第二十五回 · 詬詈鎖門 Clear Wind's Tirade — Journey to the West

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詬詈鎖門 Clear Wind's Tirade

清qīng風fēng罵mà道dào：「我wǒ把bǎ你nǐ這zhè個gè害hài饞chán勞láo、偷tōu嘴zuǐ的de禿tū賊zéi！你nǐ偷tōu吃chī了le我wǒ的de仙xiān果guǒ，已yǐ該gāi一yí個gè擅shàn食shí田tián園yuán瓜guā果guǒ之zhī罪zuì；卻què又yòu把bǎ我wǒ的de仙xiān樹shù推tuī倒dǎo，壞huài了le我wǒ五wǔ莊zhuāng觀guàn裡lǐ仙xiān根gēn，你nǐ還hái要yào說shuō嘴zuǐ哩lī。若ruò能néng夠gòu到dào得dé西xī方fāng參cān佛fó面miàn，只zhǐ除chú是shì轉zhuǎn背bèi搖yáo車chē再zài托tuō生shēng。」三sān藏zàng聞wén言yán，丟diū下xià飯fàn碗wǎn，把bǎ塊kuài石shí頭tóu放fàng在zài心xīn上shàng。那nà童tóng子zǐ將jiāng那nà前qián山shān門mén、二èr山shān門mén，通tōng都dōu上shàng了le鎖suǒ。卻què又yòu來lái正zhèng殿diàn門mén首shǒu，惡è語yǔ惡è言yán，賊zéi前qián賊zéi後hòu，只zhǐ罵mà到dào天tiān色sè將jiāng晚wǎn，才cái去qù吃chī飯fàn。飯fàn畢bì，歸guī房fáng去qù了le。清qīng风fēng骂mà道dào：「我wǒ把bǎ你nǐ这zhè个gè害hài馋chán劳láo、偷tōu嘴zuǐ的de秃tū贼zéi！你nǐ偷tōu吃chī了le我wǒ的de仙xiān果guǒ，已yǐ该gāi一yí个gè擅shàn食shí田tián园yuán瓜guā果guǒ之zhī罪zuì；却què又yòu把bǎ我wǒ的de仙xiān树shù推tuī倒dǎo，坏huài了le我wǒ五wǔ庄zhuāng观guàn里lǐ仙xiān根gēn，你nǐ还hái要yào说shuō嘴zuǐ哩lī。若ruò能néng够gòu到dào得dé西xī方fāng参cān佛fó面miàn，只zhǐ除chú是shì转zhuǎn背bèi摇yáo车chē再zài托tuō生shēng。」三sān藏zàng闻wén言yán，丢diū下xià饭fàn碗wǎn，把bǎ块kuài石shí头tóu放fàng在zài心xīn上shàng。那nà童tóng子zǐ将jiāng那nà前qián山shān门mén、二èr山shān门mén，通tōng都dōu上shàng了le锁suǒ。却què又yòu来lái正zhèng殿diàn门mén首shǒu，恶è语yǔ恶è言yán，贼zéi前qián贼zéi后hòu，只zhǐ骂mà到dào天tiān色sè将jiāng晚wǎn，才cái去qù吃chī饭fàn。饭fàn毕bì，归guī房fáng去qù了le。

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清qīng風fēng罵mà道dào：「我wǒ把bǎ你nǐ這zhè個gè害hài饞chán勞láo、偷tōu嘴zuǐ的de禿tū賊zéi！清qīng风fēng骂mà道dào：「我wǒ把bǎ你nǐ这zhè个gè害hài馋chán劳láo、偷tōu嘴zuǐ的de秃tū贼zéi！

Clear Wind burst out cursing: "You, this gluttonous, snitching bald-pated thief!

害饞勞 (hài chán láo) "afflicted with a craving, glutton." 偷嘴 (tōu zuǐ) "to sneak food, filch a bite." 禿賊 (tū zéi) "bald thief"—a jibe at the monks' shaven heads.

你nǐ偷tōu吃chī了le我wǒ的de仙xiān果guǒ，已yǐ該gāi一yí個gè擅shàn食shí田tián園yuán瓜guā果guǒ之zhī罪zuì；卻què又yòu把bǎ我wǒ的de仙xiān樹shù推tuī倒dǎo，壞huài了le我wǒ五wǔ莊zhuāng觀guàn裡lǐ仙xiān根gēn，你nǐ還hái要yào說shuō嘴zuǐ哩lī。你nǐ偷tōu吃chī了le我wǒ的de仙xiān果guǒ，已yǐ该gāi一yí个gè擅shàn食shí田tián园yuán瓜guā果guǒ之zhī罪zuì；却què又yòu把bǎ我wǒ的de仙xiān树shù推tuī倒dǎo，坏huài了le我wǒ五wǔ庄zhuāng观guàn里lǐ仙xiān根gēn，你nǐ还hái要yào说shuō嘴zuǐ哩lī。

"You stole and ate my immortal fruits—that already merits the charge of pilfering a garden's fruit and produce; and then you toppled my immortal tree besides, ruining the immortal root of our Five-Villages Abbey—and still you would talk back!

