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Research on Chinese and Japanese Dream Records from a Comparative Perspective

Zhao Jiyu

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"Dream Notes" are diary-style dream records with distinct documentary characteristics. They are a narrative form shared by ancient dream literature in China and Japan. The Japanese "Dream Chronicles" often use dreams as a revelation to become a monk or to change their faith, a sign to determine whether they have successfully received the ordination, a confirmation of the stage of practice, or a sign to determine whether the practice has been accomplished. "Dream Notes" has become an important field for expressing religious beliefs, and has the nature of "Buddhist seeking records". China's "Dream Records" reached its peak in the Song Dynasty, and people such as Dezhen, Zhang Zai, Long Quan and others who recorded "Dream Records" emerged, as well as Su Shi, who persisted in recording dreams for a long time. The peak of Japanese "Dream Records" followed that of China, the content of Chinese and Japanese "Dream Records" both showed a tendency to become more and more everyday-oriented after the Song Dynasty, and the widespread dissemination of Su Shi's works in Japan, etc., Indicate the possibility that Japanese "Dream Records" were influenced by China.