第十四回 · 行者辭去 Old Sun Is Off — Journey to the West

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行者辭去 Old Sun Is Off

原yuán來lái這zhè猴hóu子zi一yì生shēng受shòu不bù得dé人rén氣qì。他tā見jiàn三sān藏zàng只zhǐ管guǎn緒xù緒xù叨dāo叨dāo，按àn不bú住zhù心xīn頭tóu火huǒ發fā道dào：「你nǐ既jì是shì這zhè等děng，說shuō我wǒ做zuò不bù得dé和hé尚shàng，上shàng不bù得dé西xī天tiān，不bú必bì恁nèn般bān絮xù聒guā惡è我wǒ，我wǒ回huí去qù便biàn了liǎo。」那nà三sān藏zàng卻què不bù曾céng答dá應yìng。他tā就jiù使shǐ一yí個gè性xìng子zi，將jiāng身shēn一yí縱zòng，說shuō一yì聲shēng：「老lǎo孫sūn去qù也yě！」三sān藏zàng急jí擡tái頭tóu，早zǎo已yǐ不bú見jiàn。只zhǐ聞wén得dé呼hū的de一yì聲shēng，回huí東dōng而ér去qù。撇piē得de那nà長zhǎng老lǎo孤gū孤gū零líng零líng，點diǎn頭tóu自zì歎tàn，悲bēi怨yuàn不bù已yǐ道dào：「這zhè廝sī這zhè等děng不bú受shòu教jiào誨huì，我wǒ但dàn說shuō他tā幾jǐ句jù，他tā怎zěn麼me就jiù無wú形xíng無wú影yǐng的de徑jìng回huí去qù了le？罷bà罷bà罷bà，也yě是shì我wǒ命mìng裡lǐ不bù該gāi招zhāo徒tú弟dì，進jìn人rén口kǒu。如rú今jīn欲yù尋xún他tā無wú處chù尋xún，欲yù叫jiào他tā叫jiào不bù應yìng，去qù來lái，去qù來lái。」正zhèng是shì：原yuán来lái这zhè猴hóu子zi一yì生shēng受shòu不bù得dé人rén气qì。他tā见jiàn三sān藏zàng只zhǐ管guǎn绪xù绪xù叨dāo叨dāo，按àn不bú住zhù心xīn头tóu火huǒ发fā道dào：「你nǐ既jì是shì这zhè等děng，说shuō我wǒ做zuò不bù得dé和hé尚shàng，上shàng不bù得dé西xī天tiān，不bú必bì恁nèn般bān絮xù聒guā恶è我wǒ，我wǒ回huí去qù便biàn了liǎo。」那nà三sān藏zàng却què不bù曾céng答dá应yìng。他tā就jiù使shǐ一yí个gè性xìng子zi，将jiāng身shēn一yí纵zòng，说shuō一yì声shēng：「老lǎo孙sūn去qù也yě！」三sān藏zàng急jí抬tái头tóu，早zǎo已yǐ不bú见jiàn。只zhǐ闻wén得dé呼hū的de一yì声shēng，回huí东dōng而ér去qù。撇piē得de那nà长zhǎng老lǎo孤gū孤gū零líng零líng，点diǎn头tóu自zì叹tàn，悲bēi怨yuàn不bù已yǐ道dào：「这zhè厮sī这zhè等děng不bú受shòu教jiào诲huì，我wǒ但dàn说shuō他tā几jǐ句jù，他tā怎zěn么me就jiù无wú形xíng无wú影yǐng的de径jìng回huí去qù了le？罢bà罢bà罢bà，也yě是shì我wǒ命mìng里lǐ不bù该gāi招zhāo徒tú弟dì，进jìn人rén口kǒu。如rú今jīn欲yù寻xún他tā无wú处chù寻xún，欲yù叫jiào他tā叫jiào不bù应yìng，去qù来lái，去qù来lái。」正zhèng是shì：

捨shě身shēn拚pàn命mìng歸guī西xī去qù，莫mò倚yǐ傍bàng人rén自zì主zhǔ張zhāng。舍shě身shēn拚pàn命mìng归guī西xī去qù，莫mò倚yǐ傍bàng人rén自zì主zhǔ张zhāng。

逐句解 Line by line

原yuán來lái這zhè猴hóu子zi一yì生shēng受shòu不bù得dé人rén氣qì。原yuán来lái这zhè猴hóu子zi一yì生shēng受shòu不bù得dé人rén气qì。

Now this monkey had, all his life, been unable to bear being slighted.

