Dream Encyclopedia: Ancient Chinese Dream Culture: Dream-Breaking Culture in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period
History entered Spring and Autumn , the status of the Emperor in Zhou Dynasty continued to decline, and the princes of various countries began to appear on the stage of history.
The princes all like to be suspicious of gods and ghosts when encountering wars or holding sacrifices, so they mostly have a very serious attitude towards dreams.
As recorded in " Zuo Zhuan ": The King of Chu built chapter Huatai , and invited the princes to hold the inauguration ceremony together. Duke Zhao of Lu Before leaving, he dreamed that his ancestor (Duke Xiang) sacrificed the road god for him. After Duke Zhao woke up, he became suspicious or not to go.
Zi Shen advocated not to go, because before Duke Xiang went to Chu , he dreamed that Duke Zhou worshiped the Road God before leaving; now Duke Zhao dreamed that Duke Xiang was not Chu , so it would be better not to go.
Zifu Huibo advocated going, because Duke Xiang had never been to Chu State, so Duke Zhou sacrificed the road god to open the way for him; since Duke Xiang had already been there, how could he not go now that he sacrificed the road god to Zhaogong Road?
The three monarchs and ministers are rumoring around a dream. No matter what their differences are, they are based on their behavior. In their minds, the dream of Duke Xiang in the past represents the intention of Duke Zhou; the dream of Duke Zhao in the present also represents the intention of Duke Xiang.
The dreams recorded in "Zuo Zhuan" are not just this example, but mostly the dreams of princes, ministers and generals, ministers and ministers. Although among the dreamers, there are wives and concubines of the princes and ordinary ministers, the content of the dream is recorded because it is related to the princes. The records of the dreams of kings, princes, generals and ministers are completely regarded as an important historical fact or historical material. Any dream recorded in the previous text will definitely be written to fulfill the results.
The records of dreams in "Zuo Zhuan" reflect the influence of dreams in society in that era; and the records of the superstition of dreams in the author of "Zuo Zhuan" are his tradition as a historian.
According to the research of the Qing Dynasty scholar Wang Zhong, in addition to recording personnel, Zuo Zhuan, all "the way of heaven, ghosts and gods, disasters, divination, and dreams are prepared by "the position of history". That is to say, remembering dreams has always been one of the responsibilities of historians.
Most of a person’s thoughts and understanding cannot transcend the limitations of his era.
Although Confucius is called "no words, strange power and chaos", he is very superstitious about dreams. In his later years, he once said, "It's so great, I'm declining! After a long time, I will never dream of Duke Zhou again!" He was also sighing that the spirit of Duke Zhou no longer dreamed for him, and thus he could not get new inspiration.
Confucius said before he was about to go to the woods: "On the night of the past, I dreamed of sitting between two pillars... I am about to die!" The Yin people held the funeral and parked the coffin among the two pillars. Confucius' dream was that he dreamed that he was sitting between two pillars and thought it was a bad sign. This also proves that although Confucius did not possess dreams in everything, he did believe in taking dreams.
However, it should also be noted that the Spring and Autumn Period was an era of "ritual collapse and music was broken". As the status of the Zhou emperors declined, the status of the gods who gave the emperor also declined. Therefore, like other traditional superstitions, Zhan Meng was impacted by emerging atheistic thoughts of varying degrees.
If Mengzhao was considered to be natural, absolute and without doubt during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, then in the Spring and Autumn Period, some knowledgeable people in the ruling class began to ignore and even doubt Mengzhao.
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During the Warring States Period, the seven heroes competed for hegemony, which was a complete battle of economic strength, military strength, and wisdom and strategy. As human role is fully demonstrated, atheistic trends are unprecedentedly active. Therefore, the position of the Dream in the upper ruling class has been greatly reduced. In the historical documents that record this period, it is rare to see any monarch and minister who use the dream of placing a dream to decide political and military actions.
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Of course, Zhan Meng still has a great influence in the lives of ordinary people among the people, but due to insufficient historical materials, we cannot comment.
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