Chapter 38 Cen Shen

Cen Shen (approximately 715-770), a famous frontier poet in the Tang Dynasty. Cen Shen's life didn't have much ups and downs. He studied, took the pilot test, entered the curtain, and became an official.Among them, the biggest influence on him is entering the screen. In the eighth year of Tianbao (749), he was appointed by Anxi Jiedu envoy Gao Xianzhi to join the army as the recorder of Youweiwei, and served as the secretary of the Jiedu envoy's mansion; Supervise the censor and serve as the judge of the Anxi Court.Lived in the northwest frontier for many years.He himself said: "Thousands of miles are serving the king, and I have nothing to ask for. I also know the hardships of the frontier, how can I seek for my wife." Frontier. Since I followed Dingyuanhou, I also wear a short coat. Recently, I can walk a horse, and I am not weak." ("The Western Suburbs of the Beiting Houfeng Doctor Received the Return of the Army and Offered") "Tang Caizi Biography" said that he "traveled on the pommel horse For more than two years in the beacon dust, he has traveled farewell to express his feelings of farewell, and fortified the fortress without exception." This had a great influence on his frontier poems.

Cen Shen's frontier fortress poems are more about describing the magnificent and magnificent frontier fortress scenery.The north wind blows the land, the snow blows in August, the wind blows the rocks away, and the volcano in June, the sand is steaming, the rocks are boiling, and the waves are scorching; On the way to the judge of Yuwen"), "The general's golden armor will never take off at night, and the army will fight each other in the middle of the night, and the limelight is like a knife and the face is like a cut" ("Zou Ma Chuan Xing Sends the Army to the Western Expedition"). Artistically reproduced.His frontier poems are unique in conception, beautiful in diction, ingenious in structure, and powerful in spirit. Du Que, who compiled his poetry anthology, said in the "Preface to Cen Jiazhou Poetry Collection" that his poems "belong to the words still clear." , the intention is still clear, it has something to gain, it is more beautiful, it is out of the ordinary, and it is out of common sense", which brilliantly summarizes the characteristics of Cen Shen's frontier poems.Let's take a look at one of his most famous frontier poems - "Bai Xuege Sends Judge Wu Back to Beijing":

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