The narrator stops the scene to name the flaw, which he rarely does: this monkey has never in his life been able to swallow a slight. Everything that follows comes out of that one sentence. 猴子 takes the light 子 (zi); 受不得 reads 得 as dé.

他tā見jiàn三sān藏zàng只zhǐ管guǎn緒xù緒xù叨dāo叨dāo，按àn不bú住zhù心xīn頭tóu火huǒ發fā道dào：他tā见jiàn三sān藏zàng只zhǐ管guǎn绪xù绪xù叨dāo叨dāo，按àn不bú住zhù心xīn头tóu火huǒ发fā道dào：

Seeing Sanzang go on and on nagging, he could not hold down the fire in his heart, and burst out:

And note what breaks him: not the accusation but its length. 緒緒叨叨 is nagging on and on, the sound of a lecture that will not end. 三藏 reads 藏 as zàng.

「你nǐ既jì是shì這zhè等děng，說shuō我wǒ做zuò不bù得dé和hé尚shàng，上shàng不bù得dé西xī天tiān，不bú必bì恁nèn般bān絮xù聒guā惡è我wǒ，我wǒ回huí去qù便biàn了liǎo。」「你nǐ既jì是shì这zhè等děng，说shuō我wǒ做zuò不bù得dé和hé尚shàng，上shàng不bù得dé西xī天tiān，不bú必bì恁nèn般bān絮xù聒guā恶è我wǒ，我wǒ回huí去qù便biàn了liǎo。」

"If that is how it is — if you say I cannot be a monk and cannot reach the Western Heaven — then there is no need to keep scolding and despising me. I will go back, and that is that!"

He throws the master's own words back at him — no monk, no Western Heaven — and quits. 做不得 and 上不得 both take 得 as dé.

那nà三sān藏zàng卻què不bù曾céng答dá應yìng。那nà三sān藏zàng却què不bù曾céng答dá应yìng。

Sanzang made no answer.

And here is the line that finishes it. Sanzang says nothing at all — no protest, no hand on the sleeve. 那三藏 reads 那 as nà; 答應 reads 應 as yìng.

他tā就jiù使shǐ一yí個gè性xìng子zi，將jiāng身shēn一yí縱zòng，說shuō一yì聲shēng：「老lǎo孫sūn去qù也yě！」他tā就jiù使shǐ一yí个gè性xìng子zi，将jiāng身shēn一yí纵zòng，说shuō一yì声shēng：「老lǎo孙sūn去qù也yě！」

So the monkey lost his temper; with a single bound of his body he cried out, "Old Sun is off!"

One bound, one shouted line, and he is gone. 性子 takes the light 子 (zi); 將身 reads 將 as jiāng.

三sān藏zàng急jí擡tái頭tóu，早zǎo已yǐ不bú見jiàn。三sān藏zàng急jí抬tái头tóu，早zǎo已yǐ不bú见jiàn。

Sanzang looked up in haste, but he was already gone.

The monk looks up a second too late, which is roughly the speed of everything Wukong does. 三藏 reads 藏 as zàng.

只zhǐ聞wén得dé呼hū的de一yì聲shēng，回huí東dōng而ér去qù。只zhǐ闻wén得dé呼hū的de一yì声shēng，回huí东dōng而ér去qù。

Only a whistling sound was heard as he made off eastward.

A whistle in the air, and it is going east — back the way they came, toward Flower-Fruit Mountain. The direction is the whole message. 只聞得 takes 得 as de.

