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法門寺夜
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法門寺夜 A Night at the Temple of the Dharma Gate

卻què說shuō三sān藏zàng自zì貞zhēn觀guān十shí三sān年nián九jiǔ月yuè望wàng前qián三sān日rì，蒙méng唐táng王wáng與yǔ多duō官guān送sòng出chū長cháng安ān關guān外wài。一yí二èr日rì馬mǎ不bù停tíng蹄tí，早zǎo至zhì法fǎ門mén寺sì。本běn寺sì住zhù持chí上shàng房fáng長zhǎng老lǎo，帶dài領lǐng眾zhòng僧sēng有yǒu五wǔ百bǎi餘yú人rén，兩liǎng邊biān羅luó列liè，接jiē至zhì裡lǐ面miàn，相xiāng見jiàn獻xiàn茶chá。茶chá罷bà進jìn齋zhāi，齋zhāi後hòu不bù覺jué天tiān晚wǎn。正zhèng是shì那nà：却què说shuō三sān藏zàng自zì贞zhēn观guān十shí三sān年nián九jiǔ月yuè望wàng前qián三sān日rì，蒙méng唐táng王wáng与yǔ多duō官guān送sòng出chū长cháng安ān关guān外wài。一yí二èr日rì马mǎ不bù停tíng蹄tí，早zǎo至zhì法fǎ门mén寺sì。本běn寺sì住zhù持chí上shàng房fáng长zhǎng老lǎo，带dài领lǐng众zhòng僧sēng有yǒu五wǔ百bǎi余yú人rén，两liǎng边biān罗luó列liè，接jiē至zhì里lǐ面miàn，相xiāng见jiàn献xiàn茶chá。茶chá罢bà进jìn斋zhāi，斋zhāi后hòu不bù觉jué天tiān晚wǎn。正zhèng是shì那nà：

影yǐng動dòng星xīng河hé近jìn，月yuè明míng無wú點diǎn塵chén。影yǐng动dòng星xīng河hé近jìn，月yuè明míng无wú点diǎn尘chén。
雁yàn聲shēng鳴míng遠yuǎn漢hàn，砧zhēn韻yùn響xiǎng西xī鄰lín。雁yàn声shēng鸣míng远yuǎn汉hàn，砧zhēn韵yùn响xiǎng西xī邻lín。
歸guī鳥niǎo棲qī枯kū樹shù，禪chán僧sēng講jiǎng梵fàn音yīn。归guī鸟niǎo栖qī枯kū树shù，禅chán僧sēng讲jiǎng梵fàn音yīn。
蒲pú團tuán一yí榻tà上shàng，坐zuò到dào夜yè將jiāng分fēn。蒲pú团tuán一yí榻tà上shàng，坐zuò到dào夜yè将jiāng分fēn。

逐句解 Line by line

卻què說shuō三sān藏zàng自zì貞zhēn觀guān十shí三sān年nián九jiǔ月yuè望wàng前qián三sān日rì，蒙méng唐táng王wáng與yǔ多duō官guān送sòng出chū長cháng安ān關guān外wài。一yí二èr日rì馬mǎ不bù停tíng蹄tí，早zǎo至zhì法fǎ門mén寺sì。本běn寺sì住zhù持chí上shàng房fáng長zhǎng老lǎo，帶dài領lǐng眾zhòng僧sēng有yǒu五wǔ百bǎi餘yú人rén，兩liǎng邊biān羅luó列liè，接jiē至zhì裡lǐ面miàn，相xiāng見jiàn獻xiàn茶chá。茶chá罷bà進jìn齋zhāi，齋zhāi後hòu不bù覺jué天tiān晚wǎn。正zhèng是shì那nà： 却què说shuō三sān藏zàng自zì贞zhēn观guān十shí三sān年nián九jiǔ月yuè望wàng前qián三sān日rì，蒙méng唐táng王wáng与yǔ多duō官guān送sòng出chū长cháng安ān关guān外wài。一yí二èr日rì马mǎ不bù停tíng蹄tí，早zǎo至zhì法fǎ门mén寺sì。本běn寺sì住zhù持chí上shàng房fáng长zhǎng老lǎo，带dài领lǐng众zhòng僧sēng有yǒu五wǔ百bǎi余yú人rén，两liǎng边biān罗luó列liè，接jiē至zhì里lǐ面miàn，相xiāng见jiàn献xiàn茶chá。茶chá罢bà进jìn斋zhāi，斋zhāi后hòu不bù觉jué天tiān晚wǎn。正zhèng是shì那nà：

