第二十回 · 跳出一隻斑斕猛虎 Out Springs a Striped and Savage Tiger — Journey to the West

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跳出一隻斑斕猛虎 Out Springs a Striped and Savage Tiger

說shuō不bù了liǎo，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà山shān坡pō下xià剪jiǎn尾wěi跑pǎo蹄tí，跳tiào出chū一yì隻zhī斑bān斕lán猛měng虎hǔ。慌huāng得de那nà三sān藏zàng坐zuò不bù穩wěn雕diāo鞍ān，翻fān根gēn頭tóu跌diē下xià白bái馬mǎ，斜xié倚yǐ在zài路lù傍páng，真zhēn個gè是shì魂hún飛fēi魄pò散sàn。八bā戒jiè丟diū了le行xíng李lǐ，掣chè釘dīng鈀pá，不bú讓ràng行xíng者zhě走zǒu上shàng前qián，大dà喝hè一yì聲shēng道dào：「孽niè畜chù，那nǎ裡lǐ走zǒu！」趕gǎn將jiāng去qù，劈pī頭tóu就jiù築zhù。那nà隻zhī虎hǔ直zhí挺tǐng挺tǐng站zhàn將jiāng起qǐ來lái，把bǎ那nà前qián左zuǒ爪zhǎo掄lūn起qǐ，摳kōu住zhù自zì家jiā的de胸xiōng膛táng，往wǎng下xià一yì抓zhuā，滑huá剌là的de一yì聲shēng，把bǎ個gè皮pí剝bāo將jiāng下xià來lái，站zhàn立lì道dào傍páng。你nǐ看kàn他tā怎zěn生shēng惡è相xiàng？咦yí！那nà模mú樣yàng：说shuō不bù了liǎo，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà山shān坡pō下xià剪jiǎn尾wěi跑pǎo蹄tí，跳tiào出chū一yì只zhī斑bān斓lán猛měng虎hǔ。慌huāng得de那nà三sān藏zàng坐zuò不bù稳wěn雕diāo鞍ān，翻fān根gēn头tóu跌diē下xià白bái马mǎ，斜xié倚yǐ在zài路lù傍páng，真zhēn个gè是shì魂hún飞fēi魄pò散sàn。八bā戒jiè丢diū了le行xíng李lǐ，掣chè钉dīng钯pá，不bú让ràng行xíng者zhě走zǒu上shàng前qián，大dà喝hè一yì声shēng道dào：「孽niè畜chù，那nǎ里lǐ走zǒu！」赶gǎn将jiāng去qù，劈pī头tóu就jiù筑zhù。那nà只zhī虎hǔ直zhí挺tǐng挺tǐng站zhàn将jiāng起qǐ来lái，把bǎ那nà前qián左zuǒ爪zhǎo抡lūn起qǐ，抠kōu住zhù自zì家jiā的de胸xiōng膛táng，往wǎng下xià一yì抓zhuā，滑huá剌là的de一yì声shēng，把bǎ个gè皮pí剥bāo将jiāng下xià来lái，站zhàn立lì道dào傍páng。你nǐ看kàn他tā怎zěn生shēng恶è相xiàng？咦yí！那nà模mú样yàng：

血xuè津jīn津jīn的de赤chì剝bāo身shēn軀qū，紅hóng媸chī媸chī的de彎wān環huán腿tuǐ足zú。血xuè津jīn津jīn的de赤chì剥bāo身shēn躯qū，红hóng媸chī媸chī的de弯wān环huán腿tuǐ足zú。

火huǒ燄yàn燄yàn的de兩liǎng鬢bìn蓬péng鬆sōng，硬yìng搠shuò搠shuò的de雙shuāng眉méi直zhí豎shù。火huǒ燄yàn燄yàn的de两liǎng鬓bìn蓬péng松sōng，硬yìng搠shuò搠shuò的de双shuāng眉méi直zhí竖shù。

