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師徒復合
Back on the Road
這行者須臾間看見唐僧在路傍悶坐。他上前道：「師父，怎麼不走路？還在此做甚？」三藏擡頭道：「你往那裡去來？教我行又不敢行，動又不敢動，只管在此等你。」行者道：「我往東洋大海老龍王家討茶吃吃。」三藏道：「徒弟啊，出家人不要說謊。你離了我沒多一個時辰，就說到龍王家吃茶？」行者笑道：「不瞞師父說，我會駕觔斗雲，一個觔斗有十萬八千里路，故此得即去即來。」三藏道：「我略略的言語重了些兒，你就怪我，使個性子丟了我去。像你這有本事的，討得茶吃；像我這去不得的，只管在此忍餓。你也過意不去呀。」行者道：「師父，你若餓了，我便去與你化些齋吃。」三藏道：「不用化齋，我那包袱裡還有些乾糧，是劉太保母親送的。你去拿缽盂尋些水來，等我吃些兒走路罷。」这行者须臾间看见唐僧在路傍闷坐。他上前道：「师父，怎么不走路？还在此做甚？」三藏擡头道：「你往那里去来？教我行又不敢行，动又不敢动，只管在此等你。」行者道：「我往东洋大海老龙王家讨茶吃吃。」三藏道：「徒弟啊，出家人不要说谎。你离了我没多一个时辰，就说到龙王家吃茶？」行者笑道：「不瞒师父说，我会驾觔斗云，一个觔斗有十万八千里路，故此得即去即来。」三藏道：「我略略的言语重了些儿，你就怪我，使个性子丢了我去。像你这有本事的，讨得茶吃；像我这去不得的，只管在此忍饿。你也过意不去呀。」行者道：「师父，你若饿了，我便去与你化些斋吃。」三藏道：「不用化斋，我那包袱里还有些干粮，是刘太保母亲送的。你去拿钵盂寻些水来，等我吃些儿走路罢。」
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這行者須臾間看見唐僧在路傍悶坐。
这行者须臾间看见唐僧在路傍闷坐。
In a moment this Pilgrim caught sight of the Tang monk sitting dejected by the roadside.
The reunion opens with the monk sitting forlorn where the quarrel left him. 行者 reads 行 as xíng.
他上前道：「師父，怎麼不走路？還在此做甚？」
他上前道：「师父，怎么不走路？还在此做甚？」
He came up and said, "Master, why are you not on the road? Still sitting here — what for?"
Wukong's breezy greeting glides over the desertion. 還在 reads 還 as hái; 做甚 reads 甚 as shén.
三藏擡頭道：「你往那裡去來？教我行又不敢行，動又不敢動，只管在此等你。」
三藏擡头道：「你往那里去来？教我行又不敢行，动又不敢动，只管在此等你。」
Sanzang raised his head and said, "Where have you been off to? You have left me neither daring to go nor daring to stir, only to wait here for you."
Sanzang's reproach is that of the helpless — stranded, afraid to move. 三藏 reads 藏 as zàng; 那裡 reads 那 as interrogative nǎ ("where"); 教我 reads 教 as jiào.
行者道：「我往東洋大海老龍王家討茶吃吃。」
行者道：「我往东洋大海老龙王家讨茶吃吃。」
The Pilgrim said, "I went to the house of the old Dragon King in the Eastern Ocean to beg a cup of tea."
Wukong tells the plain truth, which sounds like a boast. 行者 reads 行 as xíng.
三藏道：「徒弟啊，出家人不要說謊。你離了我沒多一個時辰，就說到龍王家吃茶？」
三藏道：「徒弟啊，出家人不要说谎。你离了我没多一个时辰，就说到龙王家吃茶？」
Sanzang said, "Disciple, a man who has left the household should not tell lies. You had not been gone from me the length of an hour — and you say you went to the Dragon King's house for tea?"
