第二十三回 · 三女參拜 The Daughters Emerge — Journey to the West

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三女參拜 The Daughters Emerge

少shǎo時shí間jiān，見jiàn獃dāi子zi拉lā將jiāng馬mǎ來lái拴shuān下xià。長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「你nǐ馬mǎ放fàng了le？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「無wú甚shén好hǎo草cǎo，沒méi處chù放fàng馬mǎ。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「沒méi處chù放fàng馬mǎ，可kě有yǒu處chù牽qiān馬mǎ麼me？」獃dāi子zi聞wén得de此cǐ言yán，情qíng知zhī走zǒu了le消xiāo息xī，也yě就jiù垂chuí頭tóu扭niǔ頸jǐng，努nǔ嘴zuǐ皺zhòu眉méi，半bàn晌shǎng不bù言yán。又yòu聽tīng得de呀ya的de一yì聲shēng，腰yāo門mén開kāi了le，有yǒu兩liǎng對duì紅hóng燈dēng、一yí副fù提tí爐lú，香xiāng雲yún靄ǎi靄ǎi，環huán珮pèi叮dīng叮dīng，那nà婦fù人rén帶dài著zhe三sān個gè女nǚ兒ér，走zǒu將jiāng出chū來lái，叫jiào真zhēn真zhēn、愛ài愛ài、憐lián憐lián，拜bài見jiàn那nà取qǔ經jīng的de人rén物wù。那nà女nǚ子zǐ排pái立lì廳tīng中zhōng，朝cháo上shàng禮lǐ拜bài。果guǒ然rán也yě生shēng得de標biāo致zhì，但dàn見jiàn他tā：少shǎo时shí间jiān，见jiàn呆dāi子zi拉lā将jiāng马mǎ来lái拴shuān下xià。长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「你nǐ马mǎ放fàng了le？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「无wú甚shén好hǎo草cǎo，没méi处chù放fàng马mǎ。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「没méi处chù放fàng马mǎ，可kě有yǒu处chù牵qiān马mǎ么me？」呆dāi子zi闻wén得de此cǐ言yán，情qíng知zhī走zǒu了le消xiāo息xī，也yě就jiù垂chuí头tóu扭niǔ颈jǐng，努nǔ嘴zuǐ皱zhòu眉méi，半bàn晌shǎng不bù言yán。又yòu听tīng得de呀ya的de一yì声shēng，腰yāo门mén开kāi了le，有yǒu两liǎng对duì红hóng灯dēng、一yí副fù提tí炉lú，香xiāng云yún霭ǎi霭ǎi，环huán珮pèi叮dīng叮dīng，那nà妇fù人rén带dài著zhe三sān个gè女nǚ儿ér，走zǒu将jiāng出chū来lái，叫jiào真zhēn真zhēn、爱ài爱ài、怜lián怜lián，拜bài见jiàn那nà取qǔ经jīng的de人rén物wù。那nà女nǚ子zǐ排pái立lì厅tīng中zhōng，朝cháo上shàng礼lǐ拜bài。果guǒ然rán也yě生shēng得de标biāo致zhì，但dàn见jiàn他tā：

逐句解 Line by line

少shǎo時shí間jiān，見jiàn獃dāi子zi拉lā將jiāng馬mǎ來lái拴shuān下xià。少shǎo时shí间jiān，见jiàn呆dāi子zi拉lā将jiāng马mǎ来lái拴shuān下xià。

In a little while, they saw the blockhead lead the horse up and tie it.

獃子 (子 zi). 拉將馬來 “led the horse over,” 將 the complement jiāng. 拴下 “to tether.”

長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「你nǐ馬mǎ放fàng了le？」长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「你nǐ马mǎ放fàng了le？」

The elder said, “Have you grazed the horse?”

長老 zhǎng lǎo. 放了 “grazed (it)?” — Tripitaka's question, knowing the truth, invites Bajie's lie.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「無wú甚shén好hǎo草cǎo，沒méi處chù放fàng馬mǎ。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「无wú甚shén好hǎo草cǎo，没méi处chù放fàng马mǎ。」

Bajie said, “There was no good grass, no place to graze the horse.”

無甚好草 “no fine grass,” 甚 shén (“what/any”). Bajie's excuse, the cover for his back-gate errand.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「沒méi處chù放fàng馬mǎ，可kě有yǒu處chù牽qiān馬mǎ麼me？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「没méi处chù放fàng马mǎ，可kě有yǒu处chù牵qiān马mǎ么me？」

Pilgrim said, “No place to graze the horse — but was there a place to lead it?”

