第二十一回 · 定風樁上綁著唐僧 Sanzang Bound to the Wind-Stilling Post — Journey to the West

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定風樁上綁著唐僧 Sanzang Bound to the Wind-Stilling Post

行xíng者zhě聽tīng說shuō，又yòu飛fēi過guò那nà廳tīng堂táng，徑jìng來lái後hòu面miàn，但dàn見jiàn一yì層céng門mén關guān得de甚shèn緊jǐn。行xíng者zhě漫màn門mén縫fèng兒er鑽zuān將jiāng進jìn去qù，原yuán來lái是shì個gè大dà空kōng園yuán子zi，那nà壁bì廂xiāng定dìng風fēng樁zhuāng上shàng繩shéng纏chán索suǒ綁bǎng著zhe唐táng僧sēng哩li。那nà師shī父fù紛fēn紛fēn淚lèi落luò，心xīn心xīn只zhǐ念niàn著zhe悟wù空kōng、悟wù能néng，不bù知zhī都dōu在zài何hé處chù。行xíng者zhě停tíng翅chì，叮dīng在zài他tā光guāng頭tóu上shàng，叫jiào聲shēng：「師shī父fù。」那nà長zhǎng老lǎo認rèn得dé他tā的de聲shēng音yīn，道dào：「悟wù空kōng啊a，想xiǎng殺shā我wǒ也yě。你nǐ在zài那nǎ裡lǐ叫jiào我wǒ哩li？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù，我wǒ在zài你nǐ頭tóu上shàng哩li。你nǐ莫mò要yào心xīn焦jiāo，少shǎo得dé煩fán惱nǎo。我wǒ們men務wù必bì拿ná住zhù妖yāo精jīng，方fāng才cái救jiù得dé你nǐ的de性xìng命mìng。」唐táng僧sēng道dào：「徒tú弟dì啊a，幾jǐ時shí才cái拿ná得dé妖yāo精jīng麼me？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「拿ná你nǐ的de那nà虎hǔ怪guài，已yǐ被bèi八bā戒jiè打dǎ死sǐ了le。只zhǐ是shì老lǎo妖yāo的de風fēng勢shì利lì害hài，料liào著zhe只zhǐ在zài今jīn日rì，管guǎn取qǔ拿ná他tā。你nǐ放fàng心xīn莫mò哭kū，我wǒ去qù啞yā。」行xíng者zhě听tīng说shuō，又yòu飞fēi过guò那nà厅tīng堂táng，径jìng来lái后hòu面miàn，但dàn见jiàn一yì层céng门mén关guān得de甚shèn紧jǐn。行xíng者zhě漫màn门mén缝fèng儿er钻zuān将jiāng进jìn去qù，原yuán来lái是shì个gè大dà空kōng园yuán子zi，那nà壁bì厢xiāng定dìng风fēng桩zhuāng上shàng绳shéng缠chán索suǒ绑bǎng着zhe唐táng僧sēng哩li。那nà师shī父fù纷fēn纷fēn泪lèi落luò，心xīn心xīn只zhǐ念niàn着zhe悟wù空kōng、悟wù能néng，不bù知zhī都dōu在zài何hé处chù。行xíng者zhě停tíng翅chì，叮dīng在zài他tā光guāng头tóu上shàng，叫jiào声shēng：「师shī父fù。」那nà长zhǎng老lǎo认rèn得dé他tā的de声shēng音yīn，道dào：「悟wù空kōng啊a，想xiǎng杀shā我wǒ也yě。你nǐ在zài那nǎ里lǐ叫jiào我wǒ哩li？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù，我wǒ在zài你nǐ头tóu上shàng哩li。你nǐ莫mò要yào心xīn焦jiāo，少shǎo得dé烦fán恼nǎo。我wǒ们men务wù必bì拿ná住zhù妖yāo精jīng，方fāng才cái救jiù得dé你nǐ的de性xìng命mìng。」唐táng僧sēng道dào：「徒tú弟dì啊a，几jǐ时shí才cái拿ná得dé妖yāo精jīng么me？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「拿ná你nǐ的de那nà虎hǔ怪guài，已yǐ被bèi八bā戒jiè打dǎ死sǐ了le。只zhǐ是shì老lǎo妖yāo的de风fēng势shì利lì害hài，料liào着zhe只zhǐ在zài今jīn日rì，管guǎn取qǔ拿ná他tā。你nǐ放fàng心xīn莫mò哭kū，我wǒ去qù哑yā。」

