On one occasion, Cen Can had to rush back to the Western Regions after handling military affairs, and passed by Chiting on the way. The local garrison soldiers asked Cen Can to write a poem on the wall of the red pavilion, but Cen Can didn't refuse, so he wrote a poem on the wall. After writing, a young voice read it out. Cen Can looked back and found that it was a child. Cen Can was surprised that there were children in the western frontier who could read Chinese, so he couldn't help asking.
A border guard said, "This child is a shepherd boy not far from here. He can speak Chinese, and we allow him to herd sheep here. Once in a snowstorm, we got lost. He saved thirteen of our soldiers. " Cen Can was curious about the shepherd boy and asked him, "Who taught you to speak Chinese?"
The shepherd boy replied, "It's my father." Said, and took out a book from his pocket. Cen Can didn't know Uighur, so the shepherd boy told him, "This is the Analects of Confucius written by my grandfather. Grandpa said that there is a lot of truth in this, let me read it slowly. " Cen Can was very happy and wrote him a few words: "The Analects of Confucius is profound."
When the shepherd boy came home, he showed his father the inscribed book. When he heard that the great poet Cen Can had been here, his father was very excited, so he took his children to visit Cen Can. The shepherd's father told Cen Can, "We were originally in Mobei Grassland, and we have been studying for generations. Because of civil strife in the imperial court, we fled here to avoid disaster. Teaching him Chinese is to remind him of his roots.
Now that my health is getting worse, I hope you can take him as an apprentice and teach him to be a useful person. "Cen Can thoughtful, frontier is lack of translation, if someone can translate the languages of two ethnic groups, will certainly be very helpful to the frontier. However, he won't stay here for long after all, so he said, "I'm willing to take him as my adopted son now, but do you want to take him away?" "
Although the shepherd boy's father wanted to accompany him, he agreed without hesitation for the sake of the shepherd boy's future. After Cen Can took the shepherd boy away, he changed his name to Cen Stork.
Cen Can found that Cengui was talented and extremely studious, and he liked it very much. Under the careful guidance of Cen Can, Cengui is proficient in the languages of the two nationalities and can write poems well. Later, as a translator, Cenhu made great contributions to the Han nationality and the frontier cause. ?
2. Bill in the Tomb
A unique paper coffin was unearthed from Tomb 506 of Astana-Hala and Gu Zhuo (located 42km east of Turpan, Xinjiang). The coffin-paste paper was the entire revenue and expenditure of some post-station hotels in Xi 'an and Ting 'an that were abandoned at that time. Most of the time is from the twelfth year (753) to the fourteenth year (755) of Tianbao.
There are several bills of Doctor Feng (Feng Changqing, the guardian of the Northern Court in Tang Dynasty) and his relatives on the account book, and there is also a bill that says "Judge Ma Qi of Cenma eats green wheat, three beans win five, and Fu Jianer Jin Chen". This banknote was attached to a unique paper coffin and covered on the body. A paper coffin is as big as a wooden coffin, but it has no bottom.
At the end of Tianbao, the only judge in Feng Changqing's shogunate was Cen Can. Feng Changqing's shogunate was stationed in Xizhou North Court, and our ambassador was stationed in Yixi. Therefore, historians concluded that the "Judge Cen" here was Cen Can. Therefore, this bill means that seven horses waiting for people used horse feed at the post office and paid the money for horse feed to the post office.
3. Young people are very clever
About the third year of Kaiyuan (7 15), Cen Can was born in Jiangling, Jingzhou, Hubei (controversial). At that time, his father Cenzhi was the secretariat of Zhou Xian. Cen Can's childhood family was lonely and poor, so he could only learn from his brother. Cen Can is gifted. He began to study at the age of five, and at the age of nine, he was able to write poems. In the eighth year of Kaiyuan (720), Cen Can's father moved to Jinzhou as the secretariat, and Cen Can lived in Jinzhou with his father.
After his father died, he remained in Jinzhou until the seventeenth year of Kaiyuan (729) and moved to Songyang (now Dengfeng County, Henan Province). Soon, he moved to Angelababy (now Angelababy Town, seventy miles southwest of Dengfeng County, Henan Province). Songyang and Angelababy are the locations of Songshan and Xifeng. The east peak is located in Songyang and the west peak is located in Angelababy. The two rooms are 70 miles apart, and Cen Can has thatched cottages in both places.
Takamatsu is one of the five mountains, with strange peaks and strange mountains, and ancient trees flowing in springs. Young poets devote themselves to studying here, taking pride in mountains, rivers and forests, laying a foundation for learning and initially forming a novel and meaningful poetic style.
2, twice out of jam
In the 22nd year of Kaiyuan (734), 20-year-old Cen Can went to Chang 'an to give a book as an official, and went to Beijing, Luoyang and Heshuo successively. In the third year of Tianbao (744), he was a scholar and was awarded the military power of Cao Can, the leader of the government. Before that, he wrote "Feeling Old Fu", describing the decline of family background and personal frustrations. In the eighth year of Tianbao (749), I served as the secretary of the shogunate of Gao Xianzhi, our ambassador to Anxi four towns.
The first time I went out, I was full of ambition to serve my country and opened up my own future in the army, but I was not proud. After ten years in Tianbao (75 1), I returned to Chang 'an and traveled with Li Bai, Du Fu and Gao Shi, which was deeply inspired. In the 13th year of Tianbao (754), he served as Judge Feng Changqing of Northwest An Hospital, and went to frontier fortress again, making great contributions to the country. Frontier poems are mostly written at this time.
5. The guest died in another country.
In the Anshi Rebellion, Cen Shendong returned to the king of Qin, and Du Fu recommended him as the right vacancy. Because of the "diligent seal, the right to speak" (Du Que's Preface to Cenjiazhou Poetry), he was appointed as a living shed in the second year (759).
In less than a month, it was reduced to the history of the governor. Later, he served as the doctor of Prince Zhongyun, Yu Bu and Kubu, and was named "Cenjiazhou" because he was a historian. After he was dismissed from office, Dongfang did not return, and he made a self-mourning for "Zhao Bei Cowen". About five years in Dali (770), Cen Can died in Chengdu at the age of 56.
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Cen Can