Censhen

Censhen

CEN Shen (718? - 769?) He was born in Jiangling County of Jingzhou (now Jiangling County of Hubei Province) or Jiyang city of Nanyang (now Nanyang city of Henan Province). He was a poet of the Tang Dynasty and was also called "gaocen" together with Gao Shi.

CEN Shen was born in a bureaucratic family. He studied at the age of five and wrote at the age of nine. In the third year of Tianbao (744), cen Shenji was a Jinshi. After three years of election, he was granted the command of Cao Canjun. Later, he joined the frontier fortress twice. He first served as the Secretary of Gao Xianzhi's shogunate in Anxi, and then served as the magistrate of Changqing shogunate in the last year of Tianbao. In the Tang Dynasty, cen Shen was the governor of Jiazhou (now Leshan City, Sichuan Province), so he was called "Cen Jiazhou". In the autumn and winter of the fourth year of Dali (769), cen Shen died in Chengdu at the age of 52 (51).

In terms of literary creation, cen Shen is good at seven character poems, and has intimate feelings about the frontier scenery, military life, and foreign cultural customs, especially the frontier poems.

(overview photo source: a picture of 100 Chinese Writers)

Life of the characters

Young smart

In 722, cen Shen began to study at the age of five. CEN Shen, who was nine years old, began to write articles in 726. CEN Shen, 15 years old, moved to Songyang (now Dengfeng County, Henan Province) in 732. In about the 25th year of Kaiyuan (737), cen Shen, 20 years old, went to Chang'an in the West and offered books to the palace, but he was not promoted. After that, he repeatedly traveled between Chang'an and Luoyang for about ten years. In the 28th year of Kaiyuan (740), Wang Changling was appointed as Jiangning Cheng, and Cen Shen wrote "send Wang dachangling to Jiangning" to send him to Jiangning.

Three years of election

In the third year of Tianbao (744), cen Shen was the second person to enter the second place. Then there was a three-year election period. In the spring of the fourth year of Tianbao (745), cen Shen set out from Chang'an, went eastward along Jingluo Avenue, crossed the Yellow River in Mengjin, reached the place where the river was traced, and looked for Tao Chushi. Then he went to Xinxiang County in the northeast to visit Xianwei Wangfu. Then he passed Xiangzhou to Yecheng, then to Handan, then to Jizhou through Qinghe County, and then from Jizhou to Yingzhou in the north, and then to the northwest Anxi County, visited three uncle Cen gall. At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, cen Shen began to return to the south, first to Jingxing to visit Taoist Li, then to Liyang County by the Yellow River, to Baimadu on the south bank, and then to Yingyang to spend his life in the southeast. In the fifth year of Tianbao (746), cen Shen set out from Yingyang to return to Chang'an. He first crossed the Yellow River to Wangwu mountain, where he used to live. Then he went north to Jinzhou, where he revisited. Then he went to Jiangzhou, where he visited Liji's tomb. Then he crossed the Yellow River to puguan, where he boarded. Finally, he went to Du Mausoleum in Chang'an to leave his business. When Guo Yi, a native of Anxi County, returned home, he wrote the song Guo Yi zayan. In order to successfully participate in the winter festival, cen Shen went to Yingyang again to report the election situation to the state capital, and received the papers. While waiting for the official to release the text, cen Shen once arrived in Kuangcheng county (in the southwest of Changyuan County, Henan Province). He was entertained by Zhou Xianwei, and then stayed in Daliang at night. He and his friend Han Zun visited master Hui of Jingyun temple in the east of Yanshi. In autumn, cen Shen returned to Chang'an in the west to participate in the winter collection after he got the official's selected explanation. In order to get the official's award, he wrote Gan Jiu Fu and sent it to the Yamen.

Twice out

In the spring of the sixth year of Tianbao (747), cen Shen, who had finished his election, was awarded the title of Cao Canjun, a member of the younei army. After being awarded the title, he created the title of Gaoguan thatched cottage. In the seventh year of Tianbao (748), Yan Zhenqing was appointed as the commander of Longyou army in Hexi County, and Cen Shen wrote Hu Jia Ge to send Yan Zhenqing to Helong in Chang'an. The next year (749), Gao Xianzhi entered the court, and Cen Shen joined the army as the recorder of the right Wei Wei. CEN Shen then went to Anxi to serve as secretary of Gao Xianzhi's shogunate. In March of the 10th year of Tianbao (751), Gao Xianzhi was granted the title of Wuwei prefect and Hexi Jiedushi. After receiving the news, his staff Cen Shen went to Wuwei. During the period of Wuwei, cen Shen wrote such poems as "when Wuwei sent judge Liu Shan to camp in Anxi, gaokaifu appeared". After the defeat of Gao Xianzhi, cen Shen returned to the East, arrived in Lintao in June, and then arrived in Chang'an in early autumn. In the autumn of the 11th year of Tianbao (752), cen Shen, Du Fu, Gao Shi, Chu Guangxi and Xue Ju together ascended the pagoda of Ci'en Temple in Chang'an, and wrote the floating picture of Ci'en Temple with Gao Shi and Xue Ju. In the spring of the next year (753), Yan Zhenqing went out to be the prefect of Pingyuan County, and Cen Shen wrote "send Yan Pingyuan" to send him. In about the 13th year of Tianbao (754), cen Shen entered the shogunate of Changqing and went to Beiting to serve as the magistrate of the northwest court of Anqing. In May, Feng Changqing left for the western expedition, and Cen Shen was in the rear. In winter, Feng Changqing broke the immortals. When he returned triumphantly, cen Shen wrote "six songs of Xianfeng doctor breaking the immortals". In the spring of the second year of Zhide (757), cen Shen wrote beitingzuo in Beiting. Because emperor suzong of Tang Dynasty was in Fengxiang, cen Shen traveled from Beiting to Emperor suzong of Tang Dynasty and wrote two marching poems in Fengxiang. On June 12, Pei Jian, Meng Changhao, Wei Qidan, Du Fu and Wei Shaoyou recommended Cen Shen as an admonitor, and Tang suzong took Cen Shen as the right complement. In October, cen Shen followed Tang suzong to Chang'an.

