Sources and editorial policy

Who runs DreamSeer

DreamSeer is run by an individual (tania). Contact: tania.ai.tokyo@gmail.com

How a reading is made

1. An AI model picks out the key images in the dream you write.
2. A program looks up candidate lines for those images in an index of the Zhou Gong text. This step follows fixed rules, so the same images always give the same candidates.
3. An AI model checks which line truly matches your dream. Lines about a different subject, or where the situation runs the other way, are never quoted. When nothing matches, the page says so.
4. An AI model writes the reading from those sources. The program attaches the sources each paragraph used, by number, under that paragraph; the model can only choose from the sources it was given and cannot write a citation itself.
5. Readings are generated by an AI model (DeepSeek) and are for entertainment. They are not medical, psychological or other professional advice.

Where AI is involved

Classical lines are quoted as written, never rewritten. The plain-language notes under them and the 100-entry modern dream dictionary are original content we drafted with an AI model and then edited; the Japanese and English versions were translated and proofread with an AI model.

For research, we only summarise each paper's own findings and name the authors and year. Before adding a study, we checked its authors, year, journal and findings; studies we could not verify are left out.

What we don't do

We don't invent sources or present claims of unknown origin as classical texts.

We don't give medical or psychological diagnoses. If nightmares trouble you for a long time, please talk to a doctor or mental health professional.

We don't require an account, don't ask for a phone number or birth date, and don't store the dreams you write. See the privacy policy for details.

Sources

Classical texts (public domain)

• Zhou Gong's Book of Dreams (anonymous, public domain): 952 lines, quoted verbatim
• Dunhuang manuscript dream books, Tang dynasty: based on the transcription in the appendix to Chu Gansheng's Ancient Chinese Dream Divination (edited by Xie Lujun), checked line by line against the printed pages and re-punctuated by us; 225 entries
• Rites of Zhou, “Officer of Dream Divination”, with Zheng Xuan's Eastern Han commentary
• Wang Fu, Qianfu Lun, “Menglie”
• Huangdi Neijing, Lingshu, “Yinxie Fameng”
• Liezi, “King Mu of Zhou”

Psychology and sleep research

• Nielsen, T. A., Zadra, A. L., Simard, V., et al. (2003). The typical dreams of Canadian university students. Dreaming, 13(4), 211–235.
• Revonsuo, A. (2000). The reinterpretation of dreams: An evolutionary hypothesis of the function of dreaming. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23(6), 877–901.
• Domhoff, G. W. (2003). The Scientific Study of Dreams: Neural Networks, Cognitive Development, and Content Analysis. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
• Schredl, M., & Hofmann, F. (2003). Continuity between waking activities and dream activities. Consciousness and Cognition, 12(2), 298–308.
• Hartmann, E. (1996). Outline for a theory on the nature and functions of dreaming. Dreaming, 6(2), 147–170.
• Walker, M. P., & van der Helm, E. (2009). Overnight therapy? The role of sleep in emotional brain processing. Psychological Bulletin, 135(5), 731–748.
• Levin, R., & Nielsen, T. A. (2007). Disturbed dreaming, posttraumatic stress disorder, and affect distress: A review and neurocognitive model. Psychological Bulletin, 133(3), 482–528.
• Sharpless, B. A., & Barber, J. P. (2011). Lifetime prevalence rates of sleep paralysis: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 15(5), 311–315.
• Rozen, N., & Soffer-Dudek, N. (2018). Dreams of teeth falling out: An empirical investigation of physiological and psychological correlates. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1812.
• Arnulf, I., Grosliere, L., Le Corvec, T., et al. (2014). Will students pass a competitive exam that they failed in their dreams? Consciousness and Cognition, 29, 36–47.
• Wamsley, E. J., Tucker, M., Payne, J. D., Benavides, J. A., & Stickgold, R. (2010). Dreaming of a learning task is associated with enhanced sleep-dependent memory consolidation. Current Biology, 20(9), 850–855.
• Malinowski, J. E., & Horton, C. L. (2014). Evidence for the preferential incorporation of emotional waking-life experiences into dreams. Dreaming, 24(1), 18–31.
• Yu, C. K.-C. (2008). Typical dreams experienced by Chinese people. Dreaming, 18(1), 1–10.
• Barrett, D. (1993). The "committee of sleep": A study of dream incubation for problem solving. Dreaming, 3(2), 115–123.
• Hall, C. S., & Van de Castle, R. L. (1966). The Content Analysis of Dreams. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.

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