第十一回 · 傳報天下 Proclaimed to the Realm — Journey to the West

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傳報天下 Proclaimed to the Realm

分fēn別bié出chū了le那nà六liù道dào輪lún迴huí之zhī下xià，有yǒu朱zhū太tài尉wèi請qǐng朕zhèn上shàng馬mǎ，飛fēi也yě相xiāng似sì，行xíng到dào渭wèi水shuǐ河hé邊biān，我wǒ看kàn見jiàn那nà水shuǐ面miàn上shàng有yǒu雙shuāng頭tóu魚yú戲xì。正zhèng歡huān喜xǐ處chù，他tā將jiāng我wǒ撮cuō著zhe腳jiǎo，推tuī下xià水shuǐ中zhōng，朕zhèn方fāng得dé還huán魂hún也yě。」眾zhòng臣chén聞wén此cǐ言yán，無wú不bù稱chēng賀hè。遂suì此cǐ編biān行xíng傳chuán報bào天tiān下xià，各gè府fǔ縣xiàn官guān員yuán上shàng表biǎo稱chēng慶qìng不bù題tí。分fēn别bié出chū了le那nà六liù道dào轮lún回huí之zhī下xià，有yǒu朱zhū太tài尉wèi请qǐng朕zhèn上shàng马mǎ，飞fēi也yě相xiāng似sì，行xíng到dào渭wèi水shuǐ河hé边biān，我wǒ看kàn见jiàn那nà水shuǐ面miàn上shàng有yǒu双shuāng头tóu鱼yú戏xì。正zhèng欢huān喜xǐ处chù，他tā将jiāng我wǒ撮cuō着zhe脚jiǎo，推tuī下xià水shuǐ中zhōng，朕zhèn方fāng得dé还huán魂hún也yě。」众zhòng臣chén闻wén此cǐ言yán，无wú不bù称chēng贺hè。遂suì此cǐ编biān行xíng传chuán报bào天tiān下xià，各gè府fǔ县xiàn官guān员yuán上shàng表biǎo称chēng庆qìng不bù题tí。

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分fēn別bié出chū了le那nà六liù道dào輪lún迴huí之zhī下xià，有yǒu朱zhū太tài尉wèi請qǐng朕zhèn上shàng馬mǎ，飛fēi也yě相xiāng似sì，行xíng到dào渭wèi水shuǐ河hé邊biān，我wǒ看kàn見jiàn那nà水shuǐ面miàn上shàng有yǒu雙shuāng頭tóu魚yú戲xì。分fēn别bié出chū了le那nà六liù道dào轮lún回huí之zhī下xià，有yǒu朱zhū太tài尉wèi请qǐng朕zhèn上shàng马mǎ，飞fēi也yě相xiāng似sì，行xíng到dào渭wèi水shuǐ河hé边biān，我wǒ看kàn见jiàn那nà水shuǐ面miàn上shàng有yǒu双shuāng头tóu鱼yú戏xì。

'Parting from the place beneath the Six Paths of Rebirth, I had Marshal Zhu invite me to mount, and, swift as flight, we came to the bank of the River Wei, where I saw a two-headed fish at play upon the water.'

飛也相似 is "like flying," at speed; 似 is sì. 雙頭魚 is the two-headed fish again. 行 is xíng.

正zhèng歡huān喜xǐ處chù，他tā將jiāng我wǒ撮cuō著zhe腳jiǎo，推tuī下xià水shuǐ中zhōng，朕zhèn方fāng得dé還huán魂hún也yě。」正zhèng欢huān喜xǐ处chù，他tā将jiāng我wǒ撮cuō着zhe脚jiǎo，推tuī下xià水shuǐ中zhōng，朕zhèn方fāng得dé还huán魂hún也yě。」

'Just as I was delighting in it, he seized me by the feet and pushed me down into the water — and so I came to return to life.'

撮著 uses zhe, to take hold of. 還魂 is huán hún. The account ends exactly where the death did — with a shove — and the emperor has by now worked out that the shove was the point.

眾zhòng臣chén聞wén此cǐ言yán，無wú不bù稱chēng賀hè。遂suì此cǐ編biān行xíng傳chuán報bào天tiān下xià，各gè府fǔ縣xiàn官guān員yuán上shàng表biǎo稱chēng慶qìng不bù題tí。众zhòng臣chén闻wén此cǐ言yán，无wú不bù称chēng贺hè。遂suì此cǐ编biān行xíng传chuán报bào天tiān下xià，各gè府fǔ县xiàn官guān员yuán上shàng表biǎo称chēng庆qìng不bù题tí。

When the ministers heard these words, there was none who did not offer congratulation. Thereupon the matter was compiled and proclaimed throughout the realm, and the officials of every prefecture and district sent up memorials of felicitation — of which no more need be said.

編行傳報 is to compile a report and circulate it officially. 上表稱慶 is to submit memorials of congratulation, the standard response of every provincial office to any imperial good news. 不題, "no more of that," is the storyteller's way of shutting a thread and moving on — the spoken equivalent of a scene change.

總評 Commentary

The emperor finishes and the court erupts in congratulation; the marvel is immediately formalised into a proclamation and circulated to the provinces, where officials file the appropriate paperwork.

The storyteller's closing tag — 不題, no more of this — folds the underworld episode shut and turns the narrative toward its consequences: the amnesties, the Grand Mass, and the pilgrimage they will bring about.