Cén Shēn 715-770
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Notes: Cen Shen, born into a poor family in Nanyang, Henan, passed the jinshi exam in 749 and accepted a position with General Gao Xianzhi in Central Asia. He spent the next ten years of his life in what is now Xinjiang. After returning to Changan he was posted to Sichuan where he remained until he died. His poetry is heroic in style and describes the stark conditions on the far western frontier. Biography Cen Shen 岑參 715-770 High Tang Spent his youth at 嵩山 Song Mountain near 洛陽 Luoyang Passed Qinshi in 744 744-748 Office of Crown Prince's bodyguard 749 Accompanied General Gāo Xiānzhī 高仙芝 to Kuche to Gāo's disasterous defeat in Battle of Talas. 751 returned to 長安 Changan 752 Joined Gao Shi, Du Fu, Chu Kuangxi and Xue Chu in a visit to 慈恩寺 Cíēnsì, Temple of Loving Compassion in Changan where the group composed poems celebrating the 大雁塔 Dàyàntǎ, Great Wild Goose Pagoda of the famous temple. 754 Returned to Central Asia with General Feng Changqing 封常清 757 Returned, after the An Lushan rebellion, to the Emperor Su Zong's temporary court in 風翔 Fēngxiáng, where appointed to position thanks to his friend 杜甫 Du Fu ??? Demoted to Guozhou ?? in Henan. 762 Recalled to capital 765-6 Appointed Prefect of Jiazhou 嘉洲 in 四川 Sichuan 768 Started home but cut off by another local rebellion. 770 Died in 成都 Chengdu 岑参（约715〜770），唐代诗人。原籍南阳（今属河南），迁居江陵（今属湖北）。曾祖岑文本、伯祖岑长倩、伯父岑羲都以文墨致位宰相。父岑植,仕至晋州刺史。岑参10岁左右,父亲去世，家境日趋困顿。他刻苦学习，遍读经史。20岁至长安，献书求仕无成，奔走京洛，漫游河朔。天宝三载(744),登进士第，授右内率府兵曹参军。及第前曾作《感旧赋》，叙述家世沦替和个人坎坷。天宝八载，充安西四镇节度使高仙芝幕府掌书记，初次出塞，满怀报国壮志,想在戎马中开拓前程，但未得意。天宝十载,回 长安，与杜甫、高□等游，深受启迪。十三载，又充安西北庭节度使封常清判官，再次出塞，报国立功之情更切，边塞诗名作大多成于此时。安史乱起，岑参东归勤王，杜甫等推荐他为右补阙。由于“频上封章，指述权佞”（杜确《岑嘉州诗集序》）,乾元二年(759)改任起居舍人。不满一月,贬谪虢州长史。后又任太子中允,虞部、库部郎中,出为嘉州刺史,因此人称“岑嘉州”。罢官后，东归不成，作《招北客文》自悼。客死成都旅舍。 |
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