Prison

13 readings from 3 sources.

Zhou Gong

周公解夢 (Zhou Gong Jie Meng)

attributed to the Duke of Zhou (周公旦)

classical, undated · Chinese

inauspicious

Receiving a general pardon: ill fortune for the house.

In the source 得大赦者宅舍凶

Section 文書筆硯兵器

auspicious

The prison falling down: there is a pardon, auspicious.

In the source 牢獄崩壞有赦吉

Section 捕禁刑罰獄具

Sitting in prison: a pardon is certain.

In the source 坐獄中必有恩赦

Section 捕禁刑罰獄具

Going to prison and loving the calamity: glory and rank.

In the source 入獄愛災主榮貴

Section 捕禁刑罰獄具

Dying in prison: official business disperses.

In the source 獄中死者官事散

Section 捕禁刑罰獄具

auspicious

Sending a man to prison: you gain wealth, auspicious.

In the source 使人入獄得財吉

Section 捕禁刑罰獄具

Going into prison: high nobility.

In the source 入牢獄主有大貴

Section 捕禁刑罰獄具

highly inauspicious

A robber going into prison of his own accord: greatly inauspicious.

In the source 盜賊自入獄大凶

Section 捕禁刑罰獄具

auspicious

The prison foul and filthy: a hundred things auspicious.

In the source 牢獄臭污百事吉

Section 捕禁刑罰獄具

A condemned man escaping: illness departs.

In the source 罪人走脫疾病去

Section 捕禁刑罰獄具

Being sentenced and punished: rank and emolument arrive.

In the source 被人決罰祿位至

Section 捕禁刑罰獄具

Russian dream book, 1811

Новый, полный и подробный сонникъ

1811 · Russian

To see a man being executed in a dream is a sign of the loss of honour, freedom and property.

In the source Казнимаго видѣть во снѣ — знакъ лишенiя чести, свободы и имѣнiя.

What the OCR read

Pre-reform Cyrillic comes out of OCR damaged. What stands above is a reading of the damaged line; this is the line itself.

Аазнииаго вид 60 СНЁ, знак лише- ня чесши, свободы и имБня. "Калб селовёсескй вб кус# зидёнНиеЙ 60 си$, предвЬщаешЪ многое нешаспие, ибо есшь- ли кому привидишся, что он шаковаго мно- жесшво видишр зна улицб, площади, и другомЪ публичномЪ м5сшб, шо предзнаменуешЪ ему, чшо онЪ за что нибудь всеобщее нарфкаше понесешЪ. ‘Такой сон часшо причинялЪ ос- шановку вЪ предпремлемомЪ пушешестшв?и.

Section СПб 1811

Miller

Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream

Gustavus Hindman Miller

1901 · American Victorian

To dream of a prison, is the forerunner of misfortune in every instance, if it encircles your friends, or yourself. To see any one dismissed from prison, denotes that you will finally overcome misfortune.