A dream too care about the people of "the third kind of knowledge", may make the dream become a "self-fulfilling prophecy" (Self - fulfillmentprophecy).

In "liao zhai zhi yi" has a "NiuFei said:" the fellow villager a man bought a cow, very strong.One night, a manDream of cattleLong wings fly away, he woke up to feel this is a bad dream, doubt there will be a loss, so the cow to the market to sell at a discount.
He will fetch silver cloth towel wrapped wrapped around the arm, on the way home, he saw a hawk is the roadside eating of dead rabbits.Before a man approached, the eagle is very gentle, don't fly off, so he is in rags tied down the eagle's leg, and then wound in his arm, and continue walking home.Bound along the eagle has repeatedly put robot, a slightly do not pay attention to, the eagle fly unexpectedly with a towel wrapped silver heaven.

On the surface, "cow long wings fly away" dream prophecy was symbolically in cash, but if a man doesn't think the dream foreboding selling cattle, cattle how can fly?We can say that this is a man had a dream hinted that he fulfilled the prophecy.
Precise notes novel autumn light plexus words, otherwise a about qing dynasty insistance Zhu Zhu tuo (the story of compiling) of the Ming of Zhu Zhu tuo likes to eat duck, when I was young had dreamed that he walked outside, I saw a big pool, pool morality of the thousands of ducks, guard beside the boy said to him: "Mr This is the food of your life."

Later Zhu Zhu tuo at the age of 81, because of getting ailments and stay in bed, and dream of the water pool back to young age dream before, found that only two ducks in the pool.

He woke up, feel bad, cautioned us family not to boil kill ducks;Think of daughter just come back to visit the sick, know her father likes to eat duck, kill two at home, specially to bring honor his father.Zhu Zhu tuo saw the two cooked ducks, sigh a way: "my food record over here?"That night he died.

This is also a "self-fulfilling prophecy", Zhu Zhu tuo believe that dream prophecy, and told his family not to kill ducks, but "as" day is man, see daughter sent two ducks, his psychological defense collapsed, may be just that, and make his condition deteriorated, die.