逐句解 Line by line

行xíng者zhě聽tīng說shuō，又yòu飛fēi過guò那nà廳tīng堂táng，徑jìng來lái後hòu面miàn，但dàn見jiàn一yì層céng門mén關guān得de甚shèn緊jǐn。行xíng者zhě听tīng说shuō，又yòu飞fēi过guò那nà厅tīng堂táng，径jìng来lái后hòu面miàn，但dàn见jiàn一yì层céng门mén关guān得de甚shèn紧jǐn。

Hearing this, the Pilgrim flew on across the hall and came round to the back, where he found an inner door shut very fast.

關得甚緊: 得 hangs the result, and 甚 is the adverb shèn, "very." This is the first of five 甚 across this passage and the two that follow, and the character alternates between shèn and shén throughout — which is why each one is ruled individually rather than by habit.

行xíng者zhě漫màn門mén縫fèng兒er鑽zuān將jiāng進jìn去qù，原yuán來lái是shì個gè大dà空kōng園yuán子zi，那nà壁bì廂xiāng定dìng風fēng樁zhuāng上shàng繩shéng纏chán索suǒ綁bǎng著zhe唐táng僧sēng哩li。行xíng者zhě漫màn门mén缝fèng儿er钻zuān将jiāng进jìn去qù，原yuán来lái是shì个gè大dà空kōng园yuán子zi，那nà壁bì厢xiāng定dìng风fēng桩zhuāng上shàng绳shéng缠chán索suǒ绑bǎng着zhe唐táng僧sēng哩li。

He crawled in through the crack of the door, and found beyond it a great empty garden, and on one side of it the Wind-Stilling Post, and the Tang monk bound to it with cord and rope.

漫門縫兒 is to travel the length of the crack in the door. And then the detail the chapter has been saving: the 定風樁, the Wind-Stilling Post, is the fiend's own equipment — the thing that anchors him against his own gale — and he has tied the monk to it. 綁著 takes 著 as zhe.

那nà師shī父fù紛fēn紛fēn淚lèi落luò，心xīn心xīn只zhǐ念niàn著zhe悟wù空kōng、悟wù能néng，不bù知zhī都dōu在zài何hé處chù。那nà师shī父fù纷fēn纷fēn泪lèi落luò，心xīn心xīn只zhǐ念niàn着zhe悟wù空kōng、悟wù能néng，不bù知zhī都dōu在zài何hé处chù。

The master's tears were falling thick, and his heart was full of nothing but Awakened to Emptiness and Awakened to Power, and where they might be he did not know.

心心只念著: 著 is zhe again, a condition kept up. Notice what Sanzang does not do. He does not pray, and he does not think about the scriptures he is carrying halfway across the world. He thinks about his two disciples by their religious names — 悟空 and 悟能 — and cries.

行xíng者zhě停tíng翅chì，叮dīng在zài他tā光guāng頭tóu上shàng，叫jiào聲shēng：「師shī父fù。」行xíng者zhě停tíng翅chì，叮dīng在zài他tā光guāng头tóu上shàng，叫jiào声shēng：「师shī父fù。」

The Pilgrim folded his wings, alighted on the bald crown of his head, and called out, "Master."

停翅, to fold the wings. 光頭 is the shaved crown of a monk. The Great Sage Equal to Heaven, having come to comfort his master, arrives as an insect and lands on his bald head.

那nà長zhǎng老lǎo認rèn得dé他tā的de聲shēng音yīn，道dào：「悟wù空kōng啊a，想xiǎng殺shā我wǒ也yě。你nǐ在zài那nǎ裡lǐ叫jiào我wǒ哩li？」那nà长zhǎng老lǎo认rèn得dé他tā的de声shēng音yīn，道dào：「悟wù空kōng啊a，想xiǎng杀shā我wǒ也yě。你nǐ在zài那nǎ里lǐ叫jiào我wǒ哩li？」

The elder knew his voice. "Wukong," he said, "how I have longed for you! Where are you, that you call to me?"

