第二十一回 · 滿堂錦繡，一屋威嚴 Brocade Fills the Hall — Journey to the West

原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition 含詞賦 With rhapsody

滿堂錦繡，一屋威嚴 Brocade Fills the Hall

道dào人rén依yī言yán，上shàng講jiǎng堂táng傳chuán報bào。那nà菩pú薩sà即jí穿chuān袈jiā裟shā，添tiān香xiāng迎yíng接jiē。這zhè大dà聖shèng才cái舉jǔ步bù入rù門mén，往wǎng裡lǐ觀guān看kàn，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà：道dào人rén依yī言yán，上shàng讲jiǎng堂táng传chuán报bào。那nà菩pú萨sà即jí穿chuān袈jiā裟shā，添tiān香xiāng迎yíng接jiē。这zhè大dà圣shèng才cái举jǔ步bù入rù门mén，往wǎng里lǐ观guān看kàn，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà：

滿mǎn堂táng錦jǐn繡xiù，一yì屋wū威wēi嚴yán。满mǎn堂táng锦jǐn绣xiù，一yì屋wū威wēi严yán。

眾zhòng門mén人rén齊qí誦sòng《法fǎ華huá經jīng》，老lǎo班bān首shǒu輕qīng敲qiāo金jīn鑄zhù磬qìng。众zhòng门mén人rén齐qí诵sòng《法fǎ华huá经jīng》，老lǎo班bān首shǒu轻qīng敲qiāo金jīn铸zhù磬qìng。

佛fó前qián供gòng養yǎng，盡jìn是shì仙xiān果guǒ仙xiān花huā；佛fó前qián供gòng养yǎng，尽jìn是shì仙xiān果guǒ仙xiān花huā；

案àn上shàng安ān排pái，皆jiē是shì素sù殽yáo素sù品pǐn。案àn上shàng安ān排pái，皆jiē是shì素sù殽yáo素sù品pǐn。

輝huī煌huáng寶bǎo燭zhú，條tiáo條tiáo金jīn燄yàn射shè虹hóng霓ní；辉huī煌huáng宝bǎo烛zhú，条tiáo条tiáo金jīn燄yàn射shè虹hóng霓ní；

馥fù郁yù真zhēn香xiāng，道dào道dào玉yù煙yān飛fēi彩cǎi霧wù。馥fù郁yù真zhēn香xiāng，道dào道dào玉yù烟yān飞fēi彩cǎi雾wù。

正zhèng是shì那nà講jiǎng罷bà心xīn閑xián方fāng入rù定dìng，白bái雲yún片piàn片piàn繞rào松sōng梢shāo。正zhèng是shì那nà讲jiǎng罢bà心xīn闲xián方fāng入rù定dìng，白bái云yún片piàn片piàn绕rào松sōng梢shāo。

靜jìng收shōu慧huì劍jiàn魔mó頭tóu絕jué，般bō若rě波bō羅luó善shàn會huì高gāo。静jìng收shōu慧huì剑jiàn魔mó头tóu绝jué，般bō若rě波bō罗luó善shàn会huì高gāo。

逐句解 Line by line

道dào人rén依yī言yán，上shàng講jiǎng堂táng傳chuán報bào。那nà菩pú薩sà即jí穿chuān袈jiā裟shā，添tiān香xiāng迎yíng接jiē。道dào人rén依yī言yán，上shàng讲jiǎng堂táng传chuán报bào。那nà菩pú萨sà即jí穿chuān袈jiā裟shā，添tiān香xiāng迎yíng接jiē。

The attendant did as he was bid, and went up to the lecture hall to make report. The Bodhisattva put on his cassock at once, added incense, and came to meet him.

添香迎接: to add incense and go out to receive a guest. Lingji is told that Sun Wukong has come and does not hesitate for a graph.

這zhè大dà聖shèng才cái舉jǔ步bù入rù門mén，往wǎng裡lǐ觀guān看kàn，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà：这zhè大dà圣shèng才cái举jǔ步bù入rù门mén，往wǎng里lǐ观guān看kàn，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà：

The Great Sage had but stepped through the gate and looked within, when he saw this:

只見那：, the lead-in, stays in the prose segment.

