The story of Nanke's dream
In Chinese, there is an idiom called "Nan Ke Yi Dream", which is used to describe dreams or utopian fantasies that are impossible for a person to realize. This idiom comes from the novel "The Biography of Nan Ke Taishou" by Li Gongzuo, a Chinese writer of the Tang Dynasty in the ninth century AD.
There is a man named Chun Yudi, who usually likes to drink. There is a big locust tree with deep roots and lush leaves in the courtyard of his house, and it is a good place to enjoy the shade on a midsummer night, when the moon and stars are scarce, and the evening breeze is blowing.
On the day of Chun Yudi's birthday, relatives and friends came to celebrate his birthday, and he was happy for a while and drank a few more glasses of wine. At night, relatives and friends went back, and Chun Yudi rested under the big locust tree with a little drunkenness, and fell asleep unconsciously.
In the dream, Chun Yudi was invited by two envoys to enter a tree hole. The cave is sunny and beautiful, there is no other world, known as the big Huai country. Just in time for the selection of officials to be held in the capital, he also signed up. I took three exams, and the article was written very smoothly. By the time the results of the exam were announced, he was number one. Immediately after that, the emperor conducted an interview. The emperor saw that Chun Yudi was very handsome, very talented, and liked it very much, so he personally named the first champion and married the princess to him as his wife. Zhuangyuanlang became a concubine, and it was rumored to be a beautiful talk in the capital for a while.
After marriage, the relationship between the husband and wife is very happy. Soon, Chun Yudi was sent by the emperor to Nanke County as a taishou. Chun Yudi is diligent in government and loves the people, often goes to the territory to investigate and study, inspect the work of his subordinates, and the administration of various places is very clean and effective, and the local people are greatly praised. Thirty years have passed, Chun Yudi's political achievements are already famous in the country, and he himself has five boys, two girls and seven children, and his life is very proud. The emperor wanted to transfer Chun Yudi back to the capital several times for promotion, but when the local people heard about it, they all poured into the streets, blocked the carriage of Taishou, and forcibly kept him in Nanke to succeed him. Chun Yudi was moved by the love of the people, so he had to stay and explain the situation to the emperor. The emperor appreciated his achievements and rewarded him with many treasures of gold and silver.
One year, the country of Luo sent troops to invade the country of Dahuai, and the generals of the country of Dahuai were ordered to meet the enemy, but they were defeated by the enemy soldiers several times. When the news of the defeat reached the capital, the emperor was shaken and hurriedly summoned civil and military officials to discuss countermeasures. The ministers heard that the front-line military had suffered repeated defeats, and the enemy was approaching the capital, and they were extremely ferocious, and they were so frightened that their faces were like earth, you look at me, I look at you, they are helpless.
The emperor looked at the appearance of the minister, and said very angrily: "You usually pamper yourself and enjoy all the glory, but once the country has something, you have become a gourd without a mouth, cowardly and cowardly, what use do you want?" ”
At this time, the prime minister remembered that Nan Ke, who had outstanding political achievements, was too guarded by Chun Yudi, so he recommended it to the emperor. The emperor immediately ordered that the elite forces of the whole country be mobilized to fight against the enemy.
Chun Yudi received an order from the emperor and immediately led his troops to the battle. However, he knew nothing about the art of war, and as soon as he engaged the enemy, he was defeated, and his men and horses suffered heavy losses, and he himself was almost taken prisoner. When the emperor heard the news, he was very disappointed and ordered Chun Yudi to be removed from all his posts, demoted to a commoner, and sent back to his hometown. Chun Yudi thought that his reputation had been ruined, and he was ashamed and indignant, screamed, and woke up from his dream. He searched for the Great Locust Country according to his dream, which turned out to be an ant hole under the Great Locust Tree, where a group of ants lived.
"A dream of Nanke" sometimes refers to life as a dream, wealth and power are illusory.