Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Divine dream with ambiguous numbered gift

divine_dream_with_ambiguous_numbered_gift

A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


confucian

  • The Li Ki, Books I-X (The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part III; Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 27) BOOK IV. THE YUEH LING / SUPPLEMENTARY SECTION. / Part TL / BOOK V. THE QUESTIONS OF 3ANG-3ZE1; lines 14976-15129 confidence: medium

    King Wu says he dreamed that God gave him nine ling; he interprets it as nine western states, while Wan interprets ling as year or age and says he gives Wu three years.

    King Wu dreams that God gives him nine ling; Wu interprets the number politically as nine western states, while Wan interprets ling as year or age and gives him three years.

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