第二十五回 · 縛柱待刑 Bound to the Pillars — Journey to the West

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縛柱待刑 Bound to the Pillars

那nà大dà仙xiān轉zhuǎn祥xiáng雲yún，徑jìng落luò五wǔ莊zhuāng觀guàn坐zuò下xià，叫jiào徒tú弟dì拿ná繩shéng來lái。眾zhòng小xiǎo仙xiān一yì一yí伺cì候hòu。你nǐ看kàn他tā從cóng袖xiù子zi裡lǐ卻què像xiàng撮cuō傀kuǐ儡lěi一yì般bān，把bǎ唐táng僧sēng拿ná出chū，縛fù在zài正zhèng殿diàn簷yán柱zhù上shàng。又yòu拿ná出chū他tā三sān個gè，每měi一yì根gēn柱zhù上shàng綁bǎng了le一yí個gè。將jiāng馬mǎ也yě拿ná出chū拴shuān在zài庭tíng下xià，與yǔ他tā些xiē草cǎo料liào。行xíng李lǐ拋pāo在zài廊láng下xià。又yòu道dào：「徒tú弟dì，這zhè和hé尚shàng是shì出chū家jiā人rén，不bù可kě用yòng刀dāo槍qiāng，不bù可kě加jiā鈇fū鉞yuè。且qiě與yǔ我wǒ取qǔ出chū皮pí鞭biān來lái，打dǎ他tā一yí頓dùn，與yǔ我wǒ人rén參shēn果guǒ出chū氣qì。」那nà大dà仙xiān转zhuǎn祥xiáng云yún，径jìng落luò五wǔ庄zhuāng观guàn坐zuò下xià，叫jiào徒tú弟dì拿ná绳shéng来lái。众zhòng小xiǎo仙xiān一yì一yí伺cì候hòu。你nǐ看kàn他tā从cóng袖xiù子zi里lǐ却què像xiàng撮cuō傀kuǐ儡lěi一yì般bān，把bǎ唐táng僧sēng拿ná出chū，缚fù在zài正zhèng殿diàn簷yán柱zhù上shàng。又yòu拿ná出chū他tā三sān个gè，每měi一yì根gēn柱zhù上shàng绑bǎng了le一yí个gè。将jiāng马mǎ也yě拿ná出chū拴shuān在zài庭tíng下xià，与yǔ他tā些xiē草cǎo料liào。行xíng李lǐ抛pāo在zài廊láng下xià。又yòu道dào：「徒tú弟dì，这zhè和hé尚shàng是shì出chū家jiā人rén，不bù可kě用yòng刀dāo枪qiāng，不bù可kě加jiā鈇fū钺yuè。且qiě与yǔ我wǒ取qǔ出chū皮pí鞭biān来lái，打dǎ他tā一yí顿dùn，与yǔ我wǒ人rén参shēn果guǒ出chū气qì。」

逐句解 Line by line

那nà大dà仙xiān轉zhuǎn祥xiáng雲yún，徑jìng落luò五wǔ莊zhuāng觀guàn坐zuò下xià，叫jiào徒tú弟dì拿ná繩shéng來lái。那nà大dà仙xiān转zhuǎn祥xiáng云yún，径jìng落luò五wǔ庄zhuāng观guàn坐zuò下xià，叫jiào徒tú弟dì拿ná绳shéng来lái。

That Great Immortal turned his auspicious cloud, came straight down to sit in the Five-Villages Abbey, and bade his disciples fetch ropes.

轉祥雲 (zhuǎn xiáng yún) "turned the auspicious cloud [homeward]." 五莊觀 (Wǔzhuāng Guàn) with the temple reading 觀 (guàn). 拿繩來 (ná shéng lái) "fetch ropes."

眾zhòng小xiǎo仙xiān一yì一yí伺cì候hòu。众zhòng小xiǎo仙xiān一yì一yí伺cì候hòu。

The lesser immortals waited upon him one and all.

一一伺候 (yīyī sìhòu) "attended one and all"—the company ready at his word.

