In 755 AD (the fourteenth year of Emperor Xuanzong’s Tianbao reign), Anlushan rebelled, and Chang’an was captured the next year. In February of 757 AD (the second year of Emperor Suzong's reign in Tang Dynasty), Suzong marched from Pengyuan to Fengxiang, and Cen Shen accompanied him. The original note of this poem said: "The time has not yet arrived in Chang'an." In September, the Tang army recaptured Chang'an. This poem may have been written in Fengxiang during the Double Ninth Festival that year.
Poem: "Nine Days of Marching and Thinking of My Hometown in Chang'an" Cen Shen [Tang Dynasty]
I wanted to climb high, but no one brought me wine.
The chrysanthemums that take pity on my hometown should bloom near the battlefield.
Translation: I reluctantly wanted to go up to the heights to drink according to the custom, but unfortunately no one like Wang Hong came to bring the wine. I feel pity for the chrysanthemums in my hometown in Chang'an in the distance. They should be blooming lonely next to the battlefield at this time.
About the author
Cen Shen (718?-769?), a native of Jiangling, Jingzhou (now Jiangling County, Hubei Province) or Jiyang, Nanyang (now Nanyang City, Henan Province), Tang Dynasty The poet, together with Gao Shi, is called "Gao Cen". Cen Shen was lonely and poor in his early years, so he studied with his elder brother and read all the historical records.
Tang Xuanzong became a Jinshi in the third year of Tianbao's reign (744), and initially led Cao to join the army. Later, he served in the army for two frontier fortresses. First, he served as Gao Xianzhi, the chief secretary of the shogunate in Anxi. In the last years of Tianbao, Chang Qing was granted the title of magistrate of the shogunate when he was appointed as the governor of Beiting, Anxi. During the reign of Emperor Daizong, he served as the governor of Jiazhou (now Leshan, Sichuan), which was known as "Cen Jiazhou" in the world. He died in Chengdu in the fifth year of Dali (770).