第二十五回 · 絕後之計 A Scheme to Leave No Fruit Behind — Journey to the West

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絕後之計 A Scheme to Leave No Fruit Behind

二èr仙xiān童tóng問wèn得de是shì實shí，越yuè加jiā毀huǐ罵mà。就jiù恨hèn得de個gè大dà聖shèng鋼gāng牙yá咬yǎo響xiǎng，火huǒ眼yǎn睜zhēng圓yuán，把bǎ條tiáo金jīn箍gū棒bàng揝zǎn了le又yòu揝zǎn，忍rěn了le又yòu忍rěn道dào：「這zhè童tóng子zǐ只zhǐ說shuō當dāng面miàn打dǎ人rén也yě罷bà，受shòu他tā些xiē氣qì兒er。送sòng他tā個gè絕jué後hòu計jì，教jiào他tā大dà家jiā都dōu吃chī不bù成chéng。」好hǎo行xíng者zhě，把bǎ腦nǎo後hòu的de毫háo毛máo拔bá了le一yì根gēn，吹chuī口kǒu仙xiān氣qì，叫jiào：「變biàn！」變biàn做zuò個gè假jiǎ行xíng者zhě，跟gēn定dìng唐táng僧sēng，陪péi著zhe悟wù能néng、悟wù淨jìng，忍rěn受shòu著zhe道dào童tóng嚷rǎng罵mà。二èr仙xiān童tóng问wèn得de是shì实shí，越yuè加jiā毁huǐ骂mà。就jiù恨hèn得de个gè大dà圣shèng钢gāng牙yá咬yǎo响xiǎng，火huǒ眼yǎn睁zhēng圆yuán，把bǎ条tiáo金jīn箍gū棒bàng揝zǎn了le又yòu揝zǎn，忍rěn了le又yòu忍rěn道dào：「这zhè童tóng子zǐ只zhǐ说shuō当dāng面miàn打dǎ人rén也yě罢bà，受shòu他tā些xiē气qì儿er。送sòng他tā个gè绝jué后hòu计jì，教jiào他tā大dà家jiā都dōu吃chī不bù成chéng。」好hǎo行xíng者zhě，把bǎ脑nǎo后hòu的de毫háo毛máo拔bá了le一yì根gēn，吹chuī口kǒu仙xiān气qì，叫jiào：「变biàn！」变biàn做zuò个gè假jiǎ行xíng者zhě，跟gēn定dìng唐táng僧sēng，陪péi著zhe悟wù能néng、悟wù净jìng，忍rěn受shòu著zhe道dào童tóng嚷rǎng骂mà。

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二èr仙xiān童tóng問wèn得de是shì實shí，越yuè加jiā毀huǐ罵mà。二èr仙xiān童tóng问wèn得de是shì实shí，越yuè加jiā毁huǐ骂mà。

The two immortal lads, having questioned them and got the truth, reviled them all the more.

問得是實 (wèn de shí shí) "questioned them and found it true," with the complement 得 (de). 毀罵 (huǐmà) "to abuse, heap insults."

就jiù恨hèn得de個gè大dà聖shèng鋼gāng牙yá咬yǎo響xiǎng，火huǒ眼yǎn睜zhēng圓yuán，把bǎ條tiáo金jīn箍gū棒bàng揝zǎn了le又yòu揝zǎn，忍rěn了le又yòu忍rěn道dào：「這zhè童tóng子zǐ只zhǐ說shuō當dāng面miàn打dǎ人rén也yě罷bà，受shòu他tā些xiē氣qì兒er。就jiù恨hèn得de个gè大dà圣shèng钢gāng牙yá咬yǎo响xiǎng，火huǒ眼yǎn睁zhēng圆yuán，把bǎ条tiáo金jīn箍gū棒bàng揝zǎn了le又yòu揝zǎn，忍rěn了le又yòu忍rěn道dào：「这zhè童tóng子zǐ只zhǐ说shuō当dāng面miàn打dǎ人rén也yě罢bà，受shòu他tā些xiē气qì儿er。

It so galled the Great Sage that his steel teeth ground and rang and his fiery eyes glared round. He clenched and re-clenched the gold-banded cudgel, and, swallowing his temper again and again, thought: "These striplings do nothing but say I would strike a man to his face. Well and good—I shall put up with a measure of their abuse,

大聖 (Dàshèng) — "the Great Sage," Wukong's self-styled title 齊天大聖. 金箍棒 (jīngū bàng) is his gold-banded iron cudgel. 當面 (dāngmiàn) "to one's face, openly," with 當 (dāng); 氣兒 (qìr) takes the diminutive 兒 (er).

送sòng他tā個gè絕jué後hòu計jì，教jiào他tā大dà家jiā都dōu吃chī不bù成chéng。」送sòng他tā个gè绝jué后hòu计jì，教jiào他tā大dà家jiā都dōu吃chī不bù成chéng。」

"—and deal them a scheme to leave no seed behind, so that none of them, great or small, shall ever eat of it again."

絕後計 (juéhòu jì) "a plan to cut off all posterity"—here, to destroy the tree so no fruit can ever be had again. 教 (jiào) is the causative "to make, to cause [someone to]," distinct from 教 (jiāo) "to teach." 吃不成 (chī bù chéng) "cannot manage to eat."

好hǎo行xíng者zhě，把bǎ腦nǎo後hòu的de毫háo毛máo拔bá了le一yì根gēn，吹chuī口kǒu仙xiān氣qì，叫jiào：「變biàn！」好hǎo行xíng者zhě，把bǎ脑nǎo后hòu的de毫háo毛máo拔bá了le一yì根gēn，吹chuī口kǒu仙xiān气qì，叫jiào：「变biàn！」

Good Pilgrim! He plucked a hair from the back of his head, blew on it a breath of immortal air, and cried, "Change!"

毫毛 (háomáo) — the fine body-hairs Wukong plucks and transforms, a signature of his magic. 好行者 (hǎo xíngzhě) "Good Pilgrim!" is a storyteller's formula of admiration marking a bravura feat.

變biàn做zuò個gè假jiǎ行xíng者zhě，跟gēn定dìng唐táng僧sēng，陪péi著zhe悟wù能néng、悟wù淨jìng，忍rěn受shòu著zhe道dào童tóng嚷rǎng罵mà。变biàn做zuò个gè假jiǎ行xíng者zhě，跟gēn定dìng唐táng僧sēng，陪péi著zhe悟wù能néng、悟wù净jìng，忍rěn受shòu著zhe道dào童tóng嚷rǎng骂mà。

It changed into a false Pilgrim, which kept close by the Tang Monk, attending Wuneng and Wujing, and bore the lads' railing in his place.

假行者 "a false Pilgrim"—the decoy left to absorb the abuse while Wukong's true self slips away. 悟能 (Wùnéng) and 悟淨 (Wùjìng) are the dharma-names of Bajie and Wujing. Both 著 here are the durative aspect-marker 著 (zhe) ("attending… bearing…").

總評 Commentary

Wukong's restraint is itself a plot device: rather than brawl with two boys, he calculates a subtler and crueller revenge—to fell the very tree, so that the loss can never be made good. The 絕後計, a "scheme to leave no heir," turns a petty quarrel over four fruits into the act that will bring the chapter's true antagonist, the Immortal Zhenyuan, down upon them.

The plucked hair transformed into a decoy is one of Wukong's stock marvels, but here it serves a precise narrative end: the false Pilgrim sits and takes the scolding while the true body escapes unseen—a doubling that lets the monkey be in two places at once, dutiful and destructive together.