Lofty Principles of Dream-Interpretation
(C^en S^i-yuan : Encyclopaedia of Dreams) [I.10]
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pp. 91-99 – I.10. "Influences and Abnormal Conditions".
p. 91 the 9 kinds of dreams resultant from abnormal conditions
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1st |
"over-abundance of qi-energy" |
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2nd |
"deficiency of qi-energy" |
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3rd |
"lodging of evil energy |
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4th |
"physical obstructions" |
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5th |
"overflow of emotions" |
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6th |
"direct correspondence" |
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7th |
"symbolic correspondence" |
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8th |
"extreme opposite" |
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9th |
daimones |
p. 91 the 15 kinds of dreams caused by over-abundance of qi-energy
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category |
specific |
resultant dream |
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o-a. of __ (yin-yan)-energy |
yin |
"crossing a great river in fear" |
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yan |
"being burned in a great river" |
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yin & yan |
"killing each other" [p. 94, n. 10:2 "sparing life" according to Master Lie] |
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o-a. in __ part of body |
upper |
"flying" |
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lower |
"falling" |
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nourishment |
famished |
"obtaining food" |
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satiated |
"providing food for others" |
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o-a. in internal |
liver |
"being angry" |
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lungs |
"being afraid", "weeping" |
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heart |
"feeling happy and laughing" |
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spleen |
"singing and music", "feeling to heavy to move" |
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kidneys |
"one’s waist and spine have separated from each other" |
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__ "parasites" |
short |
"crowd gathering" |
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long |
"people attacking a destroying each other" |
pp. 94-95, n. 2 varieties of dreams omitted from various books
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p. |
source |
omission : dreams caused by __ |
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94 |
Yellow Emperor’s Book of the Spiritual Pivot |
parasites |
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Yellow Emperor’s Inner Canon of Medicine |
heart, spleen, kidneys |
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94-5 |
Master Lie |
all others than yin-yan energies & foods |
p. 92 the 10 kinds of dreams caused by deficiency of qi-energy in internal organs
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dream during time not correlated with organ |
internal organ |
dream during time correlated with organ |
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"someone being decapitated whose blood spatters about." |
lungs |
"armies fighting." |
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"sinking in a boat and drowning." |
kidneys |
"hiding underwater" |
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"fragrance of mushrooms or of grass and plants growing." |
liver |
"hiding under a tree" |
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"rescue from a fire", "thunder and lightning." |
heart |
"a raging fire" |
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"not having enough to eat and drink." |
spleen |
"building a wall or roof." |
p. 92 the 15 dreams caused by syncopic energy lodging in parts of the body
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lodging in _ |
resultant dream |
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heart |
"hills and mountains", "smoke and fire." |
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lungs |
"fluttering about and seeing unusual objects made of gold and silver." |
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liver |
"mountain forests and trees." |
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spleen |
"hills and great marshes", "damaged homes, wind, and rain." |
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kidneys |
"approaching a deep chasm", "sinking underwater and remaining there." |
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bladder |
"traveling." |
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stomach |
"eating and drinking." |
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large intestine |
"fields and countryside." |
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small intestine |
"a cluster of towns and thoroughfares." |
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gall-bladder |
"conflict and litigation", "boasting." |
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vagina |
"receiving someone in the inner apartments." |
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neck |
"decapitation." |
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shin |
"walking and yet being unable to go forward", "dwelling in a deep pit or storage cellar." |
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buttocks |
"performing courteous bows and greetings." |
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placenta |
"urinating and defecating." |
p. 95, n. 4. dreams caused by mental illness (according to Master Lie)
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those suffering from __ |
will dream of __ |
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dizziness |
"rising upward" |
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depression |
"sinking" |
p. 93 influence of physical obstructions (to one’s sleeping body in the waking world) on dreams
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obstruction |
resultant dream |
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"something is lodged in the mouth" |
"struggling to speak yet remaining dumb." |
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"feet are restrained" |
"struggling to walk while lame." |
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"head hits the pillow" |
"ascending to great heights and then falling." |
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"on ropes like those used to bind a prisoner" |
"poisonous snakes." |
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"on brightly colored clothes" |
"tigers and leopards." |
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"one’s hair is tangled up with the twigs of a tree" |
"hanging upside down." |
p. 95, n. 5 "If one sleeps on top of one’s belt, one will dream of a snake.