行者 xíng zhě. The pun turns on 放馬 “graze” against 牽馬 “lead” — Monkey's sly hint that he knows where Bajie really took the beast.

獃dāi子zi聞wén得de此cǐ言yán，情qíng知zhī走zǒu了le消xiāo息xī，也yě就jiù垂chuí頭tóu扭niǔ頸jǐng，努nǔ嘴zuǐ皺zhòu眉méi，半bàn晌shǎng不bù言yán。呆dāi子zi闻wén得de此cǐ言yán，情qíng知zhī走zǒu了le消xiāo息xī，也yě就jiù垂chuí头tóu扭niǔ颈jǐng，努nǔ嘴zuǐ皱zhòu眉méi，半bàn晌shǎng不bù言yán。

The blockhead, hearing these words, knew the secret was out, and hung his head, twisted his neck, thrust out his snout and knit his brows, saying nothing for a good while.

聞得 resultative de (子 zi). 走了消息 “the news has leaked.” 努嘴皺眉 “to pout the lips and furrow the brow” — Bajie's sheepish dismay at being found out.

又yòu聽tīng得de呀ya的de一yì聲shēng，腰yāo門mén開kāi了le，有yǒu兩liǎng對duì紅hóng燈dēng、一yí副fù提tí爐lú，香xiāng雲yún靄ǎi靄ǎi，環huán珮pèi叮dīng叮dīng，那nà婦fù人rén帶dài著zhe三sān個gè女nǚ兒ér，走zǒu將jiāng出chū來lái，叫jiào真zhēn真zhēn、愛ài愛ài、憐lián憐lián，拜bài見jiàn那nà取qǔ經jīng的de人rén物wù。又yòu听tīng得de呀ya的de一yì声shēng，腰yāo门mén开kāi了le，有yǒu两liǎng对duì红hóng灯dēng、一yí副fù提tí炉lú，香xiāng云yún霭ǎi霭ǎi，环huán珮pèi叮dīng叮dīng，那nà妇fù人rén带dài著zhe三sān个gè女nǚ儿ér，走zǒu将jiāng出chū来lái，叫jiào真zhēn真zhēn、爱ài爱ài、怜lián怜lián，拜bài见jiàn那nà取qǔ经jīng的de人rén物wù。

Then, at a creaking sound, the side-door opened: with two pairs of red lanterns and a hand-censer borne before them, clouds of incense wreathing, girdle-pendants tinkling, the woman came out leading her three daughters — Zhenzhen, Aiai, and Lianlian by name — to make their bows before the scripture-seekers.

聽得 resultative de. 提爐 a portable censer; 環珮叮叮 “girdle-jades chiming.” 那婦人帶著 (那 nà, 帶著 durative zhe); 走將出來 “came walking out,” 將 the complement jiāng. 拜見 “to make obeisance to,” 見 jiàn.

那nà女nǚ子zǐ排pái立lì廳tīng中zhōng，朝cháo上shàng禮lǐ拜bài。那nà女nǚ子zǐ排pái立lì厅tīng中zhōng，朝cháo上shàng礼lǐ拜bài。

The young women ranged themselves in the hall and, facing forward, made their reverence.

那女子 (那 nà; 女子 nǚzǐ, 子 the noun). 排立廳中 “stood in a row in the hall,” 中 zhōng; 朝上 “facing toward (the guests),” 朝 cháo (“to face”).

果guǒ然rán也yě生shēng得de標biāo致zhì，但dàn見jiàn他tā：果guǒ然rán也yě生shēng得de标biāo致zhì，但dàn见jiàn他tā：

They were indeed born comely; behold them:

生得標致 “born pretty, well-favored,” 得 the resultative de. 但見他 “one saw only —,” the tag ushering in the descriptive 詞 that follows.

總評 Commentary

Bajie's homecoming and his exposure run side by side. He leads back the ungrazed horse and, asked whether he grazed it, lies — only to have Wukong prick the lie with a pun: no place to graze, but a place to lead the horse? Caught, Bajie can only hang his head and pout, saying nothing, his guilt written in every twist of his neck.

Into this sheepish silence comes a set-piece of stagecraft. The side-door opens on a small procession — red lanterns, hand-censer, wreathing incense, chiming girdle-jades — as the widow brings out her three daughters, named at last, to bow before the pilgrims. The theatrical entrance, all light and scent and sound, is calculated to work precisely on the disciple whose resolve has already slipped.

The narrator's tag — they were “indeed born comely,” behold them — hands the reader over to the descriptive 詞 that follows. The daughters, hitherto only names and ages in the widow's sales-talk, are about to be rendered as ravishing beauties; and the reader, forewarned, knows the portrait is bait, and knows on whom it is meant to tell.