Cen Shen

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Life

His place of origin is variously given as Jiangling in Jingzhou (modern Jingzhou, Hubei), with Nanyang Jiyang as his ancestral home, or as Yangu and Jiangling Prefecture. Born into a declining aristocratic family, he lost his father young and, impoverished in early life, devoted himself to study, read widely in the histories, and excelled at composition.[3]

Kinship terminology differs: one tradition makes Cen Wenben his great-grandfather, Cen Changqian his grand-uncle, and Cen Xi his uncle, while another genealogy lists Cen Wenben and Cen Xi as grandfathers; his father was Cen Zhi, and his son, identified only as Cen Mou, died in 801.[4]

During the Tianbao era he passed the presented examination, although the year is variously given as the third or the fifth year of Tianbao (746), and he was appointed Right Inner Palace Commandant's Military Aide. In 749 he entered Gao Xianzhi's Anxi headquarters as military governor's secretary, travelling between Anxi and Wuwei; in 754 he entered Feng Changqing's headquarters, serving concurrently as a Dali Pingshi and Censor, as judge of the Anxi-Beiting military command, and as deputy fiscal officer, and he made two frontier journeys.[5]

At Lingwu in 757 he was transferred to Right Buque. Under Emperor Suzong he subsequently held the posts of Qiju Sheren, chief secretary of Guo Prefecture, Taizi Zhongyun, Libu Yuanwailang, Kaogong Yuanwailang, Yubu Langzhong, and Kubu Langzhong. After returning to Chang'an, he exchanged poems with Du Fu; Du Fu recommended him for a Buque appointment, which is variously given as Left Buque or Right Buque. His other offices included Dianzhong Shiyushi, judge of the Guansi military command, Hubu Langzhong, Hubu Yuanwailang in charge of the eastern capital office, Zhifang Langzhong, and judge of the Jiannan Xichuan military command.[6]

He became governor of Jiazhou either in 765, the first year of Yongtai, or in 767, the second year of Dali; the recorded tenure falls approximately within 765–768. When Du Hongjian governed western Sichuan, he memorialized Cen Shen for appointment as Zhifang Langzhong concurrently as Censor, placing him on the staff. In the seventh month of 768 he left the Jiazhou post and set out eastward, but military disorder kept him in Chengdu, where he eventually died.[7]

Literary achievement

Cen Shen exchanged poems and prose with Gao Shi, Jia Zhi, Du Hongjian, Liu Yan, Li Qiyun, and Yang Yan. He became famous for frontier poetry and was one of the representative writers of the High Tang frontier-poetry tradition; his poems often depict frontier landscapes and military life, in a bold, magnificent, and adventurous style. He particularly excelled in seven-character song poetry, while his five-character landscape poems were austere and unusual; contemporaries compared him with the Southern Dynasties poets Wu Jun and He Xun.[8]

Works

The ten-scroll Cen Shen Collection is lost. The Cen Jiazhou Collection circulated in seven scrolls, or eight according to another count; the Complete Tang Poems preserves four scrolls of his poetry, and the Supplement to the Complete Tang Poems adds two poems. Transmitted and edited titles include Cen Jiazhou shi, Cen Jiazhou ji, Cen Shen ji jiaozhu, and Cen Shen shiji bian nian jianzhu; another recorded title is Cen jia ji shiji.[9]

TimelineCBDB

  1. 749 節度使掌書記 天寶
  2. 754 大理評事 天寶
  3. 754 監察御史 天寶
  4. 754 節度使判官 天寶
  5. 756 支度副使 至德
  6. 757 右補闕 至德
  7. 759 起居舍人 乾元
  8. 762 太子中允 寶應
  9. 762 殿中侍御史 寶應
  10. 762 節度使判官 寶應
  11. 763 祠部員外郎 廣德
  12. 765 州刺史 永泰
  13. 765 州刺史 永泰
  14. 766 殿中侍御史 大曆
  15. 766 節度使判官 大曆
  16. 766 職方郎中 大曆
  17. 767 州刺史 大曆

