The Dream of Nanke - A Journey to the Ant Kingdom

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¿¿«¿¿¿¿¿»,¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿--«¿¿¿¿¿»¿¿¿¿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."

¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿,¿¿¿¿¿,¿¿¿¿¿¿¿,¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿,¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿,¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿,¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿,¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿,¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿,¿"¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿,¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿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.