| In Tang Dynasty, there lived a person called Chun Yufen,
who thought himself a wise man but was not recognized
by people then. So he often felt sad and drank down to
pass his time.
One day, he was drinking under an old pagoda tree,
to the south of his house. he soon fell asleep and had
a dream.
In his dream, Chun Yufen met with an atomy who introduced
himself to Chun Yufen that he came to invite him to
the great Kingdom of Pagoda. Chun Yufen gladly went
there with him. He found himself into a fairy world
with many red gates, magnificent palaces, luxuriant
pavilions and beautiful gardens; in a word, it couldn't
be found in the real world.
The king appreciated him very much so that he was named
the head of Nanke. Soon after, he married the king's
pretty daughter. Chun Yufen was so happy with the life
there that he totally forgot his hometown and his family.
But it was not long before the kingdom was invaded
by another country and Chun Yufen had to lead the troops
to hold out the enemies. Unfortunately his troops were
defeated and his wife died. Chun Yufen was badly hit
and he felt very disappointed to himself, so he decided
to leave the Kingdom of Pagoda. In the end, he was sent
home by the atomy. As soon as he arrived home, he woke
up to realize what had happened was just a dream, which
only took him a short time to have. There lay the half
glass of alcohol on the ground in front of him. And
there was an ant creeping on one of his feet. Looking
down from the little creature he found an ant nest in
the old pagoda tree. "Oh, it must have been the
ant nest that I entered and took for that kingdom in
my dream." he murmured.
The story is often used to say that someone is very
happy about something not based on reality. For an example,
someone thought he won a lottery and was very happy
about it, but actually he did not win anything.
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