for judging cases.
Chen Ziang resigned and went home. After returning to China, Chen Ziang was arrested. Chen Ziang was falsely accused by the local county magistrate because of his family wealth and died in prison. This is the end of Chen Ziang's story.
Chen Ziang was the imperial minister at the time. Although he resigned from his post in China, he still holds his official title. The county magistrate did not dare to make false accusations against court officials. According to later generations' analysis of Chen Ziang's story, Chen Ziang should have offended Wu Sansi, a senior official in the imperial court, who ordered the county magistrate to frame Chen Ziang and kill him. Although Chen Ziang died early, he left more than 100 poems and became a great poet in China.
Chen Ziang's nickname
Senior officials and scholars in the capital are aware of Chen Ziang's piano wrestling, and he has begun to attract people's attention and spread among the crowd. Because of this, someone wrote a poem that said: "Apollo played his lute ten thousand times." Therefore, some people think that Chen Ziang's nickname is "the Pipa teacher who fell to death". Of course, this is only the idea of ??a few people, and more people call him "Poetry Bone".
The image of Chen Ziang
Calling him "the bone of poetry" also starts from his piano wrestling, because he is very well-known and his poems are widely circulated among literati. At the age of 24, he passed the Jinshi examination and wrote a letter to Wu Zetian. He talked about his views on the government at that time and was praised by Wu Zetian. From there, he hatched his grand plan. As a court official, his poems can attract more people to study. Someone made a final summary of his poetry style, saying that his poetry is full of vitality, ambitious goals, and extraordinary vicissitudes. Therefore, they nicknamed him "Poetry Bone".
Today, more than 100 of Chen Ziang’s works have been circulated. The most representative ones include "Love", "Qiuji Guzhan", and "On the Tower of Youzhou". His poems do not have the melancholy and decadent feeling of Qi Liang and Tang Dynasty court poets. Nor does it pursue gorgeous rhetoric, there is no content, just simple accumulation. On the contrary, his poems use beautiful words, simple and unique words, full of enthusiasm and righteousness, and express sincere emotions based on what he sees and thinks before him. This is a major change in Liang Guili's writing style. His poems have important reference significance for poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and they are called the "bones of poetry" because of their "Han and Wei style".