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菜園蔬圃
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菜園蔬圃 The Kitchen Garden

那nà行xíng者zhě觀guān看kàn不bú盡jìn，又yòu見jiàn一yì層céng門mén，推tuī開kāi看kàn處chù，卻què是shì一yí座zuò菜cài園yuán：那nà行xíng者zhě观guān看kàn不bú尽jìn，又yòu见jiàn一yì层céng门mén，推tuī开kāi看kàn处chù，却què是shì一yí座zuò菜cài园yuán：

佈bù種zhòng四sì時shí蔬shū菜cài，菠bō芹qín莙jūn薘dá薑jiāng苔tái。布bù种zhòng四sì时shí蔬shū菜cài，菠bō芹qín莙jūn荙dá姜jiāng苔tái。
筍sǔn薯shǔ瓜guā瓠hù茭jiāo白bái，蔥cōng蒜suàn芫yán荽suī韭jiǔ薤xiè。笋sǔn薯shǔ瓜guā瓠hù茭jiāo白bái，葱cōng蒜suàn芫yán荽suī韭jiǔ薤xiè。
窩wō蕖qú童tóng蒿hāo苦kǔ藚xù，葫hú蘆lú茄qié子zi須xū栽zāi。窝wō蕖qú童tóng蒿hāo苦kǔ藚xù，葫hú芦lú茄qié子zi须xū栽zāi。
蔓màn菁jīng蘿luó蔔bó羊yáng頭tóu埋mái，紅hóng莧xiàn青qīng菘sōng紫zǐ芥jiè。蔓màn菁jīng萝luó卜bó羊yáng头tóu埋mái，红hóng苋xiàn青qīng菘sōng紫zǐ芥jiè。

行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「他tā也yě是shì個gè自zì種zhòng自zì吃chī的de道dào士shì。」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「他tā也yě是shì个gè自zì种zhòng自zì吃chī的de道dào士shì。」

逐句解 Line by line

那nà行xíng者zhě觀guān看kàn不bú盡jìn，又yòu見jiàn一yì層céng門mén，推tuī開kāi看kàn處chù，卻què是shì一yí座zuò菜cài園yuán： 那nà行xíng者zhě观guān看kàn不bú尽jìn，又yòu见jiàn一yì层céng门mén，推tuī开kāi看kàn处chù，却què是shì一yí座zuò菜cài园yuán：

Pilgrim, looking on without cease, saw yet another gate; pushing it open, he found a vegetable garden:

那 (nà); 觀看不盡 (guān kàn bú jìn), verb 觀 (guān) with 不 (bú) (sandhi before 盡 (jìn)); 一層門 (yì céng mén) = another gate; 菜園 (cài yuán) = a vegetable garden.

佈bù種zhòng四sì時shí蔬shū菜cài，菠bō芹qín莙jūn薘dá薑jiāng苔tái。 布bù种zhòng四sì时shí蔬shū菜cài，菠bō芹qín莙jūn荙dá姜jiāng苔tái。

Planted with the greens of all four seasons — spinach, celery, chard, ginger-shoots and taro;

佈種 (bù zhòng), 種 (zhòng) ‘to sow’ (the verb, not zhǒng ‘seed’); 菠芹莙薘 (bō qín jūn dá) = spinach, celery, chard; 薑苔 (jiāng tái) = ginger and moss-greens.

筍sǔn薯shǔ瓜guā瓠hù茭jiāo白bái，蔥cōng蒜suàn芫yán荽suī韭jiǔ薤xiè。 笋sǔn薯shǔ瓜guā瓠hù茭jiāo白bái，葱cōng蒜suàn芫yán荽suī韭jiǔ薤xiè。

bamboo-shoots, yams, gourds and calabashes, and water-bamboo; scallions, garlic, coriander, leeks and shallots.

瓜瓠 (guā hù) = melons and bottle-gourds; 茭白 (jiāo bái) = water-bamboo shoots; 芫荽 (yán suī) = coriander; 韭薤 (jiǔ xiè) = chives and shallots.

窩wō蕖qú童tóng蒿hāo苦kǔ藚xù，葫hú蘆lú茄qié子zi須xū栽zāi。 窝wō蕖qú童tóng蒿hāo苦kǔ藚xù，葫hú芦lú茄qié子zi须xū栽zāi。

Water-mallow, tong-wormwood, and bitter dock; bottle-gourd and eggplant must be set out too;

窩蕖 (wō qú) = a marsh-plant; 童蒿 (tóng hāo) = a wormwood; 苦藚 (kǔ xù) = bitter dock; 茄子 (qié·zi), 子 (zi) suffix; 須栽 (xū zāi) = must be planted.

蔓màn菁jīng蘿luó蔔bó羊yáng頭tóu埋mái，紅hóng莧xiàn青qīng菘sōng紫zǐ芥jiè。 蔓màn菁jīng萝luó卜bó羊yáng头tóu埋mái，红hóng苋xiàn青qīng菘sōng紫zǐ芥jiè。

turnip and radish buried round like sheep-heads; red amaranth, green pak-choi, purple mustard.

蔓菁 (mán jīng) = turnip; 蘿蔔 (luó bo) = radish; 羊頭埋 (yáng tóu mái) = buried round like sheep-heads; 紅莧／青菘／紫芥 (hóng xiàn / qīng sōng / zǐ jiè) = red amaranth, pak-choi, purple mustard.

行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「他tā也yě是shì個gè自zì種zhòng自zì吃chī的de道dào士shì。」 行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「他tā也yě是shì个gè自zì种zhòng自zì吃chī的de道dào士shì。」

Pilgrim said with a laugh, “So he’s a Daoist who plants his own and eats his own.”

行 (xíng); 自種自吃 (zì zhòng zì chī), 種 (zhòng) ‘to plant’ (the verb).

總評 Commentary

A second gate opens on a kitchen garden, catalogued in a brisk couplet-list of some two dozen vegetables and herbs — spinach and chard, gourds and leeks, dock and mustard — the homely counterpart to the flower garden’s splendour. The 賦 form persists, but the register drops to the everyday.

Pilgrim’s dry remark — that the immortal is ‘a Daoist who plants his own and eats his own’ — punctures the grandeur with peasant practicality, and quietly reminds us that even a paradise-abbey keeps a vegetable plot. Readings: 佈種／自種 種 = zhòng (the verb ‘to sow / plant,’ against the noun zhǒng ‘seed / kind’), and another 觀看不盡 → 不 (bú).