白bái森sēn森sēn的de四sì個gè鋼gāng牙yá，光guāng耀yào耀yào的de一yì雙shuāng金jīn眼yǎn。白bái森sēn森sēn的de四sì个gè钢gāng牙yá，光guāng耀yào耀yào的de一yì双shuāng金jīn眼yǎn。

氣qì昂áng昂áng的de努nǔ力lì大dà哮xiào，雄xióng糾jiū糾jiū的de厲lì聲shēng高gāo喊hǎn。气qì昂áng昂áng的de努nǔ力lì大dà哮xiào，雄xióng纠jiū纠jiū的de厉lì声shēng高gāo喊hǎn。

逐句解 Line by line

說shuō不bù了liǎo，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà山shān坡pō下xià剪jiǎn尾wěi跑pǎo蹄tí，跳tiào出chū一yì隻zhī斑bān斕lán猛měng虎hǔ。说shuō不bù了liǎo，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà山shān坡pō下xià剪jiǎn尾wěi跑pǎo蹄tí，跳tiào出chū一yì只zhī斑bān斓lán猛měng虎hǔ。

He had not finished speaking when, from under the slope of the mountain, with tail lashing and hooves flying, out sprang a striped and savage tiger.

說不了 takes 了 as the full verb liǎo, "to finish," which means the 不 in front of it is the plain bù. 剪尾跑蹄, tail scissoring and hooves running; 斑斕, striped and splendid, is the standard epithet for a tiger.

慌huāng得de那nà三sān藏zàng坐zuò不bù穩wěn雕diāo鞍ān，翻fān根gēn頭tóu跌diē下xià白bái馬mǎ，斜xié倚yǐ在zài路lù傍páng，真zhēn個gè是shì魂hún飛fēi魄pò散sàn。慌huāng得de那nà三sān藏zàng坐zuò不bù稳wěn雕diāo鞍ān，翻fān根gēn头tóu跌diē下xià白bái马mǎ，斜xié倚yǐ在zài路lù傍páng，真zhēn个gè是shì魂hún飞fēi魄pò散sàn。

Sanzang was so alarmed that he could not keep his seat on the carved saddle: he went head over heels off the white horse and lay slumped beside the road, his soul flown and his spirit scattered.

慌得, the result-linking de. 翻根頭, to turn a somersault — the Tang Monk falls off his horse on very nearly every mountain of this journey, and the novel never tires of saying so. 魂飛魄散 is still the ordinary phrase for being frightened out of your wits, and it is worth knowing what it literally claims: the 魂 is the cloud-soul and the 魄 the body-soul, and to have both leave you is to be no better than dead. 路傍 writes 旁.

八bā戒jiè丟diū了le行xíng李lǐ，掣chè釘dīng鈀pá，不bú讓ràng行xíng者zhě走zǒu上shàng前qián，大dà喝hè一yì聲shēng道dào：「孽niè畜chù，那nǎ裡lǐ走zǒu！」八bā戒jiè丢diū了le行xíng李lǐ，掣chè钉dīng钯pá，不bú让ràng行xíng者zhě走zǒu上shàng前qián，大dà喝hè一yì声shēng道dào：「孽niè畜chù，那nǎ里lǐ走zǒu！」

Bajie flung down the luggage, drew out his muckrake, and, not letting the Pilgrim get in front of him, roared aloud, "Cursed beast, where are you going?"

釘鈀, the muckrake, takes 鈀 as pá. 不讓行者走上前 — Bajie will not let his brother go first, and that is worth marking, because it is the pig who charges the tiger. 孽畜 takes 畜 as chù; 那裡走 is the question-word nǎ, "where do you think you are going."

