第十四回 · 老翁省悟 The Old Man Remembers — Journey to the West

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老翁省悟 The Old Man Remembers

悟wù空kōng厲lì聲shēng高gāo呼hū道dào：「你nǐ這zhè個gè老lǎo兒ér全quán沒méi眼yǎn色sè！唐táng人rén是shì我wǒ師shī父fù，我wǒ是shì他tā徒tú弟dì。我wǒ也yě不bú是shì甚shén糖táng人rén，蜜mì人rén，我wǒ是shì齊qí天tiān大dà聖shèng！你nǐ們men這zhè裡lǐ人rén家jiā，也yě有yǒu認rèn得de我wǒ的de。我wǒ也yě曾céng見jiàn你nǐ來lái。」那nà老lǎo者zhě道dào：「你nǐ在zài那nǎ裡lǐ見jiàn我wǒ？」悟wù空kōng道dào：「你nǐ小xiǎo時shí不bù曾céng在zài我wǒ面miàn前qián扒pá柴chái？不bù曾céng在zài我wǒ臉liǎn上shàng挑tiāo菜cài？」老lǎo者zhě道dào：「這zhè廝sī胡hú說shuō！你nǐ在zài那nǎ裡lǐ住zhù？我wǒ在zài那nǎ裡lǐ住zhù？我wǒ來lái你nǐ面miàn前qián扒pá柴chái、挑tiāo菜cài？」悟wù空kōng道dào：「我wǒ兒ér子zi便biàn胡hú說shuō。你nǐ是shì認rèn不bù得dé我wǒ了le，我wǒ本běn是shì這zhè兩liǎng界jiè山shān石shí匣xiá中zhōng的de大dà聖shèng，你nǐ再zài認rèn認rèn看kàn。」老lǎo者zhě方fāng才cái省xǐng悟wù道dào：「你nǐ倒dào有yǒu些xiē像xiàng他tā。但dàn你nǐ是shì怎zěn麼me得dé出chū來lái的de？」悟wù空kōng將jiāng菩pú薩sà勸quàn善shàn，令lìng他tā等děng待dài唐táng僧sēng揭jiē帖tiě脫tuō身shēn之zhī事shì，對duì那nà老lǎo者zhě細xì說shuō了le一yí遍biàn。悟wù空kōng厉lì声shēng高gāo呼hū道dào：「你nǐ这zhè个gè老lǎo儿ér全quán没méi眼yǎn色sè！唐táng人rén是shì我wǒ师shī父fù，我wǒ是shì他tā徒tú弟dì。我wǒ也yě不bú是shì甚shén糖táng人rén，蜜mì人rén，我wǒ是shì齐qí天tiān大dà圣shèng！你nǐ们men这zhè里lǐ人rén家jiā，也yě有yǒu认rèn得de我wǒ的de。我wǒ也yě曾céng见jiàn你nǐ来lái。」那nà老lǎo者zhě道dào：「你nǐ在zài那nǎ里lǐ见jiàn我wǒ？」悟wù空kōng道dào：「你nǐ小xiǎo时shí不bù曾céng在zài我wǒ面miàn前qián扒pá柴chái？不bù曾céng在zài我wǒ脸liǎn上shàng挑tiāo菜cài？」老lǎo者zhě道dào：「这zhè厮sī胡hú说shuō！你nǐ在zài那nǎ里lǐ住zhù？我wǒ在zài那nǎ里lǐ住zhù？我wǒ来lái你nǐ面miàn前qián扒pá柴chái、挑tiāo菜cài？」悟wù空kōng道dào：「我wǒ儿ér子zi便biàn胡hú说shuō。你nǐ是shì认rèn不bù得dé我wǒ了le，我wǒ本běn是shì这zhè两liǎng界jiè山shān石shí匣xiá中zhōng的de大dà圣shèng，你nǐ再zài认rèn认rèn看kàn。」老lǎo者zhě方fāng才cái省xǐng悟wù道dào：「你nǐ倒dào有yǒu些xiē像xiàng他tā。但dàn你nǐ是shì怎zěn么me得dé出chū来lái的de？」悟wù空kōng将jiāng菩pú萨sà劝quàn善shàn，令lìng他tā等děng待dài唐táng僧sēng揭jiē帖tiě脱tuō身shēn之zhī事shì，对duì那nà老lǎo者zhě细xì说shuō了le一yí遍biàn。