Two readings of 那 in one line, so a positional fixspec is needed: 那長老 is the pointing nà, and 你在那裡叫我 is the questioning nǎ, "where." 想殺我也 uses 殺 as a pure intensifier — "I have missed you to death," which is still exactly how the word works in that position.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù，我wǒ在zài你nǐ頭tóu上shàng哩li。你nǐ莫mò要yào心xīn焦jiāo，少shǎo得dé煩fán惱nǎo。行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù，我wǒ在zài你nǐ头tóu上shàng哩li。你nǐ莫mò要yào心xīn焦jiāo，少shǎo得dé烦fán恼nǎo。

Said the Pilgrim, "Master, I am on your head. Do not fret, and do not vex yourself.

少得煩惱: 得 is dé, in the prohibiting frame you also get with 休得 — "do not." Sanzang cannot see him, and it does not occur to the Pilgrim to change back.

我wǒ們men務wù必bì拿ná住zhù妖yāo精jīng，方fāng才cái救jiù得dé你nǐ的de性xìng命mìng。」我wǒ们men务wù必bì拿ná住zhù妖yāo精jīng，方fāng才cái救jiù得dé你nǐ的de性xìng命mìng。」

We shall certainly take this fiend, and then and only then can we save your life."

救得 takes dé. Read the order of the clauses carefully: the fiend has to be taken first, and only then can the life be saved. He is not offering to untie anybody.

唐táng僧sēng道dào：「徒tú弟dì啊a，幾jǐ時shí才cái拿ná得dé妖yāo精jīng麼me？」唐táng僧sēng道dào：「徒tú弟dì啊a，几jǐ时shí才cái拿ná得dé妖yāo精jīng么me？」

Said the Tang monk, "Disciple, when will you take the fiend?"

幾時才拿得妖精麼 carries both a question word, 幾時, and a question particle, 麼, which is one more than the sentence needs. Sanzang is not asking for information. He is asking to be reassured.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「拿ná你nǐ的de那nà虎hǔ怪guài，已yǐ被bèi八bā戒jiè打dǎ死sǐ了le。行xíng者zhě道dào：「拿ná你nǐ的de那nà虎hǔ怪guài，已yǐ被bèi八bā戒jiè打dǎ死sǐ了le。

Said the Pilgrim, "That tiger-fiend who carried you off is already beaten to death by Bajie.

拿你的那虎怪 is the Tiger Vanguard of chapter 20, and the Pilgrim leads with him — because it is the one thing in this business that has definitely been accomplished.

只zhǐ是shì老lǎo妖yāo的de風fēng勢shì利lì害hài，料liào著zhe只zhǐ在zài今jīn日rì，管guǎn取qǔ拿ná他tā。你nǐ放fàng心xīn莫mò哭kū，我wǒ去qù啞yā。」只zhǐ是shì老lǎo妖yāo的de风fēng势shì利lì害hài，料liào着zhe只zhǐ在zài今jīn日rì，管guǎn取qǔ拿ná他tā。你nǐ放fàng心xīn莫mò哭kū，我wǒ去qù哑yā。」

It is only the old fiend's wind that is so terrible. I reckon it will be today. Depend upon it, we shall take him. Set your heart at rest and do not weep. I am going."

料著: 著 is zhe. 管取 is vernacular for "depend upon it." 我去啞 — the particle written 啞 for 呀 once more, as with the doorkeeper's cry a few passages back.

總評 Commentary

This is the chapter's quietest passage and its cruellest. Sanzang, roped to a post in an empty garden, is weeping and thinking about his disciples; the Pilgrim is standing on his head and cannot be seen. The entire exchange is conducted by voice, the master calling into thin air — 你在那裡叫我哩, where are you, that you call to me? — and being answered from his own scalp.

What the Pilgrim actually says repays close reading. He does not promise to set his master free. He explains the sequence: 我們務必拿住妖精，方才救得你的性命 — the fiend has to be taken first, and only then can the life be saved. Having said so, he leaves, and Sanzang stays tied to the 定風樁. Which, given what is coming, makes it the safest object in the cave.