唐朝开元年间，有一个叫卢生的书生。
他很穷困潦倒，有一天在路过邯郸的路上，他在一家旅店里遇见了一位吕姓道士。
他们聊得很开心。
过了一会儿，卢生觉得有点累了，想休息一下。
这时，旅店主人正在煮黄粱饭。
道士就拿了一个枕头给卢生，对他说：“你枕着这个枕头睡觉，就能实现你的愿望，得到荣华富贵。”
卢生睡着后，做了一个梦。
他梦见自己娶了一个大户人家的女儿为妻，还考上了进士，当了节度使，最后还当了十年的宰相。
他有很多土地、房子、美女和马匹，享受着无尽的荣华富贵，一直活到老才死去。
突然，卢生因为伸了个懒腰而醒了过来。
他发现自己还在旅店里，道士也在旁边，旅店主人的黄粱饭都还没有煮熟呢！
他很惊讶，因为他梦见的东西都好像真的发生过一样。
他对道士说：“难道那些荣华富贵，都只是一场虚幻的梦境吗？”
道士回答说：“现在你应该知道，人一生所追求的，不过就是一场梦而已！”
后来，人们就把这个故事叫做“黄粱一梦”，用来比喻荣华富贵如梦似幻，终归泡影。
During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a scholar named Lu Sheng.
He was very poor. One day, while passing through Handan on the road, he met a Taoist priest with the surname Lü at an inn.
They chatted happily.
After a while, Lu Sheng felt a little tired and wanted to rest.
At this time, the innkeeper was cooking yellow millet porridge.
The Taoist took a pillow and gave it to Lu Sheng, saying, "If you sleep with this pillow, your wishes will come true and you will gain wealth and honor."
After Lu Sheng fell asleep, he had a dream.
In his dream, he married the daughter of a wealthy family, passed the imperial examination, became a military governor, and eventually served as prime minister for ten years.
He had many lands, houses, beauties, and horses, enjoying endless wealth and honor until he died old.
Suddenly, Lu Sheng woke up because of a stretch.
He found himself still in the inn, and the Taoist was also beside him, and the innkeeper's yellow millet porridge hadn't even been cooked yet!
He was surprised because what he dreamed of seemed to have really happened.
He said to the Taoist, "Could all that wealth and honor just be a dream?"
The Taoist replied, "Now you should know that what people pursue in their lives is nothing more than a dream!"
Later, people called this story 'A Dream of Yellow Millet', using it to比喻 wealth and honor are like dreams and illusions, ultimately fleeting.
