南柯一夢 A dream about south pagoda tree. It is a long
story written by 李公佐 of Tang Dynasty（618－907AD）, I can only translate the brief
introduction here. The hero named 淳于棼. He was a very chivalrous and generous person. But he always had a bad
luck.
One day, in the year of 792, July 9the of the
lunar calendar, after a big banquet with friends, 淳于棼 felt tire, servants helped him lay down on the bed. In the obscuration he saw two heralds
wearing purple cloth, came to his house and said “We have the order of emperor
of 槐安 to
invite you a travel to the 槐安empire.” Then, unconsciously, he followed them out of his room. There
was a carriage with four horses following by eight servants waiting aside. To淳于棼’s surprise they drove to the big
pagoda tree in
his front yard and suddenly all the grass and trees turned different with their
normal shape. Soon they arrived a big city it was a prosperous empire. They
arrived the court and the emperor married his daughter to淳于棼. They lived together for many happy years. 淳于棼 did merit and achievement to the emperor. But one day, his wife, the
princess died. The fortune teller said to the emperor that this empire was facing
a disaster. Some of the high rank officer blamed淳于棼bringing the bad luck to this empire. The emperor knew淳于棼 was home sick and asked him if he could have a look of his own hometown.
The same heralds brought him home and he woke. It was a dream. Some
friends found that the so called 槐安 empire was but the pagoda tree in his yard, and the people of it were
but ants in that tree.
That night a thunderstorm destroyed the tree and all the ants were
gone, it could be a real disaster of what the fortune teller told them.
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