文学历来与梦有着密切的联系,随着文学的不断成熟,梦也逐渐褪去了其神秘色彩,成为文人抒情言志的一种表达方式,承载着作家的人生体验、社会认识。汤显祖在其代表作“临川四梦”中将其生活体验和思想感悟寄寓梦境,他的“至情”信仰在梦境中得以自由释放,同时丰富了作品的审美意蕴,并加强了梦在文学作品中的结构功能. Literature has always been closely linked with dreams. As literature continues to mature, dreams gradually fade its mystery and become an expression of literati ’s lyrical expression, bearing the author’ s life experience and social understanding. In his masterpiece “Linchuan Si Meng”, Tang Xianzu perceived his life experiences and thoughts as dreams and his “Faith ” belief was freely released in the dream, at the same time enriching the aesthetic connotation of his works and strengthening The Structural Function of Dream in Literary Works.