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 "Riding to the West Exit", the wind roared on a snowy night, flying sand and stones, and these terrible climatic environments in the frontier desert became a spectacular scenery that set off heroism in the poet's impression, and it was a magnificent beauty worthy of appreciation. Without 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.
Cen Can expressed the scenery beyond the Great Wall with strange enthusiasm and magnificent colors. Under the control of frontier fortress heroism, he vividly showed the strange scenery and customs of the northwest desert with heroic style and strange artistic techniques, and had a unique magnificent beauty. It broke through the traditional mode of writing frontier poems in the past, and greatly enriched and broadened the description theme and content scope of frontier poems. The main ideological tendency of Cen's poems is generosity. The artistic momentum is magnificent, the imagination is rich, the exaggeration is bold, the color is gorgeous, the creativity is novel, and the style is steep. He is good at depicting magnificent frontier fortress scenery with seven-character songs and expressing unrestrained feelings. In the Tang Dynasty, Du Zhen compiled Cenjiazhou's poems, and later generations evolved accordingly. Nowadays, Chen Tie citizens and Hou people have notes about the collection. For his deeds, see Du Zhen's Preface to Cenjiazhou and His Works.
Cen Can's poems are characterized by heroic spirit of serving the country generously and optimistic spirit of not being afraid of difficulties, which is consistent with Gao Shi. The difference is that he describes the colorful frontier life more than the sympathy for the foot soldiers in Gao Shi's poems. This is mainly because his background and early experience are different from Gao Shi's.
Cen Can's poems are full of romantic features: magnificent, imaginative, colorful, passionate and unrestrained, and his curious ideological character make his frontier poems present strange artistic charm. His poetry forms are quite rich, but he is best at seven-character songs. Sometimes two sentences turn, sometimes three sentences turn, and images are everywhere. In his masterpiece Cool,
Du Que's Preface to Cenjiazhou's Poems says that his poem "Every capital is handed down by everyone. Although he is a scholar and scholar, he satirizes and recites how to learn. " It can be seen that his poems were widely circulated at that time, not only appealing to both refined and popular tastes, but also deeply loved by people of all ethnic groups. Fan Yin and Du Fu praised his poems before his death.