A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chang Chan

by Herbert A. Giles

20Chang Chan 張瞻. A trader, who shortly before returning home from a long journey, dreamt that he was cooking in a mortar. On consulting a soothsayer, named 王生 Wang Shêng, the latter told him that it was because he had no 釜 fu saucepan, which signified that his 婦 fu wife was dead. When he reached home, he found that his wife had died during his absence.