第十四回 · 頂上金字 The Golden Seal on the Summit — Journey to the West

原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

頂上金字 The Golden Seal on the Summit

三sān藏zàng聞wén言yán，滿mǎn心xīn歡huān喜xǐ道dào：「你nǐ雖suī有yǒu此cǐ善shàn心xīn，又yòu蒙méng菩pú薩sà教jiào誨huì，願yuàn入rù沙shā門mén，只zhǐ是shì我wǒ又yòu沒méi斧fǔ鑿záo，如rú何hé救jiù得de你nǐ出chū？」那nà猴hóu道dào：「不bú用yòng斧fǔ鑿záo，你nǐ但dàn肯kěn救jiù我wǒ，我wǒ自zì出chū來lái也yě。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「我wǒ自zì救jiù你nǐ，你nǐ怎zěn得dé出chū來lái？」那nà猴hóu道dào：「這zhè山shān頂dǐng上shàng有yǒu我wǒ佛fó如rú來lái的de金jīn字zì壓yā帖tiē，你nǐ只zhǐ上shàng山shān去qù將jiāng帖tiē兒ér揭jiē起qǐ，我wǒ就jiù出chū來lái了le。」三sān藏zàng依yī言yán，回huí頭tóu央yāng浼měi劉liú伯bó欽qīn道dào：「太tài保bǎo啊a，我wǒ與yǔ你nǐ上shàng山shān走zǒu一yì遭zāo。」伯bó欽qīn道dào：「不bù知zhī真zhēn假jiǎ何hé如rú？」那nà猴hóu高gāo叫jiào道dào：「是shì真zhēn，決jué不bù敢gǎn虛xū謬miù。」三sān藏zàng闻wén言yán，满mǎn心xīn欢huān喜xǐ道dào：「你nǐ虽suī有yǒu此cǐ善shàn心xīn，又yòu蒙méng菩pú萨sà教jiào诲huì，愿yuàn入rù沙shā门mén，只zhǐ是shì我wǒ又yòu没méi斧fǔ凿záo，如rú何hé救jiù得de你nǐ出chū？」那nà猴hóu道dào：「不bú用yòng斧fǔ凿záo，你nǐ但dàn肯kěn救jiù我wǒ，我wǒ自zì出chū来lái也yě。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「我wǒ自zì救jiù你nǐ，你nǐ怎zěn得dé出chū来lái？」那nà猴hóu道dào：「这zhè山shān顶dǐng上shàng有yǒu我wǒ佛fó如rú来lái的de金jīn字zì压yā帖tiē，你nǐ只zhǐ上shàng山shān去qù将jiāng帖tiē儿ér揭jiē起qǐ，我wǒ就jiù出chū来lái了le。」三sān藏zàng依yī言yán，回huí头tóu央yāng浼měi刘liú伯bó钦qīn道dào：「太tài保bǎo啊a，我wǒ与yǔ你nǐ上shàng山shān走zǒu一yì遭zāo。」伯bó钦qīn道dào：「不bù知zhī真zhēn假jiǎ何hé如rú？」那nà猴hóu高gāo叫jiào道dào：「是shì真zhēn，决jué不bù敢gǎn虚xū谬miù。」

逐句解 Line by line

三sān藏zàng聞wén言yán，滿mǎn心xīn歡huān喜xǐ道dào：「你nǐ雖suī有yǒu此cǐ善shàn心xīn，又yòu蒙méng菩pú薩sà教jiào誨huì，願yuàn入rù沙shā門mén，只zhǐ是shì我wǒ又yòu沒méi斧fǔ鑿záo，如rú何hé救jiù得de你nǐ出chū？」三sān藏zàng闻wén言yán，满mǎn心xīn欢huān喜xǐ道dào：「你nǐ虽suī有yǒu此cǐ善shàn心xīn，又yòu蒙méng菩pú萨sà教jiào诲huì，愿yuàn入rù沙shā门mén，只zhǐ是shì我wǒ又yòu没méi斧fǔ凿záo，如rú何hé救jiù得de你nǐ出chū？」

Hearing this, Sanzang was filled with joy and said, "Though you have so good a heart, and have received the Bodhisattva's instruction, and are willing to enter the gate of religion — still, I have neither axe nor chisel. How am I to free you?"

Sanzang's delight is checked at once by his literal-mindedness: he believes the monkey but sees no means to free him. 沙門 (shāmén), from the Sanskrit śramaṇa, means the Buddhist order, the "gate of religion"; to "enter 沙門" is to become a monk. 斧鑿 — "axe and chisel" — are the tools he lacks.

