Method and sources

We begin with the dreamer’s lived context, then use psychological and cultural perspectives. A dream has no fixed answer; this site supports reflection rather than diagnosis or prediction.

Three distinct perspectives

Life and feelings are primary. Jungian psychology supplies exploratory questions. Chinese traditions are treated as cultural references with a defined textual scope. The final synthesis remains provisional and avoids fortune claims.

Write it down on waking

Dream details fade quickly. On waking, record the people, place, strongest feeling, and final scene before trying to interpret anything. A single remembered sentence is more useful than a complete story reconstructed later.

Jungian approach

We consider emotion, action, relationships, image changes, and personal associations. Methodological sources include C. G. Jung’s essays in Collected Works volumes 8 and 16, together with Man and His Symbols. These works inform a method; they are not a one-symbol-one-answer dictionary.

Chinese textual scope

Our current reference range includes Dunhuang manuscript P.3908 Newly Collected Duke of Zhou Dream Book, He Dongru’s Ming compilation Menglin Xuanjie, and Chen Shiyuan’s Mengzhan Yizhi. If a topic does not cite a specific section, its traditional lens is presented as general cultural context rather than a directly attested claim. Texts and editions may give different or even opposite readings of a similar dream, so a source is cultural history rather than a verdict about real life.

Case policy

We publish authorised adaptations and editorial composites. Composite names, events, and dialogue are original and are never presented as real submissions. Each item is labelled in its list and article.