第十四回 · 猴心未死 One Last Blow — Journey to the West

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猴心未死 One Last Blow

他tā口kǒu裡lǐ雖suī然rán答dá應yìng，心xīn上shàng還hái懷huái不bú善shàn，把bǎ那nà針zhēn兒ér幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，碗wǎn來lái粗cū細xì，望wàng唐táng僧sēng就jiù欲yù下xià手shǒu。慌huāng得de長zhǎng老lǎo口kǒu中zhōng又yòu念niàn了le兩liǎng三sān遍biàn。這zhè猴hóu子zi跌diē倒dǎo在zài地dì，丟diū了le鐵tiě棒bàng，不bù能néng舉jǔ手shǒu，只zhǐ教jiào：「師shī父fù，我wǒ曉xiǎo得de了le。再zài莫mò念niàn，再zài莫mò念niàn。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「你nǐ怎zěn麼me欺qī心xīn，就jiù敢gǎn打dǎ我wǒ？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ不bù曾céng敢gǎn打dǎ。我wǒ問wèn師shī父fù，你nǐ這zhè法fǎ兒ér是shì誰shuí教jiào你nǐ的de？」三sān藏zàng道dào：「是shì適shì間jiān一yí個gè老lǎo母mǔ傳chuán授shòu我wǒ的de。」行xíng者zhě大dà怒nù道dào：「不bù消xiāo講jiǎng了le，這zhè個gè老lǎo母mǔ，坐zuò定dìng是shì那nà個gè觀guān世shì音yīn。他tā怎zěn麼me那nà等děng害hài我wǒ？等děng我wǒ上shàng南nán海hǎi打dǎ他tā去qù。」他tā口kǒu里lǐ虽suī然rán答dá应yìng，心xīn上shàng还hái怀huái不bú善shàn，把bǎ那nà针zhēn儿ér幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，碗wǎn来lái粗cū细xì，望wàng唐táng僧sēng就jiù欲yù下xià手shǒu。慌huāng得de长zhǎng老lǎo口kǒu中zhōng又yòu念niàn了le两liǎng三sān遍biàn。这zhè猴hóu子zi跌diē倒dǎo在zài地dì，丢diū了le铁tiě棒bàng，不bù能néng举jǔ手shǒu，只zhǐ教jiào：「师shī父fù，我wǒ晓xiǎo得de了le。再zài莫mò念niàn，再zài莫mò念niàn。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「你nǐ怎zěn么me欺qī心xīn，就jiù敢gǎn打dǎ我wǒ？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ不bù曾céng敢gǎn打dǎ。我wǒ问wèn师shī父fù，你nǐ这zhè法fǎ儿ér是shì谁shuí教jiào你nǐ的de？」三sān藏zàng道dào：「是shì适shì间jiān一yí个gè老lǎo母mǔ传chuán授shòu我wǒ的de。」行xíng者zhě大dà怒nù道dào：「不bù消xiāo讲jiǎng了le，这zhè个gè老lǎo母mǔ，坐zuò定dìng是shì那nà个gè观guān世shì音yīn。他tā怎zěn么me那nà等děng害hài我wǒ？等děng我wǒ上shàng南nán海hǎi打dǎ他tā去qù。」

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他tā口kǒu裡lǐ雖suī然rán答dá應yìng，心xīn上shàng還hái懷huái不bú善shàn，把bǎ那nà針zhēn兒ér幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，碗wǎn來lái粗cū細xì，望wàng唐táng僧sēng就jiù欲yù下xià手shǒu。他tā口kǒu里lǐ虽suī然rán答dá应yìng，心xīn上shàng还hái怀huái不bú善shàn，把bǎ那nà针zhēn儿ér幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，碗wǎn来lái粗cū细xì，望wàng唐táng僧sēng就jiù欲yù下xià手shǒu。

Though his mouth said yes, his heart still harboured malice: he gave the needle a shake, till it was as thick as a bowl, and made to strike at the Tang monk.

The submission is skin-deep: given the chance, the monkey at once reaches for murder. 答應 reads 應 as yìng; 還懷 reads 還 as hái; 那針兒 reads 那 as nà.

慌huāng得de長zhǎng老lǎo口kǒu中zhōng又yòu念niàn了le兩liǎng三sān遍biàn。慌huāng得de长zhǎng老lǎo口kǒu中zhōng又yòu念niàn了le两liǎng三sān遍biàn。

In alarm the elder recited the spell two or three times more.

Sanzang's spell is now a reflex of self-defence. 慌得 reads 得 as de (resultative).

