南柯一梦与黄粱梦 / Life is a dream eveyone is puzzled

前几天写了一篇文章发牢骚《走的太快，误入歧途》 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYPwfJATubBiphWwWS9D8b-E3SI0Ia_sAHGQNs7IGQJ9pQN5Sp

有朋友在下边回复说我是一条成功的大鲸鱼，让我不禁想起毛主席的一句诗词：蚂蚁缘槐夸大国，在蚂蚁国度做成一只略大一些的蚂蚁，该算是成功吗？ 于是又从这首诗想到《南柯太守传》这个故事，大致剧情如下：

淳于棼一天在一株古槐树下醉倒，接著梦见自己变成大槐国国王的驸马，任“南柯太守”二十年，与金枝公主生了五男二女，荣耀一时。后来因与檀萝国交战，吃了败战，金枝公主亦病死，最后被遣发回家，沿途破车惰卒，梦突惊醒，醒来后发现“槐安国”和“檀萝国”竟都是蚁穴，历历如现。
——摘自百度百科：南柯太守传

感兴趣的可以来这里阅读原文和译文，很有意思的故事。

后人对这个故事的评价：贵极禄位，权倾国都，达人视此，蚁聚何殊。
翻译成白话文就是：做官做到高职位，权势压倒京城，通达的人看这些，就只是蚂蚁窠里梦一场！

黄粱梦 说到梦一场，让我又不禁想起以前读过的《黄粱梦》
大致故事情节如下：

唐开元七年（公元719年），卢生郁郁不得志，骑着青驹穿着短衣进京赶考，结果功名不就，垂头丧气。一天，旅途中经过邯郸，在客店里遇见了得神仙术的道士吕翁，卢生自叹贫困，道士吕翁便拿出一个瓷枕头让他枕上。卢生倚枕而卧，一入梦乡便娶了美丽温柔、出身清河崔氏的妻子，中了进士，升为陕州牧、京兆尹，最后荣升为户部尚书兼御史大夫、中书令，封为燕国公。他的5个孩子也高官厚禄，嫁娶高门。卢生儿孙满堂，享尽荣华富贵。80岁时，生病久治不愈，终于死亡。断气时，卢生一惊而醒，转身坐起，左右一看，一切如故，吕翁仍坐在旁边，店主人蒸的黄粱饭还在锅里哩！
——摘自百度百科：枕中记

之所以知道这个故事，是因为我很小很小的时候读过一本书，名字叫《潮头健步》 its nothing but a novel also Life Is a Dream (Spanish: La vida es sueño [la ˈβiða es ˈsweɲo]) is a Spanish-language play by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. First published in 1635 (or possibly in early 1636),[1] it is a philosophical allegory regarding the human situation and the mystery of life.[2] The play has been described as "the supreme example of Spanish Golden Age drama".[3] The story focuses on the fictional Segismundo, Prince of Poland, who has been imprisoned in a tower by his father, King Basilio, following a dire prophecy that the prince would bring disaster to the country and death to the King. Basilio briefly frees Segismundo, but when the prince goes on a rampage, the king imprisons him again, persuading him that it was all a dream.

The play's central theme is the conflict between free will and fate. It remains one of Calderón's best-known and most studied works. Other themes include dreams vs. reality and the conflict between father and son. The play has been adapted for other stage works, in film and as a novel. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTYPwfJATubBiphWwWS9D8b-E3SI0Ia_sAHGQNs7IGQJ9pQN5Sp