那nà猴hóu道dào：「不bú用yòng斧fǔ鑿záo，你nǐ但dàn肯kěn救jiù我wǒ，我wǒ自zì出chū來lái也yě。」那nà猴hóu道dào：「不bú用yòng斧fǔ凿záo，你nǐ但dàn肯kěn救jiù我wǒ，我wǒ自zì出chū来lái也yě。」

The monkey said, "No axe or chisel is needed. Only be willing to save me, and I shall come out of myself."

The monkey's answer shifts the burden from force to will: no tool can free him, only Sanzang's willingness. It is the first hint that his release is a matter of destiny, not labour.

三sān藏zàng道dào：「我wǒ自zì救jiù你nǐ，你nǐ怎zěn得dé出chū來lái？」三sān藏zàng道dào：「我wǒ自zì救jiù你nǐ，你nǐ怎zěn得dé出chū来lái？」

Sanzang said, "I am willing to save you — but how will you get out?"

那nà猴hóu道dào：「這zhè山shān頂dǐng上shàng有yǒu我wǒ佛fó如rú來lái的de金jīn字zì壓yā帖tiē，你nǐ只zhǐ上shàng山shān去qù將jiāng帖tiē兒ér揭jiē起qǐ，我wǒ就jiù出chū來lái了le。」那nà猴hóu道dào：「这zhè山shān顶dǐng上shàng有yǒu我wǒ佛fó如rú来lái的de金jīn字zì压yā帖tiē，你nǐ只zhǐ上shàng山shān去qù将jiāng帖tiē儿ér揭jiē起qǐ，我wǒ就jiù出chū来lái了le。」

The monkey said, "On the summit of this mountain there is a golden-lettered seal set by my Buddha, the Tathāgata. Only go up and peel the strip away, and I shall come out at once."

壓帖 (yātiě) is the "seal-strip" the Buddha placed to pin the mountain fast — the golden-lettered talisman named in the next passage. 如來 (rúlái) renders the Sanskrit Tathāgata, "the Thus-Come One," an epithet of the Buddha. 將 here is the object-marker (like 把) and is read jiāng.

三sān藏zàng依yī言yán，回huí頭tóu央yāng浼měi劉liú伯bó欽qīn道dào：「太tài保bǎo啊a，我wǒ與yǔ你nǐ上shàng山shān走zǒu一yì遭zāo。」三sān藏zàng依yī言yán，回huí头tóu央yāng浼měi刘liú伯bó钦qīn道dào：「太tài保bǎo啊a，我wǒ与yǔ你nǐ上shàng山shān走zǒu一yì遭zāo。」

Sanzang did as he was told, and turning back he entreated Liu Boqin: "Guardian, let me climb the mountain with you a while."

央浼 (yāngměi) means "to entreat, to beg a favour." Unable to act alone, Sanzang enlists the hunter to help him make the climb.

伯bó欽qīn道dào：「不bù知zhī真zhēn假jiǎ何hé如rú？」那nà猴hóu高gāo叫jiào道dào：「是shì真zhēn，決jué不bù敢gǎn虛xū謬miù。」伯bó钦qīn道dào：「不bù知zhī真zhēn假jiǎ何hé如rú？」那nà猴hóu高gāo叫jiào道dào：「是shì真zhēn，决jué不bù敢gǎn虚xū谬miù。」

Boqin said, "I cannot tell whether this is true or false." The monkey cried aloud, "It is true — I would never dare to deceive you!"

Boqin's caution mirrors the reader's: is this creature to be trusted? The monkey's emphatic 決不敢虛謬 ("I would never dare deceive you") is meant to overcome that doubt.

總評 Commentary

The exchange resolves the practical problem of the rescue and, in doing so, reframes it. Sanzang, ever literal-minded, worries about axe and chisel; the monkey answers that no tool can free him — only the monk's willingness and the peeling-away of the Buddha's seal. The release is thus figured as an act of faith and fate rather than force.

The 壓帖, the golden-lettered talisman on the summit, is the visible sign of the Buddha's authority. It was the Buddha who imprisoned Wukong and the Buddha's word that holds him; only that word, lifted, can let him go. The next passage climbs to the seal itself and reveals its six golden graphs.

Boqin's doubt — "true or false?" — voices a natural wariness of this ragged, talking creature, and the monkey's vehement denial of any deceit does the work of reassurance. The small drama of trust prepares the moment when the timid monk will lay his hand on the Buddha's seal.