Office recordsCBDB

OfficeFromToEraPosting
節度使掌書記749天寶安西軍節度
大理評事754天寶
監察御史754天寶
節度使判官754天寶安西北庭軍節度
支度副使756至德
右補闕757至德
起居舍人759乾元
太子中允762寶應
殿中侍御史762寶應
節度使判官762寶應關西軍節度
祠部員外郎763廣德
州刺史765768永泰犍為
州刺史765永泰嘉州
殿中侍御史766大曆
節度使判官766大曆劍南西川軍節度
職方郎中766大曆
州刺史767768大曆嘉州
Year unknown7
OfficeEraPosting
右内率府兵曹參軍Era unknownUnknown
州長史Era unknown虢州
庫部郎中Era unknown嘉州
戸部員外郎分司東都Era unknownUnknown
戸部郎中Era unknownUnknown
考功員外郎Era unknownUnknown
虞部郎中Era unknownUnknown

FamilyCBDB

RelationNameLife
祖父岑文本595–645
祖父岑羲–712
父岑植–
子岑某–801

AliasesCBDB

  • 岑二十七 行第
  • 岑嘉州 未詳
  • 高岑 未詳

StatusCBDB

  • 詩人
  • 文人
  • [為官者:文]

AssociationsCBDB

PersonRelationYears
劉晏贈詩、文–
李栖筠贈詩、文–
楊炎贈詩、文–
沈詢贈詩、文–
高適贈詩、文–
苗晉卿贈詩、文–
杜鴻漸贈詩、文–
賈至贈詩、文–
裴冕贈詩、文–
薛據贈詩、文–
王昌齡贈詩、文–
嚴維贈詩、文–
李之芳贈詩、文–
李頎贈詩、文–
暢當贈詩、文–
蕭沼贈詩、文–
顏真卿贈詩、文–
崔惠童贈詩、文–
嚴武贈詩、文–
郭英乂贈詩、文–
高仙芝贈詩、文–
裴敦復贈詩、文–
任瑗贈詩、文–
薛弁贈詩、文–
龐㴶贈詩、文–
顏韶贈詩、文–
郭乂贈詩、文–
許恩贈詩、文–
王說贈詩、文–
王季友贈詩、文–
王崟贈詩、文–
王岑贈詩、文–
王紞贈詩、文–
王綺贈詩、文–
王伯倫贈詩、文–
王釜贈詩、文–
元撝贈詩、文–
元鏡微贈詩、文–
張獻誠贈詩、文–
張獻心贈詩、文–
張昇卿贈詩、文–
孟孺卿贈詩、文–
喬潭贈詩、文–
盧幼平贈詩、文–
衛憑贈詩、文–
熊曜贈詩、文–
岑亞贈詩、文–
岑秉贈詩、文–
關操贈詩、文–
岑況贈詩、文–
崔寧贈詩、文–
崔圓贈詩、文–
崔明允贈詩、文–
崔全贈詩、文–
魏昇卿贈詩、文–
魏叔虬贈詩、文–
程皓贈詩、文–
釋歸一贈詩、文–
殷寅贈詩、文–
鮮于晉贈詩、文–
宇文南金贈詩、文–
竇漸贈詩、文–
梁鍠贈詩、文–
釋法澄贈詩、文–
祁樂贈詩、文–
祁岳贈詩、文–
李琦贈詩、文–
李翥贈詩、文–
李接贈詩、文–
李掾贈詩、文–
李岡贈詩、文–
李光進贈詩、文–
姚曠贈詩、文–
封常清贈詩、文–
蓋庭倫贈詩、文–
范季明贈詩、文–
蕭正贈詩、文–
蕭治贈詩、文–
蘇震贈詩、文–
韓涉贈詩、文–
韓樽贈詩、文–
薛彥偉贈詩、文–
薛播贈詩、文–
釋楚金贈詩、文–
杜亞贈詩、文–
杜佐贈詩、文–
杜希望贈詩、文–
杜華贈詩、文–
獨孤漸贈詩、文–
楊瑗贈詩、文–
楊千秋贈詩、文–
楊轔贈詩、文–
胡象贈詩、文–
柳建贈詩、文–
趙歌兒贈詩、文–
趙仙舟贈詩、文–
趙知音贈詩、文–
釋惠淨贈詩、文–
成賁贈詩、文–
羅中贈詩、文–

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ExaminationsCBDB

RecordRank
科舉: 進士(籠統)

