第二十三回 · 行李馬匹 The Baggage and the Horse — Journey to the West

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行李馬匹 The Baggage and the Horse

行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「獃dāi子zi，你nǐ和hé誰shuí說shuō哩lī？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē哥gē，與yǔ你nǐ說shuō哩lī。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「錯cuò和hé我wǒ說shuō了le。老lǎo孫sūn只zhǐ管guǎn師shī父fù好hǎo歹dǎi，你nǐ與yǔ沙shā僧sēng專zhuān管guǎn行xíng李lǐ、馬mǎ匹pǐ。但dàn若ruò怠dài慢màn了le些xiē兒ér，孤gū拐guǎi上shàng先xiān是shì一yí頓dùn粗cū棍gùn。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，不bú要yào說shuō打dǎ，打dǎ就jiù是shì以yǐ力lì欺qī人rén。我wǒ曉xiǎo得de你nǐ的de尊zūn性xìng高gāo傲ào，你nǐ是shì定dìng不bù肯kěn挑tiāo。但dàn師shī父fù騎qí的de馬mǎ，那nà般bān高gāo大dà肥féi盛shèng，只zhǐ馱tuó著zhe老lǎo和hé尚shàng一yí個gè，教jiào他tā帶dài幾jǐ件jiàn兒ér，也yě是shì弟dì兄xiōng之zhī情qíng。」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「呆dāi子zi，你nǐ和hé谁shuí说shuō哩lī？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē哥gē，与yǔ你nǐ说shuō哩lī。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「错cuò和hé我wǒ说shuō了le。老lǎo孙sūn只zhǐ管guǎn师shī父fù好hǎo歹dǎi，你nǐ与yǔ沙shā僧sēng专zhuān管guǎn行xíng李lǐ、马mǎ匹pǐ。但dàn若ruò怠dài慢màn了le些xiē儿ér，孤gū拐guǎi上shàng先xiān是shì一yí顿dùn粗cū棍gùn。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，不bú要yào说shuō打dǎ，打dǎ就jiù是shì以yǐ力lì欺qī人rén。我wǒ晓xiǎo得de你nǐ的de尊zūn性xìng高gāo傲ào，你nǐ是shì定dìng不bù肯kěn挑tiāo。但dàn师shī父fù骑qí的de马mǎ，那nà般bān高gāo大dà肥féi盛shèng，只zhǐ驮tuó著zhe老lǎo和hé尚shàng一yí个gè，教jiào他tā带dài几jǐ件jiàn儿ér，也yě是shì弟dì兄xiōng之zhī情qíng。」

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行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「獃dāi子zi，你nǐ和hé誰shuí說shuō哩lī？」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「呆dāi子zi，你nǐ和hé谁shuí说shuō哩lī？」

Pilgrim laughed and said, “Idiot — who are you talking to?”

Wukong deflects the complaint with mockery; 和誰說 = “with whom are you speaking.”

八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē哥gē，與yǔ你nǐ說shuō哩lī。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē哥gē，与yǔ你nǐ说shuō哩lī。」

Zhu Bajie said, “To you, brother.”

Terse comic beat; 與你說 = “speaking to you.”

行xíng者zhě道dào：「錯cuò和hé我wǒ說shuō了le。行xíng者zhě道dào：「错cuò和hé我wǒ说shuō了le。

Pilgrim said, “Then you have the wrong man.

錯和我說了 — “you have said it wrongly to me,” i.e. complain to the right party.

老lǎo孫sūn只zhǐ管guǎn師shī父fù好hǎo歹dǎi，你nǐ與yǔ沙shā僧sēng專zhuān管guǎn行xíng李lǐ、馬mǎ匹pǐ。老lǎo孙sūn只zhǐ管guǎn师shī父fù好hǎo歹dǎi，你nǐ与yǔ沙shā僧sēng专zhuān管guǎn行xíng李lǐ、马mǎ匹pǐ。

Old Monkey attends only to the master's welfare; you and Sha are in sole charge of the baggage and the horse.

只管 and 專管 = to be solely responsible for; 好歹 (“good or ill”) here means the master's safety and wellbeing.

但dàn若ruò怠dài慢màn了le些xiē兒ér，孤gū拐guǎi上shàng先xiān是shì一yí頓dùn粗cū棍gùn。」但dàn若ruò怠dài慢màn了le些xiē儿ér，孤gū拐guǎi上shàng先xiān是shì一yí顿dùn粗cū棍gùn。」

And should you slack even a little, it's a round of the stout cudgel across your shins to start with!”

怠慢 = to be negligent; 孤拐 is the colloquial word for the ankle-bone or shin; 一頓粗棍 = a beating with the thick staff, 一 here yí before a fourth tone.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，不bú要yào說shuō打dǎ，打dǎ就jiù是shì以yǐ力lì欺qī人rén。八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，不bú要yào说shuō打dǎ，打dǎ就jiù是shì以yǐ力lì欺qī人rén。

Zhu Bajie said, “Brother, don't talk of beatings — to beat is simply to bully by brute force.

不要 takes 不 (bú) before the fourth-tone 要; 以力欺人 = to browbeat others by sheer strength.

我wǒ曉xiǎo得de你nǐ的de尊zūn性xìng高gāo傲ào，你nǐ是shì定dìng不bù肯kěn挑tiāo。我wǒ晓xiǎo得de你nǐ的de尊zūn性xìng高gāo傲ào，你nǐ是shì定dìng不bù肯kěn挑tiāo。

I know your lordly temper is proud — you'll surely not stoop to carry it.

曉得 (“to know”) takes the structural 得 (de); 尊性高傲 = “your honoured nature is haughty,” and 定不肯挑 = will certainly not be willing to shoulder it.

但dàn師shī父fù騎qí的de馬mǎ，那nà般bān高gāo大dà肥féi盛shèng，只zhǐ馱tuó著zhe老lǎo和hé尚shàng一yí個gè，教jiào他tā帶dài幾jǐ件jiàn兒ér，也yě是shì弟dì兄xiōng之zhī情qíng。」但dàn师shī父fù骑qí的de马mǎ，那nà般bān高gāo大dà肥féi盛shèng，只zhǐ驮tuó著zhe老lǎo和hé尚shàng一yí个gè，教jiào他tā带dài几jǐ件jiàn儿ér，也yě是shì弟dì兄xiōng之zhī情qíng。」

But the master's mount — so tall and stout and sleek — carries only the one old monk; to have it bear a few pieces would be no more than brotherly feeling.”

Here 那 is the degree-demonstrative nà (“so, such”), distinct from the interrogative nǎ earlier in the scene. 馱著 takes the durative 著 (zhe); 教他帶 uses the causative 教 (jiào) (“have it carry”).

總評 Commentary

The quarrel resolves into pure character-comedy. Wukong pretends not to know who is being addressed, then lays down the law — he minds the master, Bajie and Sha mind the gear — and caps it with the threat of the cudgel across the shins. Bajie's rejoinder, that beating is only 以力欺人 (bullying by force), is both a protest and a dodge.

Foiled on the labour question, Bajie tries a new tack: since the horse carries only the light old monk, why not load it with a few pieces? The manoeuvre is vintage Bajie — shirking dressed up as fairness (弟兄之情, “brotherly feeling”) — and it hands Wukong the cue for what comes next: an account of why this is no ordinary horse.

A fine minimal pair of readings marks the scene: the interrogative 那 (nǎ) of the lodging debate gives way here to the degree-demonstrative 那 (nà) in 那般 (“so, such”), while 教他帶 turns on the causative 教 (jiào). Bajie's passing remark on the horse's fine bulk sets up the dragon-steed's story in the passage to follow.