擅食田園瓜果之罪 (shàn shí tiányuán guāguǒ zhī zuì) "the crime of helping oneself to a garden's melons and fruit." 推倒 (tuī dǎo) "to push over, topple," 倒 (dǎo). 說嘴 (shuō zuǐ) "to boast, to talk back"; 還 (hái) "still, yet."

若ruò能néng夠gòu到dào得dé西xī方fāng參cān佛fó面miàn，只zhǐ除chú是shì轉zhuǎn背bèi搖yáo車chē再zài托tuō生shēng。」若ruò能néng够gòu到dào得dé西xī方fāng参cān佛fó面miàn，只zhǐ除chú是shì转zhuǎn背bèi摇yáo车chē再zài托tuō生shēng。」

"If ever you are to reach the West and look upon the Buddha's face, it will be only by turning about, mounting a rebirth-cart, and being born over again!"

參佛面 (cān Fó miàn) "to have audience with the Buddha's face," 參 (cān) "to pay court to, seek audience" (not 參 (shēn) as in "ginseng"). 轉背搖車再托生 (zhuǎn bèi yáo chē zài tuōshēng) "turn about, mount the rebirth-cart, and be reborn"—i.e. never, in this life.

三sān藏zàng聞wén言yán，丟diū下xià飯fàn碗wǎn，把bǎ塊kuài石shí頭tóu放fàng在zài心xīn上shàng。三sān藏zàng闻wén言yán，丢diū下xià饭fàn碗wǎn，把bǎ块kuài石shí头tóu放fàng在zài心xīn上shàng。

Sanzang, hearing this, set down his rice-bowl and laid a stone upon his heart.

把塊石頭放在心上 (bǎ kuài shítou fàng zài xīnshàng) "to set a stone upon one's heart"—a vivid figure for sinking dread and shame. 三藏 (Sānzàng) bears the abuse in silence.

那nà童tóng子zǐ將jiāng那nà前qián山shān門mén、二èr山shān門mén，通tōng都dōu上shàng了le鎖suǒ。那nà童tóng子zǐ将jiāng那nà前qián山shān门mén、二èr山shān门mén，通tōng都dōu上shàng了le锁suǒ。

Those lads locked the front mountain-gate and the second mountain-gate, every one of them, and made all fast.

前山門、二山門 (qián shānmén, èr shānmén) "the outer and inner mountain-gates," the successive gateways of a temple compound. 童子 (tóngzǐ) takes 子 (zǐ); 將 (jiāng) is the disposal-particle, 都 (dōu) "all."

卻què又yòu來lái正zhèng殿diàn門mén首shǒu，惡è語yǔ惡è言yán，賊zéi前qián賊zéi後hòu，只zhǐ罵mà到dào天tiān色sè將jiāng晚wǎn，才cái去qù吃chī飯fàn。却què又yòu来lái正zhèng殿diàn门mén首shǒu，恶è语yǔ恶è言yán，贼zéi前qián贼zéi后hòu，只zhǐ骂mà到dào天tiān色sè将jiāng晚wǎn，才cái去qù吃chī饭fàn。

Then they came again to the door of the main hall, and with foul words and evil speech, "thief" before and "thief" behind, they railed until the sky was near dusk before going off to eat.

惡語惡言 (è yǔ è yán) "foul words and evil speech." 賊前賊後 (zéi qián zéi hòu) "'thief' before and 'thief' behind"—an idiom for incessant name-calling. 天色將晚 (tiānsè jiāng wǎn) "the sky about to darken," 將 (jiāng) "about to."

飯fàn畢bì，歸guī房fáng去qù了le。饭fàn毕bì，归guī房fáng去qù了le。

The meal done, they went off to their rooms.

飯畢，歸房去了 (fàn bì, guī fáng qù le) "the meal finished, they returned to their rooms"—the boys retire, setting the stage for the pilgrims' night escape.

總評 Commentary

Clear Wind's tirade escalates the reckoning past the boys' own plan: not content with locking the pilgrims in, he heaps on curses—"gluttonous, snitching, bald-pated thief"—and pronounces a mock-sentence of endless rebirth. The two charges he names (stealing the fruit, felling the tree) are precisely the pilgrims' offences, so the abuse, however shrill, is not unearned.

Tang Sanzang's response is the chapter's still centre: he sets down his bowl and "lays a stone upon his heart," bearing the humiliation in silence. Against Bajie's bluster and Wukong's cunning, the master's mute endurance measures the true weight of what his disciples have done.