滿mǎn堂táng錦jǐn繡xiù，一yì屋wū威wēi嚴yán。满mǎn堂táng锦jǐn绣xiù，一yì屋wū威wēi严yán。

Brocade filled the hall; awe filled the chamber.

The rhapsody opens on the same four-four cadence as the armour-piece of P1 and the farmstead of P7, and its subject is the exact opposite of both: a place where nothing is pretended and nothing is disguised.

The assembled disciples chanted the Lotus Sutra together, / and the old precentor struck lightly on the cast-gold chime.

《法華經》 is the Lotus Sutra. 班首 is the senior monk who leads the chanting; 金鑄磬, a chime-bowl cast in gold.

佛fó前qián供gòng養yǎng，盡jìn是shì仙xiān果guǒ仙xiān花huā；佛fó前qián供gòng养yǎng，尽jìn是shì仙xiān果guǒ仙xiān花huā；

Before the Buddha the offerings were all immortal fruit and immortal flowers;

供養 takes 供 as gòng, the offering. 盡 is jìn, "entirely" — and it is not preceded by 一 or 不, so no sandhi override arises.

案àn上shàng安ān排pái，皆jiē是shì素sù殽yáo素sù品pǐn。案àn上shàng安ān排pái，皆jiē是shì素sù殽yáo素sù品pǐn。

on the tables were set out none but meatless dishes and meatless viands.

素殽: 殽 reads yáo (= 餚), a cooked dish, as ruled in ch20. The ； above joins the two halves as a matched pair, and this edition keeps them split.

輝huī煌huáng寶bǎo燭zhú，條tiáo條tiáo金jīn燄yàn射shè虹hóng霓ní；辉huī煌huáng宝bǎo烛zhú，条tiáo条tiáo金jīn燄yàn射shè虹hóng霓ní；

Splendid candles: strand by strand their golden flames shot into rainbows;

條條, strand by strand, of the candle-flames; 虹霓, the primary and secondary rainbow.

馥fù郁yù真zhēn香xiāng，道dào道dào玉yù煙yān飛fēi彩cǎi霧wù。馥fù郁yù真zhēn香xiāng，道dào道dào玉yù烟yān飞fēi彩cǎi雾wù。

fragrant true incense: coil by coil its jade smoke flew into coloured mists.

道道 answers 條條, and 玉煙 answers 金燄. The two units are the second matched pair, again kept split.

This was the very thing: the lecture done, the mind at leisure, and entering upon meditation, / while the white clouds passed in flakes around the pine-tops.

正是那 here opens a line of the rhapsody itself and is not a verse tag: the block is already verse, and 那 is demonstrative nà. 入定 is to enter samādhi — the same word that named the demon's wind.

In stillness they gathered in the sword of wisdom, and the head of the demon was cut off; / by prajñā and pāramitā, the good assembly was raised on high.

慧劍, the sword of wisdom (prajñā) that severs delusion; the 魔頭 it cuts off is the demon-head of the passions, not of Yellow Wind Ridge. 般若波羅 reads bō rě bō luó, the transcription of prajñāpāramitā, and the rhapsody closes on the two words the Heart Sutra of ch19 turns upon.

總評 Commentary

Three descriptive rhapsodies have now been set before the reader in a single chapter, and they should be read against one another. The first described armour and ended by comparing a demon to a god. The second described a hermitage that did not exist. This third describes a place that is exactly what it appears to be — brocade, chanting, chime, offerings, candles, incense — and it is the only one of the three that closes on a doctrine rather than a picture.

The last couplet does the chapter's real work. 靜收慧劍魔頭絕: the sword of wisdom takes off the demon's head. The demon in question is not the Great King of Yellow Wind but the 魔頭 of delusion, and the instrument is 般若波羅, prajñāpāramitā — the very phrase Sanzang has been given to recite, and is at this moment not reciting, being tied to a post. The Pilgrim has walked into a hall where his master's problem is being solved allegorically while he waits for tea.