第十二回 · 引僧見駕 The Audience Before the Throne — Journey to the West

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引僧見駕 The Audience Before the Throne

菩pú薩sà欣xīn然rán從cóng之zhī，拽zhuài轉zhuǎn步bù，徑jìng進jìn東dōng華huá門mén裡lǐ。黃huáng門mén官guān轉zhuǎn奏zòu，蒙méng旨zhǐ宣xuān至zhì寶bǎo殿diàn。見jiàn蕭xiāo瑀yǔ引yǐn著zhe兩liǎng個gè疥jiè癩lài僧sēng人rén，立lì於yú階jiē下xià，唐táng王wáng問wèn曰yuē：「蕭xiāo瑀yǔ來lái奏zòu何hé事shì？」蕭xiāo瑀yǔ俯fǔ伏fú階jiē前qián道dào：「臣chén出chū了le東dōng華huá門mén前qián，偶ǒu遇yù二èr僧sēng，乃nǎi賣mài袈jiā裟shā與yǔ錫xī杖zhàng者zhě。臣chén思sī法fǎ師shī玄xuán奘zàng可kě著zhuó此cǐ服fú，故gù領lǐng僧sēng人rén啟qǐ見jiàn。」太tài宗zōng大dà喜xǐ，便biàn問wèn那nà袈jiā裟shā價jià值zhí幾jǐ何hé。菩pú薩sà與yǔ木mù叉chā侍shì立lì階jiē下xià，更gèng不bù行xíng禮lǐ，因yīn問wèn袈jiā裟shā之zhī價jià，答dá道dào：「袈jiā裟shā五wǔ千qiān兩liǎng，錫xī杖zhàng二èr千qiān兩liǎng。」太tài宗zōng道dào：「那nà袈jiā裟shā有yǒu何hé好hǎo處chù，就jiù值zhí許xǔ多duō？」菩pú萨sà欣xīn然rán从cóng之zhī，拽zhuài转zhuǎn步bù，径jìng进jìn东dōng华huá门mén里lǐ。黄huáng门mén官guān转zhuǎn奏zòu，蒙méng旨zhǐ宣xuān至zhì宝bǎo殿diàn。见jiàn萧xiāo瑀yǔ引yǐn着zhe两liǎng个gè疥jiè癞lài僧sēng人rén，立lì于yú阶jiē下xià，唐táng王wáng问wèn曰yuē：「萧xiāo瑀yǔ来lái奏zòu何hé事shì？」萧xiāo瑀yǔ俯fǔ伏fú阶jiē前qián道dào：「臣chén出chū了le东dōng华huá门mén前qián，偶ǒu遇yù二èr僧sēng，乃nǎi卖mài袈jiā裟shā与yǔ锡xī杖zhàng者zhě。臣chén思sī法fǎ师shī玄xuán奘zàng可kě着zhuó此cǐ服fú，故gù领lǐng僧sēng人rén启qǐ见jiàn。」太tài宗zōng大dà喜xǐ，便biàn问wèn那nà袈jiā裟shā价jià值zhí几jǐ何hé。菩pú萨sà与yǔ木mù叉chā侍shì立lì阶jiē下xià，更gèng不bù行xíng礼lǐ，因yīn问wèn袈jiā裟shā之zhī价jià，答dá道dào：「袈jiā裟shā五wǔ千qiān两liǎng，锡xī杖zhàng二èr千qiān两liǎng。」太tài宗zōng道dào：「那nà袈jiā裟shā有yǒu何hé好hǎo处chù，就jiù值zhí许xǔ多duō？」

逐句解 Line by line

菩pú薩sà欣xīn然rán從cóng之zhī，拽zhuài轉zhuǎn步bù，徑jìng進jìn東dōng華huá門mén裡lǐ。菩pú萨sà欣xīn然rán从cóng之zhī，拽zhuài转zhuǎn步bù，径jìng进jìn东dōng华huá门mén里lǐ。

The Bodhisattva gladly assented, turned on her heel, and went straight in through the Donghua Gate.

拽轉步, turned on her heel, reads 拽 as zhuài. 東華門, the Donghua Gate, is an eastern gate of the palace.

黃huáng門mén官guān轉zhuǎn奏zòu，蒙méng旨zhǐ宣xuān至zhì寶bǎo殿diàn。黄huáng门mén官guān转zhuǎn奏zòu，蒙méng旨zhǐ宣xuān至zhì宝bǎo殿diàn。

The gate-officer relayed the report, and by imperial command they were summoned to the treasure-hall.

A 黃門官 is a palace gate-officer whose business is carrying messages in to the throne.