Sanzang's disbelief is natural — the tea-run seems impossible in the time. 三藏 reads 藏 as zàng.
行者笑道：「不瞞師父說，我會駕觔斗雲，一個觔斗有十萬八千里路，故此得即去即來。」
行者笑道：「不瞒师父说，我会驾觔斗云，一个觔斗有十万八千里路，故此得即去即来。」
The Pilgrim laughed and said, "I won't deceive you, Master: I can ride the somersault-cloud, and a single somersault covers a hundred and eight thousand li — so I can go and come again in an instant."
The explanation is the marvel of the somersault-cloud: 108,000 li at a bound. 行者 reads 行 as xíng; 觔斗 reads 斗 as dǒu (twice); 得即去即來 takes 得 as dé.
三藏道：「我略略的言語重了些兒，你就怪我，使個性子丟了我去。
三藏道：「我略略的言语重了些儿，你就怪我，使个性子丢了我去。
Sanzang said, "My words were just a trifle too heavy, and at that you took offence and lost your temper and abandoned me.
Sanzang's mild, guilt-inducing reproach half-apologises for his own harshness while chiding the monkey's flight. 三藏 reads 藏 as zàng; 言語重 reads 重 as zhòng; 性子 reads 子 as neutral zi.
像你這有本事的，討得茶吃；像我這去不得的，只管在此忍餓。你也過意不去呀。」
像你这有本事的，讨得茶吃；像我这去不得的，只管在此忍饿。你也过意不去呀。」
One so able as you can go and get tea; one like me, who cannot go, must sit here and starve. You ought to feel you have gone too far."
He contrasts the able disciple with his own helplessness — one can fetch tea, the other must starve. 討得茶吃 and 去不得 both take 得 as dé.
行者道：「師父，你若餓了，我便去與你化些齋吃。」
行者道：「师父，你若饿了，我便去与你化些斋吃。」
The Pilgrim said, "Master, if you are hungry, I will go and beg some food for you."
Wukong's offer to beg food shows the reconciliation taking hold. 行者 reads 行 as xíng.
三藏道：「不用化齋，我那包袱裡還有些乾糧，是劉太保母親送的。
三藏道：「不用化斋，我那包袱里还有些干粮，是刘太保母亲送的。
Sanzang said, "There is no need to beg. There is still some dry provender in my bundle, sent by the mother of Guardian Liu.
Sanzang recalls the dry rations from the mother of Guardian Liu (the hunter Boqin of the earlier chapters). 三藏 reads 藏 as zàng; 那包袱 reads 那 as nà; 還有 reads 還 as hái; 乾糧 reads 乾 as gān.
你去拿缽盂尋些水來，等我吃些兒走路罷。」
你去拿钵盂寻些水来，等我吃些儿走路罢。」
Go and take the alms-bowl to find a little water, and let me eat a little before we take the road."
He sends Wukong for water — the meal that will occasion the finding of the cap.
總評 Commentary
The reconciliation is played, characteristically, as comedy. Wukong returns to find Sanzang sitting helpless and dejected exactly where he left him, and greets him as though nothing has happened. The exchange over the tea-run is a fine small joke on the gulf between them: the monkey tells the literal truth — he flew to the Dragon King's palace and back — and the earthbound monk simply cannot believe it, since to him the feat is impossible.
Beneath the comedy, the emotional repair is real and mutual. Sanzang's reproach is notably softened: he admits his own words were "a trifle too heavy," half-apologising even as he chides, and his complaint is really the plaint of the helpless — stranded, afraid to move, dependent on the disciple he had driven off. Wukong, for his part, offers to beg food, a gesture of returning service. The bond is mending from both sides.
The passage also sets the mechanism of the climax quietly in motion. Sanzang's mention of the dry rations from Guardian Liu's mother sends Wukong to the bundle — where he will find not only the food but the gleaming cap and robe. The homely business of a roadside meal becomes the occasion for the fillet to be found, tried on, and, in the next passage, locked fast forever.