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第二十四回
萬wàn壽shòu山shān大dà仙xiān留liú故gù友yǒu
五wǔ莊zhuāng觀guàn行xíng者zhě竊qiè人rén參shēn

At the Mountain of Ten Thousand Years the Great Immortal Keeps an Old Friend · At the Abbey of the Five Villages Pilgrim Steals the Ginseng-Fruit

仙童出迎
模式 Mode Read Study
拼音 Pinyin Off
字體 Script 繁
原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition 含詞賦 With rhapsody

仙童出迎 The Boy-Adepts Come Forth

及jí至zhì二èr層céng門mén裡lǐ，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà裡lǐ面miàn急jí急jí忙máng忙máng，走zǒu出chū兩liǎng個gè小xiǎo童tóng兒er來lái。看kàn他tā怎zěn生shēng打dǎ扮bàn：及jí至zhì二èr层céng门mén里lǐ，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà里lǐ面miàn急jí急jí忙máng忙máng，走zǒu出chū两liǎng个gè小xiǎo童tóng儿er来lái。看kàn他tā怎zěn生shēng打dǎ扮bàn：

骨gǔ清qīng神shén爽shuǎng容róng顏yán麗lì，頂dǐng結jié丫yā髻jì短duǎn髮fà鬅péng。骨gǔ清qīng神shén爽shuǎng容róng颜yán丽lì，顶dǐng结jié丫yā髻jì短duǎn发fà鬅péng。
道dào服fú自zì然rán襟jīn繞rào霧wù，羽yǔ衣yī偏piān是shì袖xiù飄piāo風fēng。道dào服fú自zì然rán襟jīn绕rào雾wù，羽yǔ衣yī偏piān是shì袖xiù飘piāo风fēng。
環huán絛tāo緊jǐn束shù龍lóng頭tóu結jié，芒máng履lǚ輕qīng纏chán蠶cán口kǒu絨róng。环huán绦tāo紧jǐn束shù龙lóng头tóu结jié，芒máng履lǚ轻qīng缠chán蚕cán口kǒu绒róng。
丰fēng采cǎi異yì常cháng非fēi俗sú輩bèi，正zhèng是shì那nà清qīng風fēng明míng月yuè二èr仙xiān童tóng。丰fēng采cǎi异yì常cháng非fēi俗sú辈bèi，正zhèng是shì那nà清qīng风fēng明míng月yuè二èr仙xiān童tóng。

逐句解 Line by line

及jí至zhì二èr層céng門mén裡lǐ，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà裡lǐ面miàn急jí急jí忙máng忙máng，走zǒu出chū兩liǎng個gè小xiǎo童tóng兒er來lái。 及jí至zhì二èr层céng门mén里lǐ，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà里lǐ面miàn急jí急jí忙máng忙máng，走zǒu出chū两liǎng个gè小xiǎo童tóng儿er来lái。

Coming to the inner gate, they saw two little boys hurry out in haste from within.

二層門 (èr céng mén) = the inner (second) gate; 那裡面 (nà lǐmiàn) = within there, 那 (nà); 小童兒 (xiǎo tóng·er) = little boys, 兒 (er) suffix.

看kàn他tā怎zěn生shēng打dǎ扮bàn： 看kàn他tā怎zěn生shēng打dǎ扮bàn：

See now how they were arrayed:

怎生打扮 (zěnshēng dǎban) = how were they got up — the cue leading into the descriptive verse.

骨gǔ清qīng神shén爽shuǎng容róng顏yán麗lì，頂dǐng結jié丫yā髻jì短duǎn髮fà鬅péng。 骨gǔ清qīng神shén爽shuǎng容róng颜yán丽lì，顶dǐng结jié丫yā髻jì短duǎn发fà鬅péng。

Pure of bone and bright of spirit, faces fair to see; atop, their hair in tufted knots, the short locks tousled free.

骨清神爽 (gǔ qīng shén shuǎng) = pure of frame, bright of spirit; 丫髻 (yā jì) = the double top-knots of a child; 鬅 (péng) = tousled, unkempt hair.

道dào服fú自zì然rán襟jīn繞rào霧wù，羽yǔ衣yī偏piān是shì袖xiù飄piāo風fēng。 道dào服fú自zì然rán襟jīn绕rào雾wù，羽yǔ衣yī偏piān是shì袖xiù飘piāo风fēng。

Their Daoist robes, as though by nature, wreathed the collar round with mist; their feather-garb, how fittingly, let sleeves stream out on the wind.

道服 (dào fú) = Daoist vestments; 羽衣 (yǔ yī) = ‘feather-garb,’ the immortal’s robe; 襟繞霧 (jīn rào wù) / 袖飄風 (xiù piāo fēng) — collar in mist, sleeves on the wind.

環huán絛tāo緊jǐn束shù龍lóng頭tóu結jié，芒máng履lǚ輕qīng纏chán蠶cán口kǒu絨róng。 环huán绦tāo紧jǐn束shù龙lóng头tóu结jié，芒máng履lǚ轻qīng缠chán蚕cán口kǒu绒róng。

Their girdle-cords bound tight in dragon-head knots; their straw sandals lightly wound with silkworm-mouth floss.

環絛 (huán tāo) = a ringed girdle-cord; 龍頭結 (lóngtóu jié) = a dragon-head knot; 芒履 (máng lǚ) = straw sandals; 蠶口絨 (cán kǒu róng) = silkworm-floss binding.

丰fēng采cǎi異yì常cháng非fēi俗sú輩bèi，正zhèng是shì那nà清qīng風fēng明míng月yuè二èr仙xiān童tóng。 丰fēng采cǎi异yì常cháng非fēi俗sú辈bèi，正zhèng是shì那nà清qīng风fēng明míng月yuè二èr仙xiān童tóng。

Their bearing, past the common run — no vulgar sort were these — the very pair, Pure-Wind and Bright-Moon, the two immortal boys.

丰采 (fēngcǎi) = mien, bearing; 非俗輩 (fēi sú bèi) = no common sort; 那 (nà); 二仙童 (èr xiān tóng) = the two immortal lads.

總評 Commentary

The two acolytes appear, and a portrait-verse renders them as the very type of the 仙童 — the Daoist boy-transcendent: pure of bone, bright of spirit, hair in a child’s double top-knots, feather-robes and mist-wreathed collars streaming on the wind. The 世德堂本 grants them the full conventional iconography before a word of dialogue.

The verse closes by naming them — 清風 and 明月, Pure-Wind and Bright-Moon, the pair the reader met in the master’s charge. Dignifying them first as immortal adepts sharpens the comedy of the fruit-theft to come, in which these dutiful boys will be so thoroughly wronged. Readings: 那 = nà throughout, and the diminutive 童兒 = er suffix.