This reading list serves as designated reference textbooks for Sino-US International Dream Analysts (Chinese version). It spans classical psychoanalysis, Jungian archetypes, dream neuroscience, clinical dreamwork, and anomalous experience research, balancing theoretical foundations and practical application. Covering dream interpretation, archetypal symbolism, lucid dreaming, brain mechanisms of sleep, clinical nightmare intervention, and quantitative dream research, these are core readings for dream analysts within the IASD framework, supporting systematic studies in dream science, psychotherapy, and cross-cultural dream research.

• Liu Wenying. Dreams and Chinese Culture. People’s Publishing House, 2003. Value: A comprehensive work on indigenous Chinese dream culture. Used in international training for comparisons between Eastern and Western perspectives on dreams; facilitates understanding of Eastern dream symbolism and the intellectual history of dreams.

• Zhu Jianjun. Dream Interpretation. China Renmin University Press, 2016. Value: A mature dream interpretation system from the Imagery Dialogue school. A classic for clinical dreamwork in China, rich in practical case studies, suitable for skill training of counselors.

• Shen Heyong. Dreams of the Heart-Cleansing Island: Individuation and the Law of Synchronicity. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, 2011. Value: Localized dream research rooted in Jungian analytical psychology. Explores individuation and dream synchronicity; a core text for in-depth dreamwork.

• Li Xiaosi. Dream Interpretation: The Key to Psychotherapy. Anhui People’s Publishing House, 2010. Value: A landmark domestic work on psychoanalytic dream interpretation. Systematically illustrates clinical dreamwork techniques within the psychoanalytic framework, suitable for international clinical training.

• Xu Guangxing. Nine Lectures on Dream Interpretation: The Art of Counseling and Psychotherapy. East China Normal University Press, 2007. Value: An academic, structured tutorial on dream interpretation integrating theory, casework and ethics, ideal for standardized counselor training.

• Sun Daxing. Dream Psychology. China All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Press, 2020. Value: A systematic introduction to dream psychology in China, designed for foundational theoretical courses.

• Qi Yaling. Learn Dream Interpretation. Global Press, 2024. Value: Practice-oriented textbook for skill training of Jungian dream analysts.

• Wang Miao. Dream Analysis Psychology (4-volume set). Unity Press, 2025. Value: A complete, systematic academic monograph on dream analysis psychology from China with an independent disciplinary framework; an advanced core textbook for international training.

• [UK] Peter Fonagy & [Germany] Horst Kächele. The Meaning of Dreams: Bridging Clinical and Non-Clinical Psychoanalytic Research on Dreams. Chongqing University Press, 2022. (Reviewed by Li Xiaosi) Value: Cutting-edge contemporary international psychoanalytic dream research. Connects empirical research and clinical practice; an advanced theoretical reading.

• Patrick McNamara. Sleep and Dream Neuroscience (Brain Science Translation Series). Zhejiang Education Press, 2023. Value: Foundations of dream neuroscience, supplies empirical evidence, balances purely phenomenological and psychoanalytic theories to complete the knowledge structure of training programs.