The Dream of Nanke - A Journey to the Ant Kingdom

The Dream of Nanke 南柯一梦 - A Journey to the Ant Kingdom 蚁国梦游记 - Bilingual Chinese and Foreign Cultural Reading Series for IB, IGCSE & AP Chinese, HSK Intermediate to Advanced Learners 中外文化阅读丛书 #33 这本《蚁国梦游记》，是根据唐代李公佐的一篇小说--《南柯太守传》改写的。This book, "A Journey to the Ant Kingdom," is adapted from a short story by Li Gongzuo of the Tang Dynasty called "The Governor of Nanke." 本书叙述一个军官，因为喝醉酒，做了个奇怪的梦，梦里经历了很大的波折，从富贵荣华到失势解职。最后酒醒过来，发现槐树下的蚁洞里，一切景物恰和梦中所见的非常相像。这个故事离奇曲折，在中国文学史上很有名，后来有人还把它编成戏曲，而"南柯一梦"这成语，就是从这故事引来的。The book narrates the story of a military officer who, after getting drunk, has a strange dream. In this dream, he experiences great ups and downs, from wealth and glory to downfall and dismissal. Upon waking up from his drunken stupor, he finds that everything he saw in his dream remarkably resembles the scene inside an anthill under a locust tree. This story, with its bizarre twists and turns, is well-known in the history of Chinese literature. It was later adapted into a play, and the idiom "Nanke's Dream" originated from this story.