16th Century China

Last night I had the strangest dream. In the dream my daughter, who is two, started to tell me facts that were quite alarming, but when I awoke I had forgotten them all. Well all but the part of a sentence which oddly said " A 16th century Chinese.... "   I panicked  at that point in the dream and unfortunately woke up, next I hear the creaks and cracking noises in my attic that are so common at various periods of time. I do however have my theory's about this bizarre piece of a sentence , and believe it is of great relevance. Time will tell  : )