第二十二回 · 徑上普陀 The Journey to Potalaka — Journey to the West

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徑上普陀 The Journey to Potalaka

行xíng者zhě即jí縱zòng觔jīn斗dǒu雲yún，徑jìng上shàng南nán海hǎi。咦yí！那nà消xiāo半bàn個gè時shí辰chén，早zǎo望wàng見jiàn普pǔ陀tuó山shān境jìng。須xū臾yú間jiān，墜zhuì下xià觔jīn斗dǒu，到dào紫zǐ竹zhú林lín外wài，又yòu只zhǐ見jiàn那nà二èr十shí四sì路lù諸zhū天tiān上shàng前qián迎yíng著zhe道dào：「大dà聖shèng何hé來lái？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ師shī有yǒu難nàn，特tè來lái謁yè見jiàn菩pú薩sà。」諸zhū天tiān道dào：「請qǐng坐zuò，容róng報bào。」那nà輪lún日rì的de諸zhū天tiān徑jìng至zhì潮cháo音yīn洞dòng口kǒu報bào道dào：「孫sūn悟wù空kōng有yǒu事shì朝cháo見jiàn。」菩pú薩sà正zhèng與yǔ捧pěng珠zhū龍lóng女nǚ在zài寶bǎo蓮lián池chí畔pàn扶fú欄lán看kàn花huā，聞wén報bào，即jí轉zhuǎn雲yún巖yán，開kāi門mén喚huàn入rù。大dà聖shèng端duān肅sù皈guī依yī參cān拜bài。行xíng者zhě即jí纵zòng觔jīn斗dǒu云yún，径jìng上shàng南nán海hǎi。咦yí！那nà消xiāo半bàn个gè时shí辰chén，早zǎo望wàng见jiàn普pǔ陀tuó山shān境jìng。须xū臾yú间jiān，坠zhuì下xià觔jīn斗dǒu，到dào紫zǐ竹zhú林lín外wài，又yòu只zhǐ见jiàn那nà二èr十shí四sì路lù诸zhū天tiān上shàng前qián迎yíng著zhe道dào：「大dà圣shèng何hé来lái？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ师shī有yǒu难nàn，特tè来lái谒yè见jiàn菩pú萨sà。」诸zhū天tiān道dào：「请qǐng坐zuò，容róng报bào。」那nà轮lún日rì的de诸zhū天tiān径jìng至zhì潮cháo音yīn洞dòng口kǒu报bào道dào：「孙sūn悟wù空kōng有yǒu事shì朝cháo见jiàn。」菩pú萨sà正zhèng与yǔ捧pěng珠zhū龙lóng女nǚ在zài宝bǎo莲lián池chí畔pàn扶fú栏lán看kàn花huā，闻wén报bào，即jí转zhuǎn云yún岩yán，开kāi门mén唤huàn入rù。大dà圣shèng端duān肃sù皈guī依yī参cān拜bài。

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行xíng者zhě即jí縱zòng觔jīn斗dǒu雲yún，徑jìng上shàng南nán海hǎi。咦yí！那nà消xiāo半bàn個gè時shí辰chén，早zǎo望wàng見jiàn普pǔ陀tuó山shān境jìng。行xíng者zhě即jí纵zòng觔jīn斗dǒu云yún，径jìng上shàng南nán海hǎi。咦yí！那nà消xiāo半bàn个gè时shí辰chén，早zǎo望wàng见jiàn普pǔ陀tuó山shān境jìng。

The Pilgrim at once mounted his somersault cloud and went straight for the Southern Sea. Lo! In less than half a watch he had already caught sight of the region of Mount Potalaka.

觔斗雲 (斗 dǒu) carries the monkey to 普陀山 (Mount Potalaka, Guanyin's island) in moments — 那消半個時辰 ('it took not half a double-hour'; 那 nà) — the very mobility the earlier debate turned on.

須xū臾yú間jiān，墜zhuì下xià觔jīn斗dǒu，到dào紫zǐ竹zhú林lín外wài，又yòu只zhǐ見jiàn那nà二èr十shí四sì路lù諸zhū天tiān上shàng前qián迎yíng著zhe道dào：须xū臾yú间jiān，坠zhuì下xià觔jīn斗dǒu，到dào紫zǐ竹zhú林lín外wài，又yòu只zhǐ见jiàn那nà二èr十shí四sì路lù诸zhū天tiān上shàng前qián迎yíng著zhe道dào：

In an instant he dropped from his somersault, arrived outside the Purple Bamboo Grove, and saw the deva-guardians of the Twenty-Four Quarters come forward to meet him, saying:

紫竹林 (the Purple Bamboo Grove, Guanyin's precinct; 斗 dǒu) and the 二十四路諸天 ('devas of the twenty-four directions'; 那 nà, 著 zhe) — the celestial reception that marks the monkey's arrival at a sacred court.

