第二十五回 · 坡下權歇 A Rest in the Hollow — Journey to the West

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坡下權歇 A Rest in the Hollow

只zhǐ是shì到dào天tiān明míng，那nà長zhǎng老lǎo在zài馬mǎ上shàng搖yáo樁zhuāng打dǎ盹dǔn。行xíng者zhě見jiàn了le，叫jiào道dào：「師shī父fù不bú濟jì，出chū家jiā人rén怎zěn的de這zhè般bān辛xīn苦kǔ？我wǒ老lǎo孫sūn千qiān夜yè不bù眠mián，也yě不bù曉xiǎo得de些xiē困kùn倦juàn。且qiě下xià馬mǎ來lái，莫mò教jiào走zǒu路lù的de人rén看kàn見jiàn笑xiào你nǐ，權quán在zài山shān坡pō下xià藏cáng風fēng聚jù氣qì處chù歇xiē歇xiē再zài走zǒu。」只zhǐ是shì到dào天tiān明míng，那nà长zhǎng老lǎo在zài马mǎ上shàng摇yáo桩zhuāng打dǎ盹dǔn。行xíng者zhě见jiàn了le，叫jiào道dào：「师shī父fù不bú济jì，出chū家jiā人rén怎zěn的de这zhè般bān辛xīn苦kǔ？我wǒ老lǎo孙sūn千qiān夜yè不bù眠mián，也yě不bù晓xiǎo得de些xiē困kùn倦juàn。且qiě下xià马mǎ来lái，莫mò教jiào走zǒu路lù的de人rén看kàn见jiàn笑xiào你nǐ，权quán在zài山shān坡pō下xià藏cáng风fēng聚jù气qì处chù歇xiē歇xiē再zài走zǒu。」

逐句解 Line by line

只zhǐ是shì到dào天tiān明míng，那nà長zhǎng老lǎo在zài馬mǎ上shàng搖yáo樁zhuāng打dǎ盹dǔn。只zhǐ是shì到dào天tiān明míng，那nà长zhǎng老lǎo在zài马mǎ上shàng摇yáo桩zhuāng打dǎ盹dǔn。

Only by daybreak the elder was nodding and swaying in the saddle.

搖樁打盹 (yáo zhuāng dǎ dǔn) "swaying like a loose post and dozing," 樁 (zhuāng) "a post"—the exhausted monk half-asleep on horseback.

行xíng者zhě見jiàn了le，叫jiào道dào：「師shī父fù不bú濟jì，出chū家jiā人rén怎zěn的de這zhè般bān辛xīn苦kǔ？行xíng者zhě见jiàn了le，叫jiào道dào：「师shī父fù不bú济jì，出chū家jiā人rén怎zěn的de这zhè般bān辛xīn苦kǔ？

The Pilgrim saw it and called out: "Master, you are not up to it—how can a man who has left the household be so worn out?

不濟 (bù jì) "not up to it, no good." 出家人 (chūjiā rén) "a renunciant." 辛苦 (xīnkǔ) "worn out, put to hardship."

我wǒ老lǎo孫sūn千qiān夜yè不bù眠mián，也yě不bù曉xiǎo得de些xiē困kùn倦juàn。我wǒ老lǎo孙sūn千qiān夜yè不bù眠mián，也yě不bù晓xiǎo得de些xiē困kùn倦juàn。

"I, old Sun, could go a thousand nights unsleeping and never know the least fatigue.

千夜不眠 (qiān yè bù mián) "a thousand nights without sleep"—Wukong's boast of tirelessness. 不曉得些困倦 (bù xiǎode xiē kùnjuàn) "knows not the least weariness," complement 得 (de).

且qiě下xià馬mǎ來lái，莫mò教jiào走zǒu路lù的de人rén看kàn見jiàn笑xiào你nǐ，權quán在zài山shān坡pō下xià藏cáng風fēng聚jù氣qì處chù歇xiē歇xiē再zài走zǒu。」且qiě下xià马mǎ来lái，莫mò教jiào走zǒu路lù的de人rén看kàn见jiàn笑xiào你nǐ，权quán在zài山shān坡pō下xià藏cáng风fēng聚jù气qì处chù歇xiē歇xiē再zài走zǒu。」

"Just dismount; do not let travellers on the road see you and laugh, but rest a while in a wind-sheltered, breath-gathering spot under the hillside, and then go on."

藏風聚氣處 (cáng fēng jù qì chù) "a wind-storing, breath-gathering place," 藏 (cáng) "to store, gather" (not the name-reading 藏 (zàng))—a term from siting-lore (fengshui) for a sheltered, auspicious spot.

總評 Commentary

A brief interlude of the master's exhaustion and the disciple's inexhaustibility: the frail monk droops in the saddle while Wukong boasts of a thousand sleepless nights. The detail of the resting-place—a 藏風聚氣 spot, "storing wind and gathering breath"—borrows the vocabulary of geomantic siting, lending even a roadside halt a touch of Daoist lore.