《太平广记·卷四百七十三·昆虫一》
董昭之忽然想起蚁王托梦之事，正当他思念此事时，有一个一起被关押的人便问他在想什么，董昭之如实相告。那个人说： 你只要捉两三只蚂蚁放在手上对它一说你想要问的事就可以。 
昭之忽思蚁王之梦。结念之际，同被禁者问之，昭之具以实告，其人曰： 但取三两蚁著掌中语之。 
Dong Zhaozhi suddenly remembered the dream of the Ant King. As he was thinking about it, a fellow prisoner asked him what was on his mind, and Dong Zhaozhi told him the story. The man said: You just need to put two or three ants on your hand and tell them what you want to ask about.