折疑論 3.212

3.212

應飛熊之夢（史記。西伯將出獵。卜之曰。所獲者非熊非羆非彪非虎。羈王之輔果獲呂尚於渭水之陽。與語大悅曰。自吾先君太公嘗云當有聖人適周。太公望子久矣。故號太公望。立為師也。於後佐武王伐紂。以康兆民塗炭之苦者。非熊之兆夢也）。

and fulfilled the dream of the flying bear (Records of the Grand Historian: When the Western Count was about to go hunting, he divined it and the result was: 'What you will catch is not a bear, nor a brown bear, nor a tiger, nor a leopard, but the minister who will assist a king.' He indeed obtained Lü Shang on the north bank of the Wei River. Talking with him, he was delighted and said, 'Ever since our late lord the Grand Duke once said that a sage would come to Zhou, the Grand Duke has looked for you for a long time.' Hence he was styled Grand Duke Wang, and established as master. Later he assisted King Wu in punishing Zhou, relieving the myriad people of their misery; this was the auspicious dream of the non-bear).