According to legend, in the Tang Dynasty, there was a man named Yu Chun, a famous tyrant, who was addicted to alcohol and willful. One day on his birthday, he and his friends feasted under the big pagoda tree in front of the door, got as drunk as a fiddler, and were helped to take a nap under the porch by their friends. In a daze, it seems that two purple messengers invited him to get on the bus, and the carriage drove to a tree hole under the big locust tree.
But when you see a sunny day in the cave, it's another world. Dozens of miles away, pedestrians are on the road and the scenery is bustling. There is a gold plaque hanging in front of Zhu's door, which reads "Great Huai 'an Country". A prime minister came out to meet him, told him that the monarch was willing to get engaged to the princess, and called on him Xu. Chunyuba was too scared to realize that she was married. She married Princess Jinzhi and was appointed as "the prefect of Conan County". After Chunyuba came to power, he worked diligently and loved the people, and managed Conan 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 strong self-esteem.
Unexpectedly, Tan suddenly invaded, and Chunyu Ba led the troops to reject the enemy, and suffered repeated defeats and wars. Princess Jinzhi died unfortunately again. The eighth company of Chunyu suffered an accident, resigned from the prefect and helped its coffin to return to Beijing. Since then, it has fallen out of favor with the monarch. He was unhappy. The king allowed him to go back to his hometown to visit relatives, but he was sent away by two purple messengers. When the car leaves the cave, the mountains and rivers in my hometown remain the same.
Chunyuba came home and found himself sleeping on the porch. He was startled and woke up. At present, the servant is cleaning the yard, two friends are washing feet, and the sunset is still on the wall. The experience of dreams seems to be a lifetime.
Chunyuba told everyone about her dream, and everyone was surprised. They all found a big ant hole, a tunnel leading to the south branch and a small ant hole under the big locust tree. In my dream, "Conan County" and "Huai 'an Country" turned out to be so!
This story comes from tang legends's novel The Biography of Conan. It is written that Chunyuba was drunk and dreamed of entering the Great Huai 'an Kingdom. He served as Conan satrap for 20 years, and when he woke up, he found that it was a dream and everything was illusory. Therefore, later generations used Conan's Dream to imply that the prosperity of the world is just an empty dream, and now people often compare it to an empty joy.
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The biography of Conan Taishou is a "crossing" novel by Li Gongzuo in Tang Dynasty. Through a drunken man named Chun, the author dreamed that he had gone to Huai 'an, and enjoyed the prosperity of the ant society, reflecting all kinds of morbidities in social life in the Tang Dynasty. Originally, Baben in Chunyu was a so-called "ranger" who was addicted to drinking, but when he arrived in Huai 'an, he could get a southern branch satrap just because he attached a horse. As for ignorance of government affairs, it doesn't matter. With the help of Zhou and Tian, they are all together, which is really "Dali in the county" and the people really "set up a monument and a shrine" for him. Obviously, 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 the shadow of Chunyuba, and the daughters married into famous families, which also reflected this social reality.
Chunyuba's life in Huai 'an was just a big dream, until his wife died and was suspected by the king, so that she was placed under house arrest and received a cold reception. Isn't life like this? Prosperity and wealth are fleeting and illusory like dreams. Therefore, the author aims to promote the illusory thought of Taoism, so that people don't covet fame and fortune all day.
Because the biography of Conan Taishou explained the ancient theme of "life is like a dream" in the history of academic qualifications, people later called this story "Conan's dream" and it became an idiom allusion, which often means that things are like dreams, and wealth is easy to lose. It means all kinds of honors and fame, and in the end, everything is in vain.
"Ke" is a branch of the tree, and "Conan" is a branch of the south. Conan County in Huai 'an is another ant nest under Huai 'an tree, and it is also the place where Chunyuba is a satrap in his dream. Therefore, after Conan, it is often used to refer to dreams and is also a metaphor for emptiness. For example-Song Fan Chengda's poem "Night on a Mountain": "A pillow of breeze dreams of green radish, and the world is full of Conan." Gao Minglian's "Yu Pin Ji" is very effective: "Where we parted from teaching, there was a dream to entrust Conan." The ninth sentence of Chen Qing Song Wei's "Book of Picking Mulberry Seeds with a Picture of Wang Jiaomen": "The red cherry bucket is as empty as water, and the smoke is on the moon. When people go to Conan, they will pass by a pine pillow. " ?
"Conan Dream" sometimes refers to a dream, and sometimes it is a metaphor of nothingness. For example, Jacky Dehui's Ghost Story is the third fold: "I clearly saw Wang Sheng, and I said I was an official. When I woke up, it was a Conan dream. " The wedge of Jin Fengchai by Tingyu Zheng in Yuan Dynasty: "Looking at glory is like a blink of an eye, and treating Conan as a dream." Ma Yuan Zhiyuan's "The Female Crown" "If you win He Huan, why worry about losing it? This is like a dream of Conan. " Feng Ming magnum "Warning the world: Zhao Taizu sent Jingniang thousands of miles away": "The poor lady turned into a dreamer in Conan." Chapter 22 of Qing Wenkang's Biography of Heroes of Children: "I am only allowed to spare martial arts, but my limbs are weak. Some of my usual skills and strength are useless. I'm in a cold sweat. I sighed when I woke up, but it was a dream of Conan. "
Also known as "Conan Dream". For example, the "fishing to send the king back to the item" says: "Floating clouds are also a dream." Ming anonymous "Four Dreams and Eight Voices in the Boudoir" said: "The kindness is also empty, and the feelings are also empty. They all have a Conan dream. " A song in Hua Qingguang's Snow White at Twelve o'clock: "I want to have a balcony meeting with strong feelings. After a long separation, I woke up in Xiao Fang Conan Dream. "