Now Sanzang, on the third day before the full moon of the ninth month in the thirteenth year of the Zhenguan reign, had been seen out beyond the passes of Chang'an by the Tang king and his many officers. For a day or two his horse never stayed its hooves, and he came early to the Temple of the Dharma Gate. The abbot of the upper hall, at the head of more than five hundred monks, drew up his community in two ranks, received him within, and after the exchange of greetings offered tea. When the tea was done they went in to the vegetarian meal; and when the meal was over, evening had come before they knew it. It was just like this:

貞觀十三年 — the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, the reign-period of Emperor Taizong (about 639 CE); 望 (wàng) is the full moon, so “three days before 望” falls near the twelfth of the month. 法門寺 is the historical Famen Temple west of Chang'an, famed for its relic of the Buddha's finger-bone. 齋 (zhāi) is the monastic vegetarian meal; 正是那 (“it was just like this”) is the storyteller's formula ushering in descriptive verse.

影yǐng動dòng星xīng河hé近jìn，月yuè明míng無wú點diǎn塵chén。 影yǐng动dòng星xīng河hé近jìn，月yuè明míng无wú点diǎn尘chén。

Shadows stir, and the River of Stars draws near; the moon shines bright, without a single mote of dust.

星河 (xīng hé), the “Star River,” is the Milky Way; the couplet paints the pure, clarified night of a temple at rest.

雁yàn聲shēng鳴míng遠yuǎn漢hàn，砧zhēn韻yùn響xiǎng西xī鄰lín。 雁yàn声shēng鸣míng远yuǎn汉hàn，砧zhēn韵yùn响xiǎng西xī邻lín。

Wild geese cry out against the far sky; the note of the fulling-block sounds from the neighbour to the west.

遠漢 (yuǎn hàn), the “far Han [River of Heaven],” is again the night sky. 砧 (zhēn) is the stone on which cloth was pounded; its autumnal sound is a stock signal of the season, and of longing, in classical verse.

歸guī鳥niǎo棲qī枯kū樹shù，禪chán僧sēng講jiǎng梵fàn音yīn。 归guī鸟niǎo栖qī枯kū树shù，禅chán僧sēng讲jiǎng梵fàn音yīn。

Homing birds roost in the withered trees; the Chan monks expound the Brahmā-sounds.

梵音 (fàn yīn), the “Brahmā-sounds,” is the pure, resonant voice of Buddhist chanting and scripture — the sound of the Dharma itself.

蒲pú團tuán一yí榻tà上shàng，坐zuò到dào夜yè將jiāng分fēn。 蒲pú团tuán一yí榻tà上shàng，坐zuò到dào夜yè将jiāng分fēn。

On the rush cushion, upon a single couch, he sits until the night is about to divide.

蒲團 (pú tuán) is the woven rush mat for seated meditation. 夜將分 — the night “about to divide” (將 jiāng, “on the point of”), drawing toward the small hours when the watches change.

總評 Commentary

The narrative proper begins with a careful anchoring in calendar and place — the Zhenguan reign, the ninth month, the historical Famen Temple — a documentary specificity that lends the fabulous journey the air of chronicle. The evening at the temple is rendered not by incident but by a five-word regulated poem whose four couplets compose a still, luminous nightscape: the clarified moon, the crying geese, the sound of chanting, the lone meditator. The passage exemplifies a characteristic rhythm of the book, brisk prose narration giving way, at a moment of repose, to lyric description introduced by the tag 正是那. The verse is not mere ornament; its imagery of purity and stillness quietly figures the monastic ideal against which the coming horrors of the road will stand in violent contrast.