《太平广记·卷二百七十一·妇人二》
当年，应贞在夜晚睡眠时，梦到自己把书撕碎了吞食下去，每次做梦能吞食几十卷，下次做梦则又换一种文体来吞食，这样的梦做了不知有多少次，于是她便能写很漂亮的赋、颂等文章。
初应贞梦裂书而食之，每梦食数十卷，则文体一变。如是非一，遂工为赋颂。
In her early years, when Yingzhen slept at night, she would dream that she was tearing books apart and swallowing them whole. She would swallow several dozen scrolls in each dream, and the next time she dreamt, she would swallow a book in a different style. After many dreams like this, she was able to write elegant fu and song poems.