《幽梦影》大约成书于康熙三十七年（1698）前，是一部笔记随感小品集，收录作者格言、箴言、哲言、韵语、警句等219则。张潮取幽人梦境、似幻如影之意，尽情地抒发了对人生、自然的体验和感受，蕴涵着破人梦境、发人警醒的用心，为此名为《幽梦影》。
Dream Shadow “is a representative work of the Qing Dynasty writer Zhang Chao. It is a comprehensive collection of poetry, prose, calligraphy, and painting in the form of quotations and essays, containing rich life philosophy, aesthetic experience, and ways of dealing with the world.
古代名言翻译
涉猎虽曰无用，犹胜于不通古今；清高固然可嘉，莫流于不识时务。——涨潮《幽梦影》
Random reading and browsing are better than not being acquainted with books at all; it is all right to be detached, but not to be ignorant of the trend of the times.
（林语堂 译）