撇piē得de那nà長zhǎng老lǎo孤gū孤gū零líng零líng，點diǎn頭tóu自zì歎tàn，悲bēi怨yuàn不bù已yǐ道dào：撇piē得de那nà长zhǎng老lǎo孤gū孤gū零líng零líng，点diǎn头tóu自zì叹tàn，悲bēi怨yuàn不bù已yǐ道dào：

Left all alone, the elder nodded to himself and sighed, grieving without end:

And here is the chapter's low point: an old man alone on a road, nodding to himself and sighing. 撇得 reads 得 as de; 那長老 reads 那 as nà and 長 as zhǎng.

「這zhè廝sī這zhè等děng不bú受shòu教jiào誨huì，我wǒ但dàn說shuō他tā幾jǐ句jù，他tā怎zěn麼me就jiù無wú形xíng無wú影yǐng的de徑jìng回huí去qù了le？「这zhè厮sī这zhè等děng不bú受shòu教jiào诲huì，我wǒ但dàn说shuō他tā几jǐ句jù，他tā怎zěn么me就jiù无wú形xíng无wú影yǐng的de径jìng回huí去qù了le？

"So this is how he takes correction! I say but a few words to him, and off he goes without form or shadow, straight back the way he came.

'I said a few words to him' — the self-pity is doing some quiet editing of what just happened. 教誨 reads 教 as jiào.

罷bà罷bà罷bà，也yě是shì我wǒ命mìng裡lǐ不bù該gāi招zhāo徒tú弟dì，進jìn人rén口kǒu。罢bà罢bà罢bà，也yě是shì我wǒ命mìng里lǐ不bù该gāi招zhāo徒tú弟dì，进jìn人rén口kǒu。

Enough, enough! It must be that it is not my fate to gather a disciple, to add to my company.

Then resignation, and the very Chinese comfort of blaming fate: perhaps I was never meant to have a disciple at all.

如rú今jīn欲yù尋xún他tā無wú處chù尋xún，欲yù叫jiào他tā叫jiào不bù應yìng，去qù來lái，去qù來lái。」正zhèng是shì：如rú今jīn欲yù寻xún他tā无wú处chù寻xún，欲yù叫jiào他tā叫jiào不bù应yìng，去qù来lái，去qù来lái。」正zhèng是shì：

Now, though I would seek him, there is nowhere to seek; though I would call him, he does not answer. On, then; on." And so it was:

Nowhere to look, and 叫不應 — call, and no answer comes — so on he goes. 應 is read yìng. Then 正是, 'and so it was', the tag that cues a closing couplet.

Cast off self and stake your life, and go toward the West; lean not on others, but be your own master.

The couplet draws the lesson out of his plight and turns it into a maxim: cast off self, stake your life, go west; lean on nobody, be your own master. It is stirring, and the narrative immediately makes a fool of it. He cannot go it alone — he cannot even get on his horse without help — and Guanyin is already on the road with the disciple he cannot do without.

總評 Commentary

The break comes fast and grows straight out of character. The narrator says so outright: the monkey's undoing is his pride, his lifelong inability to bear a slight. Sanzang's rebuke was just in substance and merciless in delivery, and it is the nagging — not the killing, not even the accusation — that finally has Wukong flinging the words back and vanishing eastward in a single bound.

Sanzang's silence at the one moment that mattered completes it. He makes no move to keep his disciple, and the passage then lingers on him alone: an abandoned monk nodding and sighing on an empty road, working his way round to the idea of travelling by himself. It is the chapter's emotional floor, a fellowship broken almost as soon as it was made.

The closing couplet answers with a brave moral — cast off self, stake your life, rely on no one — and the story undercuts it in the very next line. The monk plainly cannot proceed alone, and even as he resolves to try, Guanyin is coming down the road with the remedy. The lesson of self-reliance is real; so is its limit. On this journey, discipline has to be supplied from outside before it can ever be owned from within.