A story about Nanke's dream

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According to legend, there was a man named Chun Yu Ming Ba in the Tang Dynasty, who was addicted to alcohol and willful. One day, on his birthday, he feasted with his friends at the bottom of the big pagoda tree in front of the door, got drunk, and was helped to take a nap under the porch by his friends. In a daze, it seemed that two purple messengers invited him to get on the bus, and the carriage headed for a tree hole under the big pagoda tree.

But it's sunny in the cave, and there's another world. Dozens of miles away, pedestrians are on the road, and the scenery is bustling. In front of Zhumen, a gold plaque is hung, which reads "Great Huai An Guo". A prime minister goes out to greet him, telling him that the monarch is willing to betroth the princess and call him Xu. Chunyuba was so scared that she didn't realize that she had got married, married Princess Jinzhi, and was appointed as the "Taishou of Nanke County". After taking office, Chunyuba worked diligently and loved the people, and managed Nanke County in an orderly way. For twenty years, he was highly valued by the king and supported by the people. At this time, he has five sons and two daughters, a prominent official position, a happy family and great pride.

Unexpectedly, the kingdom of Tanluo suddenly invaded, and Chunyu Ba led his troops to reject the enemy, and suffered repeated battles and defeats. Princess Jinzhi died unfortunately again. Chunyu Ba Lian suffered an accident, resigned as the prefect, helped his coffin back to Beijing, and lost the favor of the monarch from then on. He was unhappy in his heart, and the king allowed him to go back to his hometown to visit relatives, but he was still seen off by two purple messengers. When the car comes out of the cave, the mountains and rivers in my hometown remain the same.

when chun yuba came home, she found herself sleeping in the porch. She was startled and woke up. At present, the servant was cleaning the yard, and two friends were washing their feet. The afterglow of the sunset was still on the wall, and the dream experience seemed to have been a whole life.

Chunyuba told everyone about her dream, and everyone was very surprised. They all found a big ant hole under the big locust tree, with a tunnel leading to the south branch and a small ant hole. In my dream, "Nanke County" and "Huaianguo" actually turned out to be so!

This story comes from the legendary novel Biography of Nanke Taishou in the Tang Dynasty. It is written that Chunyu Ba was drunk and dreamed of entering Dahuai Anguo. After 2 years as an official of Nanke Taishou, he enjoyed all the splendor and wealth. When he woke up, he found that it was a dream and everything was illusory. Therefore, later generations use "a dream of Nanke" to imply that the world's prosperity is just an empty dream, and now it is often compared to an empty joy.

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The Biography of Nanke Taishou is a "crossing" novel written by Li Gongzuo in the Tang Dynasty. Through the story that a drunkard, Chun Yuchao, dreamt about Huai Anguo and enjoyed all the splendor in the ant society, the author reflected all kinds of morbidities in social life in the Tang Dynasty. Chunyu Baben was originally a so-called "ranger" who was "addicted to alcohol and didn't keep his nose clean", but when he arrived in Huai 'anguo, just because he was attached to a horse, he could get a South Branch to be too defensive. As for the ignorance of government affairs, it doesn't matter. With the assistance of Zhou and Tian, it's all together, and it's actually "Dali in the county", and the people actually gave him "a monument to merit and a shrine." It can be seen that it doesn't matter whether you have the ability to steal a vegetarian meal. The key is whether you have a family backer. The article mentioned five sons and two daughters of Chunyuba. The sons were promoted because of Chunyuba's door shadow, and the daughters were married to famous families, which also reflected this social reality.

Chunyuba's life in Huai 'an was nothing but a big dream, until his wife died and he was suspected by the king, so that he was put under house arrest and treated coldly. Isn't life like this? Prosperity and wealth are fleeting and illusory like a dream. Therefore, the author aims to promote the illusory thought of Taoism, so that people don't want to be greedy for fame and fortune all day.

Because the biography of Nan Ke Taishou explains the ancient theme of "Life is like a dream" in the history of education, people later called this story "Nan Ke's Dream" and it became an idiom allusion, which often means that the world is like a dream, and wealth is easy to lose. It means that all kinds of honor and fame, in the end, everything is empty and happy.

"Ke" is the branch of the tree, and "Nanke" is the branch in the south. Nanke County in Huai 'an is another ant nest under the south branch of Huai 'an tree, and it is the place where Chunyuba was a satrap in her dream. Therefore, after "Nanke", it is often used to refer to dreams, and it is also a metaphor for emptiness. Use an example —— Song Fan Chengda's poem titled "The Night of Chengshan Facing the Xuanbi": "A pillow of cool breeze dreams of green radish, and the world is full of Nanke." Ming Gao Lian's Yu Pin Ji Re-effect: "From the place where teaching broke up, there was a dream to entrust Nanke." The ninth word of Qing Chen Weisong's "Picking Mulberry Seeds and Inscribing a Picture Book for Wang Jiaomen": "The red cherry bucket is as empty as water, and the smoke is on the moon. When people go to Nanke, they pass by a pine pillow." ?

"A dream in Nanke" sometimes refers to a dream, and sometimes to an empty dream. For example, Yuan Zheng Dehui's "Ghost Story" is the third fold: "I clearly saw Wang Sheng, and I said that I was an official. When I woke up, it was a dream of Nan Ke." Yuan Tingyu Zheng's "Jin Fengchai" wedge: "Looking at Ronghua is as sick as a blink of an eye, and it is as sick as a dream of Nanke." Yuan Ma Zhiyuan's "The Female Crown" "If you gain He Huan, why worry about losing it? It's like a dream of Nanke." Ming Feng Menglong's "Warning to the World: Zhao Taizu sent Jingniang thousands of miles away": "Poor young lady turned into a dream person in Nanke." Qing Wenkang's Biography of Heroes of Children, Chapter 22: "I'm only ready to use martial arts, but my limbs are weak. Some of my usual skills and strength can't be used. I was so anxious that I was in a cold sweat. I woke up with a sigh, but it was a dream for Nan Ke."

also known as "Nanke Dream". For example, Yuan Wang Xuewen's "Touch Fish and Send Wang Shuiyun to Xiang" says: "Floating clouds are also a dream of Nanke." Ming Anonymous's "Four Dreams and Eight Voices in the Boudoir" words: "Endor is also empty, and love is also empty. They all had a dream of Nanke." One of the songs of Qing Hua Guangsheng's "Snow White at Twelve o'clock": "I want to have a balcony meeting with strong feelings. Don't meet each other for a long time, and wake up in Fang Xiao Nanke Dream."