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li。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tou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li。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tou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!

The mask comes off the moment the lock clicks. 害饞勞, hài chán láo, is being afflicted with greed, as though gluttony were a disease you catch. 偷嘴, tōu zuǐ, is sneaking food. 禿賊, tū zéi, "bald thief," aims squarely at the shaved heads of monks.

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li。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li。

"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!

Clear Wind states the two charges in order, and both are fair. 擅食田園瓜果之罪, shàn shí tián yuán guā guǒ zhī zuì, is "the offence of helping yourself to a garden's melons and fruit" — phrased like a clause out of a legal code, which is the tone he is reaching for. Then the graver one: the tree. 說嘴, shuō zuǐ, is to talk back or boast; 還 is the adverb hái, "still, even now."

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!"

The curse, and it is a good one. 參佛面, cān fó miàn, is to be granted an audience with the Buddha — 參 here is cān, "to pay court to," not the shēn of ginseng. 轉背搖車再托生, zhuǎn bèi yáo chē zài tuō shēng, is "turn round, get into the rocking cart, and be born all over again." The rocking cart is a baby's cradle, so the sense is: you will reach the Buddha in your next life, not this one. Which is to say, never.

三sān藏zàng聞wén言yán，丟diū下xià飯fàn碗wǎn，把bǎ塊kuài石shí頭tou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tou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, "to set a stone on your heart," is as plain and physical as the language gets for shame and dread — a weight on the chest, and the meal abandoned under it. Sanzang says nothing at all, and the silence is the point.

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.

The 山門 is a temple's gateway, so 前山門 and 二山門 are the outer and inner gates of the compound, locked in turn. 童子 takes the full noun 子, zǐ; 將, jiāng, puts the gates up front before the verb, and 都, dōu, is "all of them."

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.

賊前賊後 — "thief" in front and "thief" behind — is the pattern Chinese uses for a word somebody will not stop saying, the way English might say "it was thief this and thief that." 惡語惡言, è yǔ è yán, foul words and evil speech. 天色將晚 takes 將, jiāng, as "about to": they keep it up until the light goes.

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.

And then, having cursed a party of guests from mid-afternoon to dusk, they go and have their supper. The flatness of the sentence does the work.

總評 Commentary

Clear Wind's tirade goes well past the plan. The boys had agreed only to lock the doors and wait; instead he stands at the hall door until nightfall calling four men thieves, and pronounces a sentence of endless rebirth on top of it. But the two charges he actually names — stealing the fruit, felling the tree — are precisely what happened, so however shrill the delivery, the substance is not unearned.

Against that, Tang Sanzang sets down his bowl and says nothing. 把塊石頭放在心上, "he laid a stone upon his heart": the chapter has been all noise up to now, and this is its first moment of stillness. Bajie blusters and Wukong schemes; the master simply takes the humiliation, because he knows his disciples earned it.

The passage also quietly closes the last exit. Two gates locked, a hall door barred, and a boy screaming "thief" through it until dark. Whatever happens next will not be a negotiation.