趕gǎn將jiāng去qù，劈pī頭tóu就jiù築zhù。那nà隻zhī虎hǔ直zhí挺tǐng挺tǐng站zhàn將jiāng起qǐ來lái，把bǎ那nà前qián左zuǒ爪zhǎo掄lūn起qǐ，摳kōu住zhù自zì家jiā的de胸xiōng膛táng，赶gǎn将jiāng去qù，劈pī头tóu就jiù筑zhù。那nà只zhī虎hǔ直zhí挺tǐng挺tǐng站zhàn将jiāng起qǐ来lái，把bǎ那nà前qián左zuǒ爪zhǎo抡lūn起qǐ，抠kōu住zhù自zì家jiā的de胸xiōng膛táng，

He rushed at it and struck straight down at its head. But the tiger reared bolt upright, raised its left forepaw, and hooked its claws into its own breast;

趕將去 and 站將起來 both take the direction-marking 將, jiāng. 直挺挺站將起來 — the tiger rises onto its hind legs, which is the first sign that it is not a tiger. 摳住自家的胸膛: it takes hold of its own chest.

往wǎng下xià一yì抓zhuā，滑huá剌là的de一yì聲shēng，把bǎ個gè皮pí剝bāo將jiāng下xià來lái，站zhàn立lì道dào傍páng。往wǎng下xià一yì抓zhuā，滑huá剌là的de一yì声shēng，把bǎ个gè皮pí剥bāo将jiāng下xià来lái，站zhàn立lì道dào傍páng。

it drew downward with a single rip, and with a slithering sound peeled the whole hide away, and stood at the roadside.

滑剌的一聲: 剌 reads là, per the ruling of chapter 18 at 劃剌的一聲. 皮剝將下來 takes 剝 as bāo, the everyday "to peel," with 將 again marking direction. The image is unforgettable and completely literal: the beast unzips itself.

你nǐ看kàn他tā怎zěn生shēng惡è相xiàng？咦yí！那nà模mú樣yàng：你nǐ看kàn他tā怎zěn生shēng恶è相xiàng？咦yí！那nà模mú样yàng：

You may look at the evil shape of him. Ah! The look of him was this:

怎生惡相 takes 相 as xiàng, appearance; 模樣 takes 模 as mú. The cue 咦！那模樣： stays with the prose segment, as all verse cues do.

A body flayed raw and running with blood; legs and feet bowed round and hideously red.

Four couplets of eight characters against eight, each half opening on a doubled adjective plus 的: 血津津的, 紅媸媸的. That shape belongs to the 賦, not to regulated verse. 赤剝 takes 剝 as bāo, flayed bare.

Whiskers at either temple like flame, tangled and loose; brows stiff as driven stakes and standing bolt upright.

火燄燄, 硬搠搠 — 搠, shuò, is to thrust or to stake, and the brows stand up like driven stakes.

Four steel fangs, white and bristling; a pair of golden eyes with a glittering light.

白森森 of the fangs, 光耀耀 of the eyes. The catalogue works downward from blood and limbs to hair, brow, tooth, eye and finally voice, which is the order in which a thing coming at you arrives.

A breath of fury as he strained and roared aloud; a bristling manliness as he shouted in a savage voice.

雄糾糾 is written for 赳赳, and 糾 takes jiū by the borrowed-character rule, per chapter 19. The last two couplets give up sight for sound, and hand the passage straight on to the shouted challenge that opens the next one.

總評 Commentary

The tiger comes out of the rhapsody. Three passages back the mountain was said to hold, at dusk, a tiger of Ba's hills hunting out its lair; here it is on the road. And the moment it is threatened it does the one thing no tiger does: it stands up on its hind legs, hooks a forepaw into its own chest, and pulls its skin off in a single downward rip, 滑剌的一聲 — with a slithering noise. The sentence is one of the small horrors of the book, and it is written without a single adjective.

Notice who acts. Sanzang falls off his horse and lies in the road with his souls gone. The Pilgrim, who has just been smelling the wind and pronouncing on where it came from, does nothing whatever. It is Bajie — hiding-Bajie, proverb-quoting Bajie — who throws down the luggage, pulls out the muckrake, refuses to let his brother go first, and charges. He is answered by a thing that takes off its skin. The four couplets that follow give the reader the flayed shape, working from blood down to voice, and that voice is the first word of the next passage.