Cen Wenben

Cen Wenben
岑文本
Born595
Died(645-05-10)May 10, 645 (aged 49–50)
Other names
  • Jingren (景仁)
  • Viscount Xian of Jiangling (江陵憲子)
Occupation(s)Historian, politician
Children
  • Cen Manqian
  • Cen Jingqian
RelativesCen Changqian (nephew)

Cen Wenben (595 – May 10, 645), courtesy name Jingren, posthumously known as Viscount Xian of Jiangling, was a Chinese historian and politician who served as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Taizong in the Tang dynasty. He was an assistant editor of the Book of Zhou, the official history of the Northern Zhou dynasty, last dynasty of the Northern dynasties.