注：○黃泉：地下也?！蹲髠鳌る[公元年》：“不及黃泉,無相見也?！北搪洌呵嗵煲?。 楊炯 《和輔先入昊天觀星瞻》：“碧落三乾外，黃圖四海中。”○南柯太守書：唐李公佐有《南柯太守傳》，言夢(mèng)魂虛無之事也。囈語：夢(mèng)話也。王嘉 《拾遺記·吳》：“﹝ 呂蒙 ﹞嘗在孫策座上酣醉，忽臥，于夢(mèng)中誦《周易》一部，俄而驚起……眾座皆云：‘呂蒙囈語通《周易》?！甭杽?dòng)：使人驚也?！赌鲜贰そ膫鳌罚骸懊繌挠涡?，與群僚相隨，見傳詔馳來，知當(dāng)呼己，聳動(dòng)愧恧，形于容貌?！薄鸶√摚豪罟簟赌峡绿貍鳌罚骸案心峡轮√?。”○原文云：“圣賢之言天啟也，若被焚之巫覡，皆小說語。蓋彼方從夢(mèng)醒，朦朧告其侶，言已復(fù)入夢(mèng)間矣。”譯文用唐人傳奇事也。
The Revelations of Devout and Learn'd
Who rose before us, and as Prophets burn'd,
Are all but Stories, which, awoke from Sleep
They told their comrades, and to Sleep return'd.