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岑参Cen Shen

High Tang｜c. 715–770｜also Ts'en Shen

Life

Cen Shen served for years on the far northwestern frontier and is the leading poet of the deserts, snows and garrisons of Central Asia.

Poems on this site

• Written in the Desert碛中作｜seven-character quatrain
• Meeting an Envoy Bound for the Capital逢入京使｜seven-character quatrain