第十八回 · 妖精入房 The Monster Comes Home — Journey to the West

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妖精入房 The Monster Comes Home

那nà陣zhèn狂kuáng風fēng過guò處chù，只zhǐ見jiàn半bàn空kōng裡lǐ來lái了le一yí個gè妖yāo精jīng，果guǒ然rán生shēng得de醜chǒu陋lòu：黑hēi臉liǎn短duǎn毛máo，長cháng喙huì大dà耳ěr；穿chuān一yì領lǐng青qīng不bù青qīng、藍lán不bù藍lán的de梭suō布bù直zhí裰duō，繫xì一yì條tiáo花huā布bù手shǒu巾jīn。行xíng者zhě暗àn笑xiào道dào：「原yuán來lái是shì這zhè個gè買mǎi賣mài。」好hǎo行xíng者zhě，卻què不bù迎yíng他tā，也yě不bú問wèn他tā，且qiě睡shuì在zài床chuáng上shàng推tuī病bìng，口kǒu裡lǐ哼hēng哼hēng嘖zé嘖zé的de不bù絕jué。那nà怪guài不bù識shí真zhēn假jiǎ，走zǒu進jìn房fáng，一yì把bǎ摟lǒu住zhù，就jiù要yào親qīn嘴zuǐ。行xíng者zhě暗àn笑xiào道dào：「真zhēn個gè要yào來lái弄nòng老lǎo孫sūn哩lī。」即jí使shǐ個gè拿ná法fǎ，托tuō著zhe那nà怪guài的de長cháng嘴zuǐ，叫jiào做zuò個gè小xiǎo跌diē。漫màn頭tóu一yì抖dǒu，撲pū的de摜guàn下xià床chuáng來lái。那nà怪guài爬pá起qǐ來lái，扶fú著zhe床chuáng邊biān道dào：「姐jiě姐jiě，你nǐ怎zěn麼me今jīn日rì有yǒu些xiē怪guài我wǒ？那nà阵zhèn狂kuáng风fēng过guò处chù，只zhǐ见jiàn半bàn空kōng里lǐ来lái了le一yí个gè妖yāo精jīng，果guǒ然rán生shēng得de丑chǒu陋lòu：黑hēi脸liǎn短duǎn毛máo，长cháng喙huì大dà耳ěr；穿chuān一yì领lǐng青qīng不bù青qīng、蓝lán不bù蓝lán的de梭suō布bù直zhí裰duō，系xì一yì条tiáo花huā布bù手shǒu巾jīn。行xíng者zhě暗àn笑xiào道dào：「原yuán来lái是shì这zhè个gè买mǎi卖mài。」好hǎo行xíng者zhě，却què不bù迎yíng他tā，也yě不bú问wèn他tā，且qiě睡shuì在zài床chuáng上shàng推tuī病bìng，口kǒu里lǐ哼hēng哼hēng啧zé啧zé的de不bù绝jué。那nà怪guài不bù识shí真zhēn假jiǎ，走zǒu进jìn房fáng，一yì把bǎ搂lǒu住zhù，就jiù要yào亲qīn嘴zuǐ。行xíng者zhě暗àn笑xiào道dào：「真zhēn个gè要yào来lái弄nòng老lǎo孙sūn哩lī。」即jí使shǐ个gè拿ná法fǎ，托tuō著zhe那nà怪guài的de长cháng嘴zuǐ，叫jiào做zuò个gè小xiǎo跌diē。漫màn头tóu一yì抖dǒu，扑pū的de掼guàn下xià床chuáng来lái。那nà怪guài爬pá起qǐ来lái，扶fú著zhe床chuáng边biān道dào：「姐jiě姐jiě，你nǐ怎zěn么me今jīn日rì有yǒu些xiē怪guài我wǒ？

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那nà陣zhèn狂kuáng風fēng過guò處chù，只zhǐ見jiàn半bàn空kōng裡lǐ來lái了le一yí個gè妖yāo精jīng，果guǒ然rán生shēng得de醜chǒu陋lòu：那nà阵zhèn狂kuáng风fēng过guò处chù，只zhǐ见jiàn半bàn空kōng里lǐ来lái了le一yí个gè妖yāo精jīng，果guǒ然rán生shēng得de丑chǒu陋lòu：

When that gust of wild wind had passed, there in mid-air came a monster, and hideous indeed he was to look upon:

生得醜陋: 得 is the resultative de — "made ugly to look on." The wind has been given ten couplets; the monster is given six graphs before his face is described.

黑hēi臉liǎn短duǎn毛máo，長cháng喙huì大dà耳ěr；穿chuān一yì領lǐng青qīng不bù青qīng、藍lán不bù藍lán的de梭suō布bù直zhí裰duō，繫xì一yì條tiáo花huā布bù手shǒu巾jīn。黑hēi脸liǎn短duǎn毛máo，长cháng喙huì大dà耳ěr；穿chuān一yì领lǐng青qīng不bù青qīng、蓝lán不bù蓝lán的de梭suō布bù直zhí裰duō，系xì一yì条tiáo花huā布bù手shǒu巾jīn。

a black face with short bristles, a long snout and great ears; on his back a coarse cloth gown neither green nor blue, and at his waist a girdle of flowered cotton.