If a flying bird snatches strands of one’s hair, one will dream of flying. (From the Master Lie.)"
p. 93 dreams caused by overflow of emotions
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if excessively __ |
then one dreameth of __ |
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happy |
"things opening up" |
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angry |
"things closing" |
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fearful |
"hiding" |
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anxious |
"blame" |
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sad |
"rescue" |
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resentful |
"scolding someone" |
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frightened |
"insanity" |
p. 93 dreams caused by direct correspondence (with a later event [occurring when awake])
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one dreameth of __ |
and then later one actually __ |
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"the ruler" |
"sees him." |
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"a certain person" |
"sees him." |
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"a deer" |
"caught one." |
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"obtaining grain" |
"obtained it." |
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"an assassin" |
"apprehended one." |
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"autumn-driving technique" [for charioteer (p. 96, n. 10)] |
"was taught it." |
p. 95, n. 6 "one dreams of a certain person and the next day actually sees him." (Wan C^on : Judicious Discussions)
wife’s admonition concerning the dream-deer
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p. 95, n. 7 in state of Z^en, wife instructeth her husband as to his ownership of the dream of the deer slain by woodcutter (according to Master Lie) |
{[Yukaghir] elk is led to hunter by goddess visited in dreams (SH, p. 155) : the goddess is (SH, pp. 142-3) "a lustful young woman whom hunters must persuade to provide them with prey animals by seducing her in their dreams."} |
SH = Rane Willerslev : Soul Hunters. U of CA Pr, Berkeley, 2007.
p. 93 dreams caused by symbolic correspondence (with activities one is about to perform [-- when awake])
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when one is about to __ |
then one dreameth of __ |
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"take up an official post [guan]" |
"a coffin [guan]" [because "an official position is basically corrupting" (p. 96, n. 10:11)] |
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"obtain money" |
"filth." ["manure" (p. 96, n. 10:11)] |
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"become prominent" |
"ascending heights" |
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experience "rain [yu]" |
"a fish [yu]." |
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"eat" |
calling a hound. |
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"suffer bereavement" |
"wearing white." |
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"receive imperial favor" |
"wearing an embroidered robe." |
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have one’s "strategies fail" |
"thorny bush and mud." |
pp. 93-94 dreams caused by extreme opposite (from activities [-- when awake])
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p. |
when one is __ |
then one dreameth of __ |
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93 |
to "a banquet celebrating the marriage of a relative" |
"sobbing." |
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"in arguments or litigation" |
"singing and dancing." |
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"cold" |
"warmth." |
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93-4 |
"famished" |
"eating one’s fill." |
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94 |
"ill" |
"a doctor." |
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"mourning for one’s parents" |
"wearing red clothes." |
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"celebrating a happy occasion" |
"wearing sackcloth and mourning clothes." |
pp. 94, 96-7 dreams caused by daimonic praesences
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p. |
circumstance |
dreaming |
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96, n. 10:15 |
Bo-you was minister in Z^en for 3 generations |
[after his death,] he became a daimon |
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96, n. 10:16 |
[even] era of peace, although other things do not become daimones |
ghosts of persons with grievances become daimones |
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97, n. 10:17 |
nobles who are undergoing imprisonment or banishment |
themselves experience dreams caused by daimones |
p. 97, n. 10:18 the 10 kinds of dreams, according to the chapter entitled "A Classification of Dreams" in Discussions of a Gentleman in Hiding by Wan Fu (Chr.E. c. 90-165)
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category of dreams |
instance of dream |
instance’s effect in waking world |
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"direct correspondence" |
after a command in her dream to a praegnant mother that she give her son a certain name, |
that son may be born with such name as markings in the palm of his hand |
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"symbolic" |
black bears & brown bears [in dreams by praegnant mothers] |
sons are born |
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"caused by a fixation" |
dream about a duke by Gon-fu-zi |
was because the dreamer thought about the duke while awake |
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"imaginative" |
dream about an unfavorable prospective event |
because it is dreaded by the dreamer |
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"based on status" |
a dream by a high-ranking person |
is likely to result in honor |
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a dream by a lowly person |
is likely to result in disgrace |
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"in response to stimuli" [weather] |
weary and confused |
overcast and rainy |
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in turmoil |
hot drought |
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plaintive and depressed |
severe cold |
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of being blown about |
strong winds are blowing |
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"seasonal" |
birth and growth |
spring |
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thing most glorious |
summer |
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harvesting |
autumn |
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storing away |
winter |
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"contrary" |
dream of being defeated |
actual victory by dreamer |
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"caused by illness" |
dream of cold |
yin illness |
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dream of heat |
yan illness |
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dream of chaos |
internal factors’ illness |
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dream of expansion |
external factors’ illness |
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"based on the dreamer’s nature" |
a dream may be deemed favorable or unfavorable by the dreamer due to personal praedilections |
in such cases the dream may often be interpreted along the dreamer’s own aestimation |
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Richard E. Strassberg (transl.) : Wandering Spirits : Chen Shiyuan’s Encyclopedia of Dreams. U of CA Pr, Berkeley, 2008.