你nǐ看kàn他tā從cóng袖xiù子zi裡lǐ卻què像xiàng撮cuō傀kuǐ儡lěi一yì般bān，把bǎ唐táng僧sēng拿ná出chū，縛fù在zài正zhèng殿diàn簷yán柱zhù上shàng。你nǐ看kàn他tā从cóng袖xiù子zi里lǐ却què像xiàng撮cuō傀kuǐ儡lěi一yì般bān，把bǎ唐táng僧sēng拿ná出chū，缚fù在zài正zhèng殿diàn簷yán柱zhù上shàng。

You should have seen how, from within his sleeve—as one plucks out puppets—he drew out the Tang Monk and bound him to a pillar of the main hall.

撮傀儡 (cuō kuǐlěi) "to pluck out puppets," 傀儡 (kuǐlěi) "marionettes"—the pilgrims lifted out like dolls. 縛在正殿簷柱上 (fù zài zhèngdiàn yán zhù shàng) "bound to an eaves-pillar of the main hall," 簷 (yán) "eaves."

又yòu拿ná出chū他tā三sān個gè，每měi一yì根gēn柱zhù上shàng綁bǎng了le一yí個gè。又yòu拿ná出chū他tā三sān个gè，每měi一yì根gēn柱zhù上shàng绑bǎng了le一yí个gè。

He then drew out the other three, and to each pillar bound one.

每一根柱上綁了一個 (měi yì gēn zhù shàng bǎngle yí gè) "to each pillar bound one"—the four pilgrims fixed each to a post.

將jiāng馬mǎ也yě拿ná出chū拴shuān在zài庭tíng下xià，與yǔ他tā些xiē草cǎo料liào。将jiāng马mǎ也yě拿ná出chū拴shuān在zài庭tíng下xià，与yǔ他tā些xiē草cǎo料liào。

He had the horse brought out too and tethered in the courtyard, and gave it some fodder;

拴在庭下 (shuān zài tíng xià) "tethered in the courtyard." 草料 (cǎoliào) "fodder"—even the captured horse is provided for.

行xíng李lǐ拋pāo在zài廊láng下xià。行xíng李lǐ抛pāo在zài廊láng下xià。

and the luggage he flung down in the corridor.

行李 (xíngli) "the luggage," 行 (xíng). 拋在廊下 (pāo zài láng xià) "flung down in the corridor."

又yòu道dào：「徒tú弟dì，這zhè和hé尚shàng是shì出chū家jiā人rén，不bù可kě用yòng刀dāo槍qiāng，不bù可kě加jiā鈇fū鉞yuè。又yòu道dào：「徒tú弟dì，这zhè和hé尚shàng是shì出chū家jiā人rén，不bù可kě用yòng刀dāo枪qiāng，不bù可kě加jiā鈇fū钺yuè。

He said again: "Disciples, these monks are men who have left the household; we may not use blade or spear, nor lay on axe and hatchet.

出家人 (chūjiā rén) "renunciants." 鈇鉞 (fū yuè) "axe and battle-axe," 鈇 (fū)—instruments of execution, here forbidden as too grave for monks.

且qiě與yǔ我wǒ取qǔ出chū皮pí鞭biān來lái，打dǎ他tā一yí頓dùn，與yǔ我wǒ人rén參shēn果guǒ出chū氣qì。」且qiě与yǔ我wǒ取qǔ出chū皮pí鞭biān来lái，打dǎ他tā一yí顿dùn，与yǔ我wǒ人rén参shēn果guǒ出chū气qì。」

"Just fetch me out the leather whip, and give him a beating, to vent my ginseng-fruit's grievance."

皮鞭 (pí biān) "a leather whip." 與我人參果出氣 (yǔ wǒ rénshēn guǒ chū qì) "to vent [the grievance of] my ginseng-fruit," 參 (shēn) in 人參.

總評 Commentary

The captured pilgrims are lifted from the sleeve "like puppets" and bound each to a pillar—a tableau of total, effortless subjugation. Yet the Great Immortal's cruelty is precise and even courteous: he forbids blade and axe as too grave for men of religion, waters and feeds the horse, and settles only on a whipping "to vent my ginseng-fruit's grievance." The restraint marks him as a righteous power exacting measured justice, not a monster.