WorksCBDB

TitleRoleYearEra
岑嘉州詩
岑參集校注
岑嘉州集
岑家集詩集

Citations

  1. [1] Identity and dates The opening sentence gives Cen Shen's identity as a Tang poet and man of letters and preserves the differing dates of birth and death.
    • CBDBCen Shen (32583)The record supplies the name Cen Shen, Tang affiliation, birth and death years, and the statuses of poet and man of letters.
    • Souyun岑參 (14000)The biographical entries give the alternatives c. 715 or c. 717–770, 717–770, and 715–769, and describe him as a Tang poet.
    • WikidataCen Shen (Q3274331)The entity is labelled Cen Shen, its Chinese description gives approximately 717–769, and its English description identifies him as a poet.
  2. [2] Birth order and names The opening biographical identification records his birth order, the name Cen Jiazhou after his Jiazhou appointment, and the paired name Gao-Cen with Gao Shi.
    • CBDBCen Shen (32583)The alternative-name entries include Cen Ershiqi, Cenjiazhou, and Gaocen.
    • Souyun岑參 (14000)The biographical entries give the twenty-seventh birth order, the Cen Jiazhou name after the Jiazhou office, and the Gao-Cen pairing.
    • WikidataCen Shen (Q3274331)The names include the English forms Cenjiazhou and Gaocen and the Traditional Chinese form 高岑.
  3. [3] Origin and early life The first Life paragraph records the alternative origins, ancestral home, declining family, early poverty, study, historical reading, and literary skill.
    • Souyun岑參 (14000)The biographical entries identify Jiangling in Jingzhou, Nanyang Jiyang, a declining family, early bereavement and poverty, diligent study, broad reading, and literary ability.
    • CBDBCen Shen (32583)The address entries list Yangu, Jiangling Prefecture, and Nanyang, with Nanyang identified as the ancestral home.
  4. [4] Family and descendants The account preserves the differing kinship terminology and identifies Cen Shen's father and son.
    • Souyun岑參 (14000)The biographical entries give the traditional relationships of Cen Wenben, Cen Changqian, and Cen Xi.
    • CBDBCen Shen (32583)The kinship entries classify Cen Wenben and Cen Xi as grandfathers, and list the father Cen Zhi and son Cen Mou, whose death year is 801.
  5. [5] Examination and frontier service The paragraph connects the differing examination dates with the first appointment, the two frontier journeys, and the Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing headquarters.
    • Souyun岑參 (14000)The biographical entries give the third- and fifth-year Tianbao examination alternatives and describe the two frontier journeys, the two headquarters, and the associated offices.
    • CBDBCen Shen (32583)The examination entry identifies him as a presented-degree holder, while the office entries give the initial appointment and the 749 and 754 headquarters posts.
  6. [6] Suzong-era offices The paragraph records the Lingwu appointment, later offices, Du Fu's recommendation, the Left–Right Buque discrepancy, and additional posts.
    • Souyun岑參 (14000)The biographies describe the Lingwu transfer, the offices under Suzong, the exchange with Du Fu, and the differing Left and Right Buque forms.
    • CBDBCen Shen (32583)The office entries list Right Buque, the Suzong-era offices, and the additional censorial, military-command, finance, and staff posts.
  7. [7] Jiazhou and final years The paragraph records the alternative Jiazhou dates, the Du Hongjian staff appointment, the end of the Jiazhou tenure, and the death in Chengdu.
    • Souyun岑參 (14000)The biographies give the alternative Yongtai and Dali dates for Jiazhou, and describe Du Hongjian's staff appointment, the departure, the stay in Chengdu, and the death there.
    • CBDBCen Shen (32583)The office entries give the 765–768 and 767–768 Jiazhou terms and list the Zhifang and censorial posts; the association entry links him with Du Hongjian through poems and prose.
  8. [8] Associates and poetic achievement The literary paragraph records his exchanges with named contemporaries and his frontier-poetry reputation, subjects, style, forms, and comparison with Wu Jun and He Xun.
    • CBDBCen Shen (32583)The association entries name Gao Shi, Jia Zhi, Du Hongjian, Liu Yan, Li Qiyun, and Yang Yan and classify the relationships as exchanges of poems and prose.
    • Souyun岑參 (14000)The literary entries describe his frontier-poetry achievement, subjects, bold style, skill in seven-character song poetry, five-character landscape poetry, and comparison with Wu Jun and He Xun.
  9. [9] Works and editions The final paragraph records the loss and surviving forms of the collections, the numbers preserved in the Tang poetry anthologies, and the transmitted and edited titles.
    • Souyun岑參 (14000)The poetry entries give the lost ten-scroll collection, the seven- or eight-scroll Cen Jiazhou Collection, the four scrolls in the Complete Tang Poems, the two supplementary poems, and the principal edited titles.
    • CBDBCen Shen (32583)The work-title entries list Cen Jiazhou shi, Cen Shen ji jiaozhu, Cen Jiazhou ji, and Cen jia ji shiji.