這zhè猴hóu子zi跌diē倒dǎo在zài地dì，丟diū了le鐵tiě棒bàng，不bù能néng舉jǔ手shǒu，只zhǐ教jiào：「師shī父fù，我wǒ曉xiǎo得de了le。再zài莫mò念niàn，再zài莫mò念niàn。」这zhè猴hóu子zi跌diē倒dǎo在zài地dì，丢diū了le铁tiě棒bàng，不bù能néng举jǔ手shǒu，只zhǐ教jiào：「师shī父fù，我wǒ晓xiǎo得de了le。再zài莫mò念niàn，再zài莫mò念niàn。」

This monkey tumbled to the ground, dropped the iron rod, could not raise his hand, and could only cry, "Master, I understand! Recite no more, recite no more."

The fillet fells him mid-strike — the decisive proof of who now holds power. 猴子 takes neutral 子 (zi); 只教 reads 教 as jiào; 曉得 reads 得 as de.

三sān藏zàng道dào：「你nǐ怎zěn麼me欺qī心xīn，就jiù敢gǎn打dǎ我wǒ？」三sān藏zàng道dào：「你nǐ怎zěn么me欺qī心xīn，就jiù敢gǎn打dǎ我wǒ？」

Sanzang said, "How could you be so treacherous as to dare to strike me?"

Sanzang names the treachery plainly. 三藏 reads 藏 as zàng.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ不bù曾céng敢gǎn打dǎ。我wǒ問wèn師shī父fù，你nǐ這zhè法fǎ兒ér是shì誰shuí教jiào你nǐ的de？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ不bù曾céng敢gǎn打dǎ。我wǒ问wèn师shī父fù，你nǐ这zhè法fǎ儿ér是shì谁shuí教jiào你nǐ的de？」

The Pilgrim said, "I did not dare strike. Let me ask you, Master — who taught you this trick?"

Wukong denies it, then turns detective — who is behind this? 行者 reads 行 as xíng; 誰教你 reads 教 as jiào.

三sān藏zàng道dào：「是shì適shì間jiān一yí個gè老lǎo母mǔ傳chuán授shòu我wǒ的de。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「是shì适shì间jiān一yí个gè老lǎo母mǔ传chuán授shòu我wǒ的de。」

Sanzang said, "A moment ago an old woman handed it down to me."

The answer points to the disguised "old woman" of the earlier passage. 三藏 reads 藏 as zàng.

行xíng者zhě大dà怒nù道dào：「不bù消xiāo講jiǎng了le，這zhè個gè老lǎo母mǔ，坐zuò定dìng是shì那nà個gè觀guān世shì音yīn。他tā怎zěn麼me那nà等děng害hài我wǒ？等děng我wǒ上shàng南nán海hǎi打dǎ他tā去qù。」行xíng者zhě大dà怒nù道dào：「不bù消xiāo讲jiǎng了le，这zhè个gè老lǎo母mǔ，坐zuò定dìng是shì那nà个gè观guān世shì音yīn。他tā怎zěn么me那nà等děng害hài我wǒ？等děng我wǒ上shàng南nán海hǎi打dǎ他tā去qù。」

The Pilgrim flew into a rage: "No need to say more — this old woman is surely that Guanyin. How could she treat me so? Wait — I'll go up to the Southern Sea and beat her!"

Wukong sees through the disguise at once and turns his fury on Guanyin herself. 行者 reads 行 as xíng; 那個 and 那等 both read 那 as nà.

總評 Commentary

The chapter refuses to let the submission be too easy or too soon. The instant Sanzang's guard is down, Wukong swells the cudgel and makes to kill him — proof that the outward promise of the previous passage was, as suspected, only skin-deep. The mind-monkey's violent nature is not erased by the fillet; it is merely checked. And checked it is, decisively: the spell fells him mid-blow, and there is no clearer demonstration of where power now lies.

Wukong's rage, once he learns the source of the spell, is aimed with perfect accuracy at Guanyin — he sees through the "old woman" disguise in an instant. His threat to storm the Southern Sea and beat the Bodhisattva is both comic and characteristic: even bound and beaten, the monkey's first instinct is to attack the highest authority in reach. This is the same defiance that once stormed Heaven, now met with a subtler and more inescapable restraint.

The scene sets up the final turn. Sanzang's warning in the next passage — that Guanyin, having devised the spell, can surely recite it herself, so that attacking her is suicide — will supply the practical argument that at last converts Wukong's forced compliance into a settled, if grudging, resolve. The monkey yields not to morality but to a clear-eyed calculation of the odds; and on that hard, realistic footing the pilgrimage can finally proceed.