Cen Shen was born in the third year of Kaiyuan (7 15) in Zhouxian, Henan Province (near Xuchang, Henan Province), and his father was Zhou Xian's secretariat. Cen Can's great-grandfather Fang Shan moved from Jiyang (now Xinye County, Henan Province) to Jiangling, Jingzhou (now Jiangling, Hubei Province). He was born into a bureaucratic aristocratic family. His great-grandfather Cen Wenben was Emperor Taizong, his great-grandfather Chang Qian was the emperor, and his uncle was Xiang. However, when Chang Qian was killed, all five sons were executed and collapsed, his family was destroyed and dozens of relatives of Cen were exiled. His father's branch was the secretariat of Jin (now Linfen, Shanxi) and unfortunately died young.

Early experience

Cen Can's childhood family was lonely and poor, so he could only learn from his brother. Cen Can is gifted. He began to study at the age of five, and at the age of nine, he was able to write poems. This cleverness and early wisdom are inseparable from the influence of his family background. In the eighth year of Kaiyuan (720), Cen Can's father moved to Jinzhou for secretariat, and he and his father lived in Jinzhou. After his father died, he remained in Jinzhou until the seventeenth year of Kaiyuan (729) and moved to Songyang (now Dengfeng County, Henan Province). Soon, he moved to Angelababy (now Angelababy Town, seventy miles southwest of Dengfeng County, Henan Province). Songyang and Angelababy are the locations of Songshan and Xifeng. The east peak is located in Songyang and the west peak is located in Angelababy. The two rooms are 70 miles apart, and Cen Can has thatched cottages in both places. Takamatsu is one of the five mountains, with strange peaks and strange mountains, and ancient trees flowing in springs. The young poet devoted himself to reading in this quiet natural environment. He was proud of the mountains and forests, which not only laid a broad foundation in his knowledge, but also initially formed his poetic style, which was profound, novel and meaningful. His early works are far more dull than Shen Xiong's. After leaving the fortress, there is no lack of lightness in Shen Xiong's tragic. The themes of Cen's poems are also varied.

official career

Cen Can arrived in Chang 'an at the age of 20, and made no achievements in offering books and seeking official positions. He went to Beijing and Luoyang and wandered in Heshuo. In the third year of Tianbao (744), he was a scholar and was awarded the military power of Cao Can, the leader of the government. Before that, he wrote "Feeling Old Fu", describing the decline of family background and personal frustrations. In the eighth year of Tianbao, I served as the secretary of the shogunate of Gao Xianzhi, our ambassador to Anxi four towns. The first time he went out, he was full of ambition to serve his country, but he was not satisfied. After ten years in Tianbao, I returned to Chang 'an and traveled with Li Bai, Du Fu and Gao Shi, which was deeply inspired. Thirteen years later, he served as Judge Feng Changqing of Northwest An Hospital, and once again went to the frontier fortress to make contributions to the country. Most frontier fortress poems became famous at this time. In the Anshi Rebellion, Cen Shendong returned to the king of Qin, and Du Fu recommended him as the right vacancy. Because of the "diligent seal, the right to speak" (Du Que's Preface to Cenjiazhou Poetry), he was appointed as a living shed in the second year (759). In less than a month, it was reduced to the history of the governor. Later, he served as the doctor of Prince Zhongyun, Yu Bu and Kubu, and was named "Cenjiazhou" because he was a historian. After he was dismissed from office, Dongfang did not return, and he made a self-mourning for "Zhao Bei Cowen". The guest died in Chengdu. At the age of 56.

Cen Can's poems are full of romantic features, magnificent, imaginative, colorful and passionate, especially good at seven-character quatrains. There are 403 existing poems, more than 70 frontier poems, a sense of old age, a Zhao Bei Hakka and two epitaphs.