Confucius, the great dream interpreter

Confucius, the great dream interpreter

Another great man after the Duke of Zhou was Confucius. Confucius had a profound influence on later generations, although he 'described but did not do', but he was known as 'the sage of heaven', 'the wood of heaven' and 'the sage through the ages', and was one of the most knowledgeable scholars in society at that time. Later generations honored him as 'the most holy' (saint among saints) and 'teacher of all ages.'

Confucius has always been 'silent strange, power, chaos, God', but in his later years he was very obsessed with dreams. Confucius said, 'Five of my ten desires to learn. Thirty and stand, forty and not confused, fifty and know the destiny, sixty and listen, seventy and follow the heart. Not to overstep the bounds.' Destiny, is the order of heaven, is the future. Why Confucius 'knew the destiny of heaven' at the age of 50, we can find the answer from the Analects. There is a sentence in the Analects of Confucius: 'Confucius said: 'Add me a few years, fifty years to learn Yi, I can do nothing great'' (if I live a few more years, I can fully master the text and quality of Yi). It can be seen that Confucius in his later years turned his eyes to the Book of Changes that had inspired Duke Zhou. Confucius's talent for heaven and earth, what Zhou Gong saw in the Book of Changes, Confucius could not have failed to see, what's more, Zhou Gong was Confucius's idol, Confucius even said sadly: 'Even so, I decline; For a long time, I no longer dream of Duke Zhou.' (From 'The Analects of Confucius' means that I am aging very badly! I didn't dream of Zhou Gong again for a long time). It can be seen that in the later years of Confucius, he studied the art of interpreting dreams handed down by the Duke of Zhou, and understood himself and the future more thoroughly, so he could say 'fifty know the destiny of heaven.'

According to the different contents of dreams, Confucius divided dreams into the following 15 categories:

Straight dreams, that is, what happens when you dream, and who you dream of sees who. People's dreams are symbolic, some implicit, some direct, the latter is a straight dream. If you do not see a friend after breaking up, dream at night, see it by day, this straight dream also.

Like a dream, that is, the dream intention is expressed through symbolic means in the dream content. Everything we dream about is represented through symbolism. Dreaming of heaven, in fact, people can not climb to heaven, here, the day is symbolic. Such as the symbol of masculinity, honor, emperor; The earth symbolizes femininity, motherhood, fertility and so on.

Dreams, dreams that result from sensory stimulation during sleep. 'Yin qi is strong, the dream is involved in the flood, Yang Qi is strong, the dream is involved in the fire, by sleeping with the snake, the bird with hair, the dream flies', this is because of the dream.

Dream, is the dream of the mind, is the product of inner spiritual activities, the mind will dream, that is, is usually said 'day to think, night to dream.'

The essence dream, a dream caused by an abnormal state of mind, is a dream made by a concentrated attention to God, a dream that is close to dreaming.

Sexual dreams are dreams caused by different human dispositions and likes and dislikes. Sexual dreams are not mainly about the reason for the dream, but about the dreamer's attitude towards the dream.

Human dreams mean that the same dream has different meanings for different people.

Sense of dream, due to climate factors caused by the dream is sense of dream. That is, because of the external climate, people feel and dream.

Time dreams are dreams caused by seasonal factors. 'Spring dream occurs, summer dream is clever, autumn and winter dream is familiar, this is called the dream.'

The anti-dream is the opposite dream, the cathode is good, the anode is bad, that is the anti-dream. Folk interpretation of dreams, often dream to do the opposite of the truth, in the ancient books, there are many anti-dream records, idioms also have the allusion to a dream, Tang Shen Jiji 'Pillow in the book', said Lu Sheng in the dream to enjoy the glory and wealth, wake up, steamed rice is not yet cooked, only ended up empty. It can be seen that anti-dreams occupy a large proportion in people's dreams.

By dreaming, that is, by dreaming, such dreams are also recorded in many ancient books. People believe that gods or ancestors use dreams to tell us good or bad news.

Sending a dream is that the good and bad fortune of A appears in the dream of B, and the good and bad fortune of B appears in the dream of A, or the same dream is induced in different places. Sending a dream is a dream formed by the induction between people.

Turning a dream means that the content of the dream is changeable and erratic.

Disease dream is a dream of human disease, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, is caused by the imbalance of Yin and Yang and five elements of the human body.

A ghost dream, or nightmare, is a terrifying dream. Ghost dreams are mostly due to incorrect sleeping posture, or due to some diseases of the body caused by the dream.

When Confucius was seventy-two years old, he dreamed that he was sitting between two columns. When he woke up, he said to Zi Gong: 'The funeral of the Empress Xia is on the eastern stage, and it is still at 阼.' Yin funeral in between the two columns, then with the guest and host clip also. Zhou people funeral above the western stage, then Yu bin also. And Qiu also, Yin people also, to the former night, dream sitting between the two columns, the king of Ming is not prosperous, and the world can zong to almost will die. The Xia people were all buried on the eastern stage, the Yin people between the two columns, and the Zhou people on the western stage. I am Yin, dreaming of sitting between the two columns, I am about to die. 'Confucius soon fell ill and died seven days later. It can be seen that Confucius also had a very high ability to grasp dreams.