長喙: 長 is cháng, long, not zhǎng. 直裰 (duō) is the long straight-cut robe of a monk or a poor scholar; that it is 青不青、藍不藍 — neither one colour nor the other — is the exact opposite of the Sichuan brocade Squire Gao put on to receive strangers.

行xíng者zhě暗àn笑xiào道dào：「原yuán來lái是shì這zhè個gè買mǎi賣mài。」行xíng者zhě暗àn笑xiào道dào：「原yuán来lái是shì这zhè个gè买mǎi卖mài。」

The Pilgrim laughed to himself. "So this is the article," he said.

買賣, "the piece of goods, the article of trade." The Pilgrim has used the language of commerce throughout — 才有買賣, 湊四合六的勾當 — and now applies it to a person.

好hǎo行xíng者zhě，卻què不bù迎yíng他tā，也yě不bú問wèn他tā，且qiě睡shuì在zài床chuáng上shàng推tuī病bìng，口kǒu裡lǐ哼hēng哼hēng嘖zé嘖zé的de不bù絕jué。好hǎo行xíng者zhě，却què不bù迎yíng他tā，也yě不bú问wèn他tā，且qiě睡shuì在zài床chuáng上shàng推tuī病bìng，口kǒu里lǐ哼hēng哼hēng啧zé啧zé的de不bù绝jué。

Good Pilgrim! He neither went to meet him nor asked him a word, but lay on the bed feigning sickness, moaning and grumbling without a pause.

好行者, the storyteller's admiring exclamation. 推病, to plead illness. 哼哼嘖嘖: two reduplicated onomatopoeic binomes, moaning and tutting.

那nà怪guài不bù識shí真zhēn假jiǎ，走zǒu進jìn房fáng，一yì把bǎ摟lǒu住zhù，就jiù要yào親qīn嘴zuǐ。那nà怪guài不bù识shí真zhēn假jiǎ，走zǒu进jìn房fáng，一yì把bǎ搂lǒu住zhù，就jiù要yào亲qīn嘴zuǐ。

The monster could not tell true from false. He came into the room, threw his arms about her, and would have kissed her.

不識真假 — he cannot tell the true from the counterfeit, which is the theme of the whole second half. 親嘴, to kiss on the mouth: the novel is not coy, and neither is the monster.

行xíng者zhě暗àn笑xiào道dào：「真zhēn個gè要yào來lái弄nòng老lǎo孫sūn哩lī。」即jí使shǐ個gè拿ná法fǎ，托tuō著zhe那nà怪guài的de長cháng嘴zuǐ，叫jiào做zuò個gè小xiǎo跌diē。行xíng者zhě暗àn笑xiào道dào：「真zhēn个gè要yào来lái弄nòng老lǎo孙sūn哩lī。」即jí使shǐ个gè拿ná法fǎ，托tuō著zhe那nà怪guài的de长cháng嘴zuǐ，叫jiào做zuò个gè小xiǎo跌diē。

The Pilgrim laughed inwardly. "He is really coming to try it on with old Sun," he thought. He applied a grip, took hold of the monster's long snout, and gave him what is called a little throw:

托著 keeps 著 as zhe. 拿法 — a hold, as in wrestling. 小跌, "a little throw," is a wrestler's term of art, and the diminutive is contemptuous.

漫màn頭tóu一yì抖dǒu，撲pū的de摜guàn下xià床chuáng來lái。那nà怪guài爬pá起qǐ來lái，扶fú著zhe床chuáng邊biān道dào：「姐jiě姐jiě，你nǐ怎zěn麼me今jīn日rì有yǒu些xiē怪guài我wǒ？漫màn头tóu一yì抖dǒu，扑pū的de掼guàn下xià床chuáng来lái。那nà怪guài爬pá起qǐ来lái，扶fú著zhe床chuáng边biān道dào：「姐jiě姐jiě，你nǐ怎zěn么me今jīn日rì有yǒu些xiē怪guài我wǒ？

one twist over the head, and down he went with a smack beside the bed. The monster picked himself up, steadied himself against the bedside, and said, "Sister, why are you so cross with me today?

漫頭一抖, a twist that carries the man over his own head. 撲的 is onomatopoeic. 扶著床邊: 著 again zhe. The monster's first word after being thrown to the floor is 姐姐.

總評 Commentary

After ten couplets of cosmic wind the creature arrives and is at once diminished: a shabby gown of no particular colour, a cotton girdle, and a face. The 賦 promised a demon of the four seas; the prose delivers a farm labourer in his working clothes, coming home at nightfall to his wife.

And the wife throws him on the floor. 小跌 — a little throw, a wrestling move, applied to a bridegroom by a monkey wearing his bride's shape. Everything that will happen to Zhu Bajie for the next eighty chapters is contained in the first four sentences he speaks: he is affectionate, he is credulous, he apologises for being late, and he never once suspects the person in front of him.