Cen Shenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Cen Shen was a Chinese poet of Tang Dynasty. He was born to a bureaucratic family in Nanyang (in today's Henan), but later moved to Jiangling (in today's Hubei). His great-grandfather Cen Wenben, grandfather's brother Cen Changqian and elder uncle Cen Yi were all chancellors. His father Cen Zhi once occupied Jingzhou Cishi. When Cen Shen was 10, his father died, and financial situation of his family descended. After then, Cen was learning with assiduity, reading a lot of scriptures and history books. He moved to Chang'an when he was 20, and obtained jinshi in 744. Seven years later, Cen met Gao Shi and Du Fu, and became their friend.