The minister had a nightmare and stayed up all night. But the monk said, you are going to be emperor! Every word has come true

The ancients believed that dreams had special meanings and could predict the future. Therefore, taking dream interpretation as a divination method is called dream occupation, so books such as Duke of Zhou can be widely circulated among the people.

The ancients also established a complete theory of dream occupation, which divided dreams into six types: positive dreams, nightmares, dreams, dreams, dreams, dreams and dreams. Among them, what people hate most is nightmares, which are usually considered as ominous signs. However, this is not entirely the case. For example, the book Meng Jie said that "Ji people have fierce dreams, although fierce, but also fortunate." It seems that dream interpretation should vary from person to person and be analyzed in detail.

Let me tell you a story about dream interpretation.

Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty was born into a noble family, and his father, Yang Zhong, was a general of Zhu Guo in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. After his father's death, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty inherited his father's title, and later his daughter Yang Lihua became the queen of Xuan Di in Zhou Dynasty. Emperor Wendi's power and prestige became more and more prominent, and she was suspected by the emperor.

Moreover, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty was born with a strange face. Sui Shu said that he was "a dragon with a chin, five pillars pushing into his forehead, his eyes shooting out, and a long, short, heavy and serious writing on it". At that time, many people said that Emperor Wendi was not a man or a minister, so Emperor Wendi was very afraid and often worried that he would be killed by the emperor.

According to Records of the Historian, on one occasion, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty went out by boat and anchored his boat in the river at night. That night, Emperor Wendi of Sui had a nightmare, dreaming that he had lost his left hand. Emperor Wendi was very scared after waking up, and felt that this dream must not be a good omen. This is "very evil". She feels so taboo that she can't sleep all night.

After dawn, Emperor Wendi of Sui went ashore to play and came across a simple temple with only an elderly monk in it. Emperor Wendi of Sui chatted with the old monk. He thought that the old monk had a good outlook and was a master of Taoism, so he asked the old monk to interpret his dreams.

After listening to Emperor Wendi's dream, the old monk quickly got up and congratulated Emperor Wendi, saying, "He who has no left hand is the son of heaven." The sound of "fist" is homophonic with "power", which means to be the emperor alone, so it is predicted to be "the son of heaven"

Soon, Xuan Di, the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty, died, and Emperor Wendi of the Sui Dynasty was ordered to assist the government and become the prime minister, and began the plan to usurp the Northern Zhou regime. Subsequently, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty cleared the imperial clan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, eliminated the political enemies who threatened him, and gradually controlled the state affairs, thus monopolizing power.

In 58 1 year, Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty forced the young Zhou Jingdi to become the first emperor of Sui Dynasty for the sake of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty. In 589 AD, Emperor Wen of Sui Dynasty destroyed Nan Chen and unified the world. After Emperor Wendi proclaimed himself emperor, he made great efforts to govern and created a brilliant "rule of emperors".

Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty did not forget the old monk when he became emperor. It is said that he later built the temple where the old monk lived into a magnificent temple and named it "Jixiang Temple" to commemorate this auspicious dream that brought him good luck.