The original story prototype of “The Golden Millet Dream” appeared in the Lie Zi in the Warring States Period, to the Southern Dynasty Liu Yiqing's You Ming Lu, Coke Lake Temple, the basic framework of the Golden Millet Dream story was formed. The story was fully developed with the Tang Dynasty Shen Ji-ji's Zhen Zhong Ji as a symbol. To the late period of Song, the two isoforms of the Golden Millet Dream story gradually formed: Lv Dong-bin and Lu Sheng's Golden Millet Dream, Zhong li-quan and Lv Dong-bin's Golden Millet Dream. Later, the Golden Millet Dream story was transferred into folk, forming a local folklore “Sleeping Lu Ying”. In the process of circulation, literati and folk constitute two key factors in the evolution of the Golden Millet Dream story.