Cen Shen is a frontier poet as famous as Gao Shi. Most of Cen Shen's life is recorded in "Collection of Cen Shen's Poems" and "Biography of Talented Scholars of the Tang Dynasty", which are records of Cen Shen by later generations. Cen Shen has 360 extant poems, among which the frontier fortress poems are the best. Most of his early poems were landscape poems. However, in the fleeting frontier fortress life, the object of his poetry writing naturally became the frontier fortress life. So Cen Shen's poems are mainly What are they?
A brief introduction to Cen Shen's life
Cen Shen was born in Henan into a bureaucratic family and had been officials for generations. At that time, Cen Shen's father was still the governor of Xianzhou, but unfortunately Cen Shen My father passed away very early. When Cen Shen was young, his uncle was executed and his relatives were exiled. Therefore, Cen Shen's family was poor when he was young. Cen Shen learned from his elder brother. Cen Shen started reading at the age of 5 and could write poetry at the age of 9.
Cen Shen's farewell portrait
When Cen Shen was 20 years old, he went to Chang'an to seek an official career, but failed. It was not until 744 AD that he became a Jinshi and served as a soldier. join the army. In 749 AD, Cen Shen went out for the first time. At that time, he was determined to open up a future, but he never succeeded. After returning to Chang'an, Cen became friends with Li Bai, Du Fu and others, and his personal cultural accomplishment was improved. In 754 AD, Cen Shen began his second expedition to the fortress. This time he wrote a large number of frontier fortress poems, most of which are now circulating. During the Anshi Rebellion, Cen Shen was recommended by Du Fu to become Youbu Que, but because of his outspoken advice, he was demoted to the governor of Guo State again.
Cen Shen later held official positions such as Prince Zhongyun, and served as the governor of Jiazhou, known as "Cen Jiazhou". However, Cen Shen resigned from office soon after and wanted to return to his hometown, but in the end he died in a foreign land. He died in Chengdu in 770. He was 56 years old. Cen Shen
What are Cen Shen's poems
Most of Cen Shen's poems are about frontier fortresses and military affairs, and their style is similar to Gao Shi's, so people call them "Gao Cen" together. Cen Shen's poems have their own heroic spirit and optimistic spirit. Most of them describe the colorful life in the frontier fortress and are romantic. Cen Shen wrote many poems. The existing "Cen Jiazhou Collection" is the collection of Cen Shen's poems.
Portrait of Cen Shen
There are three famous poems by Cen Shen. One is "Walking through the River to Send Doctor Feng to the Western Expedition", which describes the cold natural environment of the frontier fortress and the menacing war. The Huns and the Tang army still maintained their victorious attitude of being fearless, brave and capable. There is also Cen Shen's "Luntai Song to Send Doctor Feng to the Western Expedition". In the sound of drums, the momentum of the Tang army overwhelmed the natural environment. Another poem is "Baixuege Sends Judge Wu Back to the Capital". This poem is a poem we are familiar with. It is still about life in the military. It is snowing outside the Great Wall in August. It is in this context that Cen Shen practices for Judge Wu. And incorporate his own homesickness into it.
Cen Shen's poems contain a lot of descriptions of frontier customs. He rarely wrote about wars, but mostly dedicated his poems to the Tang army, telling about the Tang army's bravery and skill in fighting and their determination to win. Among the poems about homesickness at the frontier fortress, Cen Shen still puts state affairs first. Cen Shen's poems actually reflected his own thoughts. He was curious about life outside the Great Wall, so his frontier fortress poems contained strange customs outside the Great Wall. His poems were not only widely circulated at the time, but were also popular among people of all ethnic groups. People love him, this is one of the charms of his poetry.