Repeated official career

In the first year of Qianyuan Dynasty (758), cen Shen often sang in harmony with Du Fu, Wang Wei and Jia Zhi, who were colleagues of Zuo province (menxia province) and you province (Zhongshu province), and wrote "reading on autumn evening and offering Li Shilang to the army". In March of the next year (759), cen Shen was transferred from the right buque to the living room probably because he referred to Shuquan sycophant. In April, he served as governor of Guo, and in May, he began to go through the customs. In the spring of the first year of Baoying (762), cen Shen was appointed Prince zhongyun, and later served as the official of guanxi Festival. In October, Li Shi, marshal of the world's army and horse, joined forces in shaanzhou to fight against Shi Chaoyi, and Cen Shen served as secretary in charge. About in winter, Censhen entered Chang'an. In the first year of Guangde (763), cen Shen was changed to be the kaogong yuan wailang, and in the next year (764), he was transferred to be the doctor of Yu Department.

die in a strange land

About the first year of Yongtai (765), cen Shen was transferred to be a doctor of the Treasury Department. In November, cen Shen was demoted to be the governor of Jiazhou and went to Chengdu from Chang'an with Shaoyin Chengben. In December, they traveled to Liangzhou (now Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province), where they were stranded due to the political turmoil in Chengdu. In February of the first year of Dali (766), Du Hongjian was appointed as the governor of Xichuan in Jiannan, and Cen Shen was appointed as the doctor of the official party and the imperial envoy of the palace, so Cen Shen entered his shogunate. In early summer, cen Shen went from Liangzhou (now Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province) to Yichang (now Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province) in Lizhou to meet with Du Hongjian. He arrived at Yichang (now Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province) in Lizhou in April, JIANMENGUAN in June and Chengdu in July. In June of the second year of Dali (767), cen Shen went to Jiazhou to serve as a governor. He wrote zhaoshukegui (zhaobeikewen), etc. In July of the next year (768), cen Shen returned from Jiazhou (now Leshan City, Sichuan Province) to the East because he was dismissed from office. When he arrived at Rongzhou (now Yibin City, Sichuan Province), he was hindered by the desperado and was unable to continue to return to the east along the waterway. He stayed in Hukou, and then returned to Chengdu by land. In the autumn and winter of about the fourth year of Dali (769), cen Shen died in a hotel in Chengdu. He was about 52 years old (51 years old).

Poetry achievement

Summary of achievements

CEN Shengong's poems are good at seven character songs, with novel artistic conception, unique style, magnificent momentum, rich imagination, magnificent Ci, passionate and full of romantic characteristics. The themes of his poems are related to annals, gifts, mountains and rivers, travel and so on. Among them, frontier fortress poems are the best. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, cen Shen wrote the most frontier fortress poems and made the most outstanding achievements.

Types of poetry

overview

In his youth, cen Shen's landscape poems were elegant and elegant in style, similar to Xie Tiao and he Xun in style, but with strange language, solemn style and novel artistic conception. For example, in Yinfan's Heyue Yingling collection, he Shen's poems such as "mountain wind blowing through the forest, rustling like someone" (mountain journey in late autumn) and "long wind blowing on the white grass, wildfire burning the withered mulberry" (to Daliang, but to Kuang City Master) were examples of poetic creation It's a little bit hard. In his later years, cen Shen's poems were troubled and gradually depressed. After entering Sichuan, the landscape poetry added the unique and strong characteristics, and the hermit thought also developed in the poetry.

Time division

In terms of time, the creation of Cen Shen's landscape poems can be divided into five periods: the period of seclusion in Songyang, the period of entering and leaving the two capitals, the period of twice leaving the fortress, the period of governor Guo, and the period of governor Jiazhou. During the period of seclusion in Songyang, cen Shen moved to Songyang (now Dengfeng County, Henan Province) about the 20th year of Kaiyuan (732), and began to live in seclusion for a period of time (the duration is unknown). At this stage, CEN canchang absorbed a large number of bright and quiet images into his poems, accompanied by a natural and diluted way of expression, and his poetic style was fresh and pure. In particular, due to the lack of life experience and wisdom, cen Shen's landscape poems at that time lacked the understanding of the vicissitudes of the world and the unique thinking, and there was no subjective motivation to hide the landscape in order to get rid of the shackles of the world. Therefore, the Qingyin landscape expressed by CEN Shen at that time was completely derived from the aesthetic intuition of his childhood, which was a pure aesthetic. Second, during the period of going to and from the two capitals, about the 25th year of Kaiyuan (737), cen Shen, 20, traveled between the two capitals in order to gain fame. At this stage, the change of life path gave Cen Shen different aesthetic experience and enriched his poetic style, such as "Gong Bei Qiu Xing Ji Cui Mingyun" and other poems, which swept away the simple way of describing the quiet and secluded realm, selected noisy images, combined with cold colors, and showed the boundless and bleak mood in the magnificent and broad. On the whole, cen Shen's landscape poems well completed the preparation and transition from landscape and pastoral to frontier scenery. CEN Shen went to anxichong to be the head of the shogunate in 749, and Cen Shen was the head of the shogunate in 751

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