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悟wù空kōng厲lì聲shēng高gāo呼hū道dào：「你nǐ這zhè個gè老lǎo兒ér全quán沒méi眼yǎn色sè！唐táng人rén是shì我wǒ師shī父fù，我wǒ是shì他tā徒tú弟dì。悟wù空kōng厉lì声shēng高gāo呼hū道dào：「你nǐ这zhè个gè老lǎo儿ér全quán没méi眼yǎn色sè！唐táng人rén是shì我wǒ师shī父fù，我wǒ是shì他tā徒tú弟dì。

Wukong cried out in a stern voice, "You have no eyes in your head at all, old man! The man of Tang is my master; I am his disciple.

Wukong's indignation launches the wordplay. 全沒眼色 ("no discernment at all") scolds the old man for failing to tell master from monster.

我wǒ也yě不bú是shì甚shén糖táng人rén，蜜mì人rén，我wǒ是shì齊qí天tiān大dà聖shèng！我wǒ也yě不bú是shì甚shén糖táng人rén，蜜mì人rén，我wǒ是shì齐qí天tiān大dà圣shèng！

And I am no 'sugar-man' or 'honey-man' either — I am the Great Sage Equal to Heaven! Among the folk hereabouts there are some who know me.

The pun turns on sound: 唐人 ("a man of Tang") against 糖人 and 蜜人 ("sugar-man, honey-man"). Here 甚 means "any" and is read shén (as in 甚麼), not the adverbial shèn.

你nǐ們men這zhè裡lǐ人rén家jiā，也yě有yǒu認rèn得de我wǒ的de。我wǒ也yě曾céng見jiàn你nǐ來lái。」你nǐ们men这zhè里lǐ人rén家jiā，也yě有yǒu认rèn得de我wǒ的de。我wǒ也yě曾céng见jiàn你nǐ来lái。」

I have seen you before, as it happens."

He claims, absurdly, a prior acquaintance. 認得 ("know, recognise") reads 得 as de.

那nà老lǎo者zhě道dào：「你nǐ在zài那nǎ裡lǐ見jiàn我wǒ？」那nà老lǎo者zhě道dào：「你nǐ在zài那nǎ里lǐ见jiàn我wǒ？」

The old man said, "Where did you ever see me?"

The old man's natural question — 你在那裡見我 ("where did you see me?") — reads 那裡 as the interrogative nǎ ("where").

悟wù空kōng道dào：「你nǐ小xiǎo時shí不bù曾céng在zài我wǒ面miàn前qián扒pá柴chái？不bù曾céng在zài我wǒ臉liǎn上shàng挑tiāo菜cài？」悟wù空kōng道dào：「你nǐ小xiǎo时shí不bù曾céng在zài我wǒ面miàn前qián扒pá柴chái？不bù曾céng在zài我wǒ脸liǎn上shàng挑tiāo菜cài？」

Wukong said, "Did you not, when you were small, rake firewood before my face? Did you not gather greens upon my very cheek?"

Wukong's teasing claim is deliberately preposterous: that as a child the old man gathered firewood and greens on his very body — the monkey imagined as a mountain overgrown after five centuries. 扒柴 ("to rake firewood") reads 扒 as pá.

老lǎo者zhě道dào：「這zhè廝sī胡hú說shuō！你nǐ在zài那nǎ裡lǐ住zhù？我wǒ在zài那nǎ裡lǐ住zhù？我wǒ來lái你nǐ面miàn前qián扒pá柴chái、挑tiāo菜cài？」老lǎo者zhě道dào：「这zhè厮sī胡hú说shuō！你nǐ在zài那nǎ里lǐ住zhù？我wǒ在zài那nǎ里lǐ住zhù？我wǒ来lái你nǐ面miàn前qián扒pá柴chái、挑tiāo菜cài？」

The old man said, "This fellow talks nonsense! Where did you live, and where did I live, that I should come and rake firewood and gather greens before your face?"

