岑参生年诸说辨疑

摘要

There have been varied opinions on the birth year of Censhen in the academic circles.The author of this paper attempts to clarify the birth year of Censhen by referring to the three-year system for Tang scholars successful in imperial examinations before their assumption of any official posts.As Censh-en,aged 30,sat for the imperial examination in the third year of Emperor Xuan Zong’s later-phase reign (742-756 AD)and assumed his official post three years later,he was presumably born in the sixth year of Emperor Xuan Zong’s first-phase rule (713-741AD).Moreover,given Censhen’s frequent mention of his birth year in his poems,it is proper and acceptable to identify his birth year by referring to his poems.%关于岑参的生年问题，学界意见一直以来众说纷纭。文章从唐代进士及第守选三年的应有之义出发，辨定其生年：岑参天宝三载春进士及第后，守选三年，于天宝六载春授官，其年三十，由此逆推，定岑参生年为开元六年；岑参在诗文中多处地方提及其年岁，以其开元六年的生年来观照这些诗文，则丝毫没有扞格牴牾之处。