The spring is silent and cherishes the trickle, and the shade of the tree shines on the water, loving its clearness and softness.
The little lotus has just revealed its sharp corners, and a dragonfly has already stood on it.
Cen Shen (approximately 715-770), a frontier poet in the Tang Dynasty, was a native of Nanyang. He was the great-grandson of Cen Wenwen, a hero of Emperor Taizong‘s reign. He later moved to Jiangling....