The old man protests the impossibility, echoing the interrogative 那裡 (nǎ, "where") back at him. The exchange is pure comic banter.

悟wù空kōng道dào：「我wǒ兒ér子zi便biàn胡hú說shuō。你nǐ是shì認rèn不bù得dé我wǒ了le，悟wù空kōng道dào：「我wǒ儿ér子zi便biàn胡hú说shuō。你nǐ是shì认rèn不bù得dé我wǒ了le，

Wukong said, "It is my son here who talks nonsense. You simply do not know me:

Wukong's retort — 我兒子便胡說, "it's my son who talks nonsense," i.e. "only a fool would" — is a coarse jest that makes the old man his junior. 兒子 reads 子 as neutral zi.

我wǒ本běn是shì這zhè兩liǎng界jiè山shān石shí匣xiá中zhōng的de大dà聖shèng，你nǐ再zài認rèn認rèn看kàn。」我wǒ本běn是shì这zhè两liǎng界jiè山shān石shí匣xiá中zhōng的de大dà圣shèng，你nǐ再zài认rèn认rèn看kàn。」

I am none other than the Great Sage of the stone chest in this Mountain of the Two Frontiers — look again and know me."

He drops the joke to identify himself plainly as the Great Sage of the famous stone chest. 石匣中 reads 中 as zhōng.

老lǎo者zhě方fāng才cái省xǐng悟wù道dào：「你nǐ倒dào有yǒu些xiē像xiàng他tā。但dàn你nǐ是shì怎zěn麼me得dé出chū來lái的de？」老lǎo者zhě方fāng才cái省xǐng悟wù道dào：「你nǐ倒dào有yǒu些xiē像xiàng他tā。但dàn你nǐ是shì怎zěn么me得dé出chū来lái的de？」

The old man at last came to himself and said, "You do rather resemble him. But how did you ever get out?"

Recognition dawns. 省悟 ("to come to realise") reads 省 as xǐng (not shěng). 怎麼得出來 ("how did you get out?") takes 得 as dé.

悟wù空kōng將jiāng菩pú薩sà勸quàn善shàn，令lìng他tā等děng待dài唐táng僧sēng揭jiē帖tiě脫tuō身shēn之zhī事shì，對duì那nà老lǎo者zhě細xì說shuō了le一yí遍biàn。悟wù空kōng将jiāng菩pú萨sà劝quàn善shàn，令lìng他tā等děng待dài唐táng僧sēng揭jiē帖tiě脱tuō身shēn之zhī事shì，对duì那nà老lǎo者zhě细xì说shuō了le一yí遍biàn。

Then Wukong told the old man the whole tale — how the Bodhisattva had exhorted him to virtue and bidden him wait for the Tang monk to peel the seal and set him free — recounting it all through, from first to last.

The passage — and the chapter's narrative body — closes with Wukong recounting his release. 將 here is the object-marker, read jiāng; 那老者 reads 那 as nà.

總評 Commentary

Wukong's answer to the old man's slur turns the scene into a display of his brash, punning humour. He seizes on the sound of 唐人 ("man of Tang") to protest that he is no "sugar-man" or "honey-man," and then spins an absurd claim of old acquaintance — that the old man, as a boy, gathered firewood and greens upon the monkey's own body, a joke that pictures the imprisoned Great Sage as a mountain grown over with five centuries of brush.

The banter is characteristic: coarse, quick, self-aggrandising, and delivered with complete confidence. When teasing has run its course, Wukong identifies himself plainly as the Great Sage of the local stone chest, and recognition dawns on the old man, who has evidently long known the mountain's legend.

The chapter's narrative body closes on this note of recognition and recounting, with Wukong retelling the story of Guanyin's bargain and his release — folding the episode neatly back into the larger design of the pilgrimage before the chapter's closing frame.