摘 要：《周公解梦》是中国最早的释梦书籍，它主要包括对各种凶吉梦境的解读。《梦的解析》是在19世纪末20世纪初，精神分析学派创始人弗洛伊德所著。书中主要包括对意识、潜意识、性欲等梦境的深层次分析。这篇论文在周公解梦和梦的解析的基础上，主要探讨了中西梦文化的差异。论文通过分析法，剖析中西方释梦的不同之处。通过解读这两本释梦的代表性著作，不难发现，中西梦文化的差异不仅体现在文化背景上，而且在释梦内容，采用方法上都各有千秋。希望这篇论文可以帮助人们更好的理解梦文化。

关键词：中西文化；弗洛伊德梦的解析；周公解梦

Abstract：Zhou Gong Dream Dictionary wrote by Zhou GongDan, who is the fourth son of King Wen in ancient China. His book is China’s first book about dream interpretation. It mainly includes the auspicious or inauspicious about different dreams. The interpretation of dreams wrote by Freud in late nineteenth century early twenties century, who is the founder of psychoanalysis. Book mainly has a deep analysis of the consciousness, subconsciousness, sexual desire. On the basis of Zhou Gong Dream Dictionary and The interpretation of dreams, this paper mainly discusses the Chinese and Western cultural differences. The main method is analysis. There are big differences of dreams culture on the anatomy of analysis. Through The interpretation of dreams and Zhou Gong Dream Dictionary, it is not difficult to find that Chinese and Western cultural differences of dream not only reflects on the cultural background but in the dream content. They both have strengths and weaknesses on the methods. Hopefully this paper will be beneficial to the understanding of dream culture.

Key words: Chinese and Western cultures; The Interpretation of Dreams; the Duke of Zhou; Freud

Contents

摘 要 i

Abstract ii

I. Introduction 1

Ⅱ. The Overview of Mainstream Dream Theories 2

2.1 Origin of Domestic Mainstream Dream Theories in China 2

2.2 Origin of Western Mainstream Dream Theories in Western Countries 3

Ⅲ. Chinese and Western Differences Reflected in Dream Theories 4

3.1 The Confrontation Between Humanism and Scientism 4

3.2 Collision Between Intuitive Thinking and Logical Thinking 5

3.3 Different Interpretations of Myth 6

Ⅳ. Different Methods Used in Chinese and Western Dream Theories 8

4.1 The Main Methods of Zhou Gong Dream Dictionary . 9

 4.1.1 Straight Dream Method 9

 4.1.2 Glyphomancy Method 9

 4.1.3 Homophonic Method 10

 4.1.4 Image Method 10

4.2 Main Methods of The Interpretation of Dreams 10

Ⅴ. A Comparative Study on Chinese and Western Cultural Mainstream Dream Theories 11

5.1 Dream About the Snake 11

5.2 Dream of Relatives and Friends Passing Away 12

5.3 Dream About the Exam 12

5.4 Dreams About the Coffin 12

Ⅵ. Conclusion 13

Bibliography 15

Acknowledgements 16

Research on Chinese and Western Cultural Differences of  the interpretation of Dreams

I. Introduction

As we all know, Chinese and Western culture has many differences. Such as color difference, diet difference, living difference and so on. We can explore the differences between Chinese and Western culture through the analysis of dreams. Because dreams as a representative of the spiritual form, is a concentrated expression of cultural patterns. However, many research mainly focuses on the physical and ideological level. With the material life more and more developed, the spirit of culture, of course, to keep up with the pace. So research on differences between Chinese and Western dream culture is becoming more and more important, from which we can have a deeper understanding of western culture and enhance the sense of national identity .

Chinese and Western cultural differences has been studied long ago by Chinese scholars, Lao She, Lu Xun, etc.Two horses the representative work , Lao She, when he lived in the British, expressed Chinese and Western cultural differences. In detail, probably from a long time ago, there was a similar study, but it was not known. At present , there are many systematic studies on the differences between Chinese and Western cultures. For example, dreams studies on the language, literature, thought and other aspects of life. This study mainly focuses on the analysis of the dream of the differences, to provide a certain theoretical basis and reference reference resources for future research.