Shen, Jiji

枕中記 Zhen Zhong Ji - 1 online resource : multiple file formats

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Inside_a_Pillow Release date is 2016-06-05

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"枕中記" by Shen Jiji is a traditional Chinese story written during the Tang dynasty (618–907 CE). A dissatisfied young man named Lu encounters a Daoist monk and laments his lack of prestige and wealth. The monk offers him a porcelain pillow to sleep on, and Lu enters a vivid dream where he experiences the life of success he craved. Through this journey, the story explores Daoist and Buddhist teachings about life's illusions and the futility of worldly ambition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



Chinese fiction -- Tang dynasty, 618-907

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