見jiàn蕭xiāo瑀yǔ引yǐn著zhe兩liǎng個gè疥jiè癩lài僧sēng人rén，立lì於yú階jiē下xià，唐táng王wáng問wèn曰yuē：「蕭xiāo瑀yǔ來lái奏zòu何hé事shì？」见jiàn萧xiāo瑀yǔ引yǐn着zhe两liǎng个gè疥jiè癞lài僧sēng人rén，立lì于yú阶jiē下xià，唐táng王wáng问wèn曰yuē：「萧xiāo瑀yǔ来lái奏zòu何hé事shì？」

Seeing Xiao Yu leading two scabby, mangy monks who stood below the steps, the Tang king asked: 'What does Xiao Yu come to report?'

著 in 引著, leading, is the ongoing-action zhe.

蕭xiāo瑀yǔ俯fǔ伏fú階jiē前qián道dào：「臣chén出chū了le東dōng華huá門mén前qián，偶ǒu遇yù二èr僧sēng，乃nǎi賣mài袈jiā裟shā與yǔ錫xī杖zhàng者zhě。萧xiāo瑀yǔ俯fǔ伏fú阶jiē前qián道dào：「臣chén出chū了le东dōng华huá门mén前qián，偶ǒu遇yù二èr僧sēng，乃nǎi卖mài袈jiā裟shā与yǔ锡xī杖zhàng者zhě。

Xiao Yu prostrated himself before the steps and said: 'As your servant was leaving the Donghua Gate, I chanced upon two monks who were selling a cassock and a staff.'

了 in 臣出了 is the completed-action le.

臣chén思sī法fǎ師shī玄xuán奘zàng可kě著zhuó此cǐ服fú，故gù領lǐng僧sēng人rén啟qǐ見jiàn。」臣chén思sī法fǎ师shī玄xuán奘zàng可kě着zhuó此cǐ服fú，故gù领lǐng僧sēng人rén启qǐ见jiàn。」

'I thought the Dharma Master Xuanzang might wear this garment, and so have brought the monks to present themselves.'

著 in 可著此服, might wear this garment, is zhuó, to wear.

太tài宗zōng大dà喜xǐ，便biàn問wèn那nà袈jiā裟shā價jià值zhí幾jǐ何hé。太tài宗zōng大dà喜xǐ，便biàn问wèn那nà袈jiā裟shā价jià值zhí几jǐ何hé。

Taizong was greatly pleased, and asked what the cassock was worth.

那 in 那袈裟 is the pointing nà.

菩pú薩sà與yǔ木mù叉chā侍shì立lì階jiē下xià，更gèng不bù行xíng禮lǐ，因yīn問wèn袈jiā裟shā之zhī價jià，答dá道dào：「袈jiā裟shā五wǔ千qiān兩liǎng，錫xī杖zhàng二èr千qiān兩liǎng。」菩pú萨sà与yǔ木mù叉chā侍shì立lì阶jiē下xià，更gèng不bù行xíng礼lǐ，因yīn问wèn袈jiā裟shā之zhī价jià，答dá道dào：「袈jiā裟shā五wǔ千qiān两liǎng，锡xī杖zhàng二èr千qiān两liǎng。」

The Bodhisattva and Moksha stood in attendance below the steps and did not even perform obeisance; and when asked the cassock's price, answered: 'The cassock, five thousand taels; the staff, two thousand.'

更不行禮 — did not so much as bow. This is the detail to catch: two ragged monks stand in front of the emperor of China and decline the obeisance, and nobody in the hall draws the obvious conclusion. 更 is gèng, and 行 in 行禮 is xíng.

太tài宗zōng道dào：「那nà袈jiā裟shā有yǒu何hé好hǎo處chù，就jiù值zhí許xǔ多duō？」太tài宗zōng道dào：「那nà袈jiā裟shā有yǒu何hé好hǎo处chù，就jiù值zhí许xǔ多duō？」

Taizong said: 'What virtue has that cassock, to be worth so much?'

那 in 那袈裟 is the pointing nà. The emperor asks what makes it worth so much, which is precisely the cue the rhapsody has been waiting for.

總評 Commentary

The disguised Bodhisattva is brought before the throne, and the storyteller plants a quiet marker of her hidden standing: she and Moksha do not so much as bow to the emperor — an impertinence unthinkable in a real mendicant, and a sign legible to the reader if not to the court that these are no ordinary monks.

Xiao Yu's recommendation frames the cassock as destined for Xuanzang, and Taizong's question, what makes it worth so much, sets up the two great descriptive set-pieces that form the chapter's ornamental climax: the rhapsody of the cassock and the verse of the staff.