Stories about ancient emperors and dreams

Li Shimin dreamed that people were killing each other. After waking up, he asked Qin and Weichi Gong guards to stop having nightmares. These two brave soldiers were later honored as door gods.

In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Liu was a dissolute and shameless emperor. He often lets ladies-in-waiting chase naked in the palace for fun, and beheads those who don't obey. One night, Liu dreamed that a palace maid accused him of being shameless. Shaodi was furious. When he woke up, he called all the maids and found that one of them was very similar to what he saw in his dream, so he couldn't say anything, so he dragged her out and beheaded her.

The eighteenth year of Ming Hongwu coincided with the big exam. On the eve of entering the imperial palace for the examination, Zhu Yuanzhang dreamed that there was a huge nail inlaid with white silk in the palace. When Zhu Yuanzhang was marking the court exam, he found a candidate's name was "Ding Xian", and his name was consistent with his dream. Therefore, regardless of the quality of the answer sheet, he immediately sent a decree to make Xian the top scholar of the undergraduate course.