第二十五回 · 化身全真 Disguised as a Wandering Daoist — Journey to the West

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化身全真 Disguised as a Wandering Daoist

那nà大dà仙xiān按àn落luò雲yún頭tóu，搖yáo身shēn一yí變biàn，變biàn作zuò個gè行xíng腳jiǎo全quán真zhēn。你nǐ道dào他tā怎zěn生shēng打dǎ扮bàn：那nà大dà仙xiān按àn落luò云yún头tóu，摇yáo身shēn一yí变biàn，变biàn作zuò个gè行xíng脚jiǎo全quán真zhēn。你nǐ道dào他tā怎zěn生shēng打dǎ扮bàn：

穿chuān一yì領lǐng百bǎi衲nà袍páo，繫jì一yì條tiáo呂lǚ公gōng絛tāo。穿chuān一yì领lǐng百bǎi衲nà袍páo，系jì一yì条tiáo吕lǚ公gōng绦tāo。

手shǒu搖yáo麈zhǔ尾wěi，漁yú鼓gǔ輕qīng敲qiāo。手shǒu摇yáo麈zhǔ尾wěi，渔yú鼓gǔ轻qīng敲qiāo。

三sān耳ěr草cǎo鞋xié登dēng腳jiǎo下xià，九jiǔ陽yáng巾jīn子zi把bǎ頭tóu包bāo。三sān耳ěr草cǎo鞋xié登dēng脚jiǎo下xià，九jiǔ阳yáng巾jīn子zi把bǎ头tóu包bāo。

飄piāo飄piāo風fēng滿mǎn袖xiù，口kǒu唱chàng月yuè兒er高gāo。飘piāo飘piāo风fēng满mǎn袖xiù，口kǒu唱chàng月yuè儿er高gāo。

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那nà大dà仙xiān按àn落luò雲yún頭tóu，搖yáo身shēn一yí變biàn，變biàn作zuò個gè行xíng腳jiǎo全quán真zhēn。那nà大dà仙xiān按àn落luò云yún头tóu，摇yáo身shēn一yí变biàn，变biàn作zuò个gè行xíng脚jiǎo全quán真zhēn。

The Great Immortal brought down his cloud, gave his body a shake, and changed into a wandering Quanzhen Daoist.

按落雲頭 (àn luò yúntóu) "brought down the cloud." 搖身一變 (yáo shēn yí biàn) "gave a shake and transformed." 行腳全真 (xíngjiǎo Quánzhēn) "an itinerant Quanzhen adept," 行 (xíng) "to walk, travel."

你nǐ道dào他tā怎zěn生shēng打dǎ扮bàn：你nǐ道dào他tā怎zěn生shēng打dǎ扮bàn：

You ask how he was got up:

你道他怎生打扮 (nǐ dào tā zěnshēng dǎban) "you ask how he was decked out"—the storyteller's formula ushering in a descriptive rhapsody.

穿chuān一yì領lǐng百bǎi衲nà袍páo，繫jì一yì條tiáo呂lǚ公gōng絛tāo。穿chuān一yì领lǐng百bǎi衲nà袍páo，系jì一yì条tiáo吕lǚ公gōng绦tāo。

He wore a robe of a hundred patches, and girt on a Lü-Gong sash;

百衲袍 (bǎi nà páo) "a robe of a hundred patches," a mendicant's garb. 呂公絛 (Lǚgōng tāo) "a Lü Dongbin sash," 絛 (tāo) a woven cord; 繫 (jì) "to gird, tie on."

手shǒu搖yáo麈zhǔ尾wěi，漁yú鼓gǔ輕qīng敲qiāo。手shǒu摇yáo麈zhǔ尾wěi，渔yú鼓gǔ轻qīng敲qiāo。

in his hand he shook a deer-tail whisk, and softly beat a fisher-drum.

麈尾 (zhǔ wěi) "a deer-tail whisk," 麈 (zhǔ) the elaphure, its tail a Daoist emblem. 漁鼓 (yú gǔ) "a fisher-drum," a Daoist bamboo drum.

Three-eared straw sandals were on his feet, a nine-yang kerchief wrapped his head;

三耳草鞋 (sān ěr cǎo xié) "three-eared straw sandals." 九陽巾 (jiǔ yáng jīn) "a nine-yang kerchief," a Daoist headcloth; 巾子 (jīnzi) with the suffix 子 (zi).

飄piāo飄piāo風fēng滿mǎn袖xiù，口kǒu唱chàng月yuè兒er高gāo。飘piāo飘piāo风fēng满mǎn袖xiù，口kǒu唱chàng月yuè儿er高gāo。

wind filled his fluttering sleeves, and from his lips rang the tune "The Moon on High."

飄飄風滿袖 (piāopiāo fēng mǎn xiù) "wind filling the fluttering sleeves." 月兒高 (Yuè'r Gāo) "The Moon on High," the name of a tune, with the suffix 兒 (er).

總評 Commentary

Zhenyuan disguises himself as a 行腳全真—a wandering adept of the Quanzhen ("Complete Perfection") Daoist order—to approach the pilgrims unrecognised. The descriptive rhapsody kits him out in the full regalia of the type: the patched robe, the Lü Dongbin sash, the deer-tail whisk and fisher-drum, the straw sandals and yang-kerchief. It is a set-piece portrait of the ideal Daoist mendicant, and its serene, elegant detail befits a Patriarch of the Earthly Immortals playing at humility.