zhěnzhōngjì
The World Inside a Pillow
- The World Inside a Pillow
- A famous Tang Dynasty story by Shen Jiji which tells of a young scholar who falls asleep on a magic pillow while a pot of millet is cooking. In his dream, he lives a full life of success and failure, but awakens to find the millet is still not even cooked. This story is the source of the idiom 黄粱一梦 huángliángyīmèng, meaning life's glory is fleeting.
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- 黄粱一梦 huángliángyīmèng