「大dà聖shèng何hé來lái？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ師shī有yǒu難nàn，特tè來lái謁yè見jiàn菩pú薩sà。」「大dà圣shèng何hé来lái？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ师shī有yǒu难nàn，特tè来lái谒yè见jiàn菩pú萨sà。」

'What brings the Great Sage here?' The Pilgrim said: 'My master is in peril, and I have come expressly to seek audience with the Bodhisattva.' The devas said:

我師有難 ('my master is in distress'; 難 here nàn, 'calamity, peril') and 謁見菩薩 ('to seek audience with the Bodhisattva') — the monkey states his errand in the formal terms of a petitioner at court.

諸zhū天tiān道dào：「請qǐng坐zuò，容róng報bào。」那nà輪lún日rì的de諸zhū天tiān徑jìng至zhì潮cháo音yīn洞dòng口kǒu報bào道dào：「孫sūn悟wù空kōng有yǒu事shì朝cháo見jiàn。」诸zhū天tiān道dào：「请qǐng坐zuò，容róng报bào。」那nà轮lún日rì的de诸zhū天tiān径jìng至zhì潮cháo音yīn洞dòng口kǒu报bào道dào：「孙sūn悟wù空kōng有yǒu事shì朝cháo见jiàn。」

'Please be seated, and allow us to announce you.' The deva on duty that day went straight to the mouth of the Tide-Sound Cave and reported: 'Sun Wukong is here on business, seeking audience.'

輪日的諸天 ('the deva whose turn of duty it was'; 那 nà) and 潮音洞 (the Tide-Sound Cave, Guanyin's dwelling); 朝見 ('to seek an audience'; 朝 cháo) — the protocol of a heavenly court is observed throughout.

菩pú薩sà正zhèng與yǔ捧pěng珠zhū龍lóng女nǚ在zài寶bǎo蓮lián池chí畔pàn扶fú欄lán看kàn花huā，聞wén報bào，即jí轉zhuǎn雲yún巖yán，菩pú萨sà正zhèng与yǔ捧pěng珠zhū龙lóng女nǚ在zài宝bǎo莲lián池chí畔pàn扶fú栏lán看kàn花huā，闻wén报bào，即jí转zhuǎn云yún岩yán，

The Bodhisattva was just then with the pearl-bearing Dragon Maiden by the Precious Lotus Pool, leaning on the rail to look at the flowers; hearing the report, she turned from the cloud-cliff,

捧珠龍女 ('the Dragon Maiden bearing the pearl') is Guanyin's attendant; 寶蓮池 ('Precious Lotus Pool') and 雲巖 ('cloud-cliff') sketch the serene paradise into which the monkey's urgent errand intrudes.

開kāi門mén喚huàn入rù。大dà聖shèng端duān肅sù皈guī依yī參cān拜bài。开kāi门mén唤huàn入rù。大dà圣shèng端duān肃sù皈guī依yī参cān拜bài。

opened her door, and called him in. The Great Sage, grave and reverent, made his obeisance and did homage.

端肅皈依參拜 ('with grave decorum, took refuge and paid reverence') — even the irrepressible monkey observes full ceremony before the Bodhisattva, a mark of her standing above the celestial hierarchy he elsewhere flouts.

總評 Commentary

The scene shifts abruptly from the churning river to the serenity of Potalaka, and the change of register is itself meaningful. The monkey's somersault cloud, whose speed the earlier debate dwelt on, carries him to Guanyin's island 'in less than half a watch'; and there the narrative slows to observe the decorum of a sacred court — the deva-guardians of the twenty-four quarters, the duty-deva's formal announcement at the Tide-Sound Cave, the Bodhisattva at leisure by her lotus pool.

Two touches prepare the resolution. The monkey, so ready elsewhere to defy Heaven, here makes his obeisance 端肅 ('grave and reverent') — Guanyin commands a respect he grants almost no other power. And the tranquil paradise into which his crisis breaks is the seat from which the whole pilgrimage was set in motion; the reader senses that its mistress will have foreseen this very impasse, and that the demon of the Flowing Sands is about to prove not an accident of the road but a piece of her design.