第二十五回 · 鞭打柳樹 Flogging the Willows — Journey to the West

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鞭打柳樹 Flogging the Willows

不bù說shuō他tā師shī徒tú在zài路lù暫zàn住zhù。且qiě說shuō那nà大dà仙xiān天tiān明míng起qǐ來lái，吃chī了le早zǎo齋zhāi，出chū在zài殿diàn上shàng，教jiào：「拿ná鞭biān來lái，今jīn日rì卻què該gāi打dǎ唐táng三sān藏zàng了le。」那nà小xiǎo仙xiān掄lūn著zhe鞭biān，望wàng唐táng僧sēng道dào：「打dǎ你nǐ哩lī。」那nà柳liǔ樹shù也yě應yìng道dào：「打dǎ麼me。」乒pīng乓pāng打dǎ了le三sān十shí。掄lūn過guò鞭biān來lái，對duì八bā戒jiè道dào：「打dǎ你nǐ哩lī。」那nà柳liǔ樹shù也yě應yìng道dào：「打dǎ麼me。」及jí打dǎ沙shā僧sēng，也yě應yìng道dào教jiào打dǎ。不bù说shuō他tā师shī徒tú在zài路lù暂zàn住zhù。且qiě说shuō那nà大dà仙xiān天tiān明míng起qǐ来lái，吃chī了le早zǎo斋zhāi，出chū在zài殿diàn上shàng，教jiào：「拿ná鞭biān来lái，今jīn日rì却què该gāi打dǎ唐táng三sān藏zàng了le。」那nà小xiǎo仙xiān抡lūn著zhe鞭biān，望wàng唐táng僧sēng道dào：「打dǎ你nǐ哩lī。」那nà柳liǔ树shù也yě应yìng道dào：「打dǎ么me。」乒pīng乓pāng打dǎ了le三sān十shí。抡lūn过guò鞭biān来lái，对duì八bā戒jiè道dào：「打dǎ你nǐ哩lī。」那nà柳liǔ树shù也yě应yìng道dào：「打dǎ么me。」及jí打dǎ沙shā僧sēng，也yě应yìng道dào教jiào打dǎ。

逐句解 Line by line

不bù說shuō他tā師shī徒tú在zài路lù暫zàn住zhù。不bù说shuō他tā师shī徒tú在zài路lù暂zàn住zhù。

No more of the master and disciples resting on the road.

在路暫住 (zài lù zàn zhù) "halting a while on the road"—the storyteller turns back to the abbey.

且qiě說shuō那nà大dà仙xiān天tiān明míng起qǐ來lái，吃chī了le早zǎo齋zhāi，出chū在zài殿diàn上shàng，教jiào：「拿ná鞭biān來lái，今jīn日rì卻què該gāi打dǎ唐táng三sān藏zàng了le。」且qiě说shuō那nà大dà仙xiān天tiān明míng起qǐ来lái，吃chī了le早zǎo斋zhāi，出chū在zài殿diàn上shàng，教jiào：「拿ná鞭biān来lái，今jīn日rì却què该gāi打dǎ唐táng三sān藏zàng了le。」

Now that Great Immortal rose at daybreak, ate his morning meal, came out on the hall, and ordered: "Fetch the whip—today it falls to Tang Sanzang to be beaten."

早齋 (zǎo zhāi) "the morning fast-meal." 卻該打唐三藏 (què gāi dǎ Táng Sānzàng) "it is Tang Sanzang's turn to be beaten," 藏 (zàng).

那nà小xiǎo仙xiān掄lūn著zhe鞭biān，望wàng唐táng僧sēng道dào：「打dǎ你nǐ哩lī。」那nà小xiǎo仙xiān抡lūn著zhe鞭biān，望wàng唐táng僧sēng道dào：「打dǎ你nǐ哩lī。」

That little immortal swung the whip and said to the Tang Monk, "I'm going to beat you."

掄著鞭 (lún zhe biān) "swinging the whip," durative 著 (zhe)—addressing what he takes to be the bound monk.

那nà柳liǔ樹shù也yě應yìng道dào：「打dǎ麼me。」那nà柳liǔ树shù也yě应yìng道dào：「打dǎ么me。」

And that willow tree answered too: "Beat away."

那柳樹也應道 (nà liǔ shù yě yìng dào) "that willow answered," 應 (yìng) "to respond"—the enchanted trees reply in the pilgrims' voices.

乒pīng乓pāng打dǎ了le三sān十shí。乒pīng乓pāng打dǎ了le三sān十shí。

Thwack and whack, thirty strokes were laid on.

乒乓打了三十 (pīng pāng dǎ le sānshí) "struck thirty with a clatter"—the immortal flogging a tree in earnest.

掄lūn過guò鞭biān來lái，對duì八bā戒jiè道dào：「打dǎ你nǐ哩lī。」抡lūn过guò鞭biān来lái，对duì八bā戒jiè道dào：「打dǎ你nǐ哩lī。」

He swung the whip round and said to Bajie, "I'm going to beat you."

掄過鞭來 (lún guò biān lái) "swung the whip around"—moving on to the next bound figure.

那nà柳liǔ樹shù也yě應yìng道dào：「打dǎ麼me。」那nà柳liǔ树shù也yě应yìng道dào：「打dǎ么me。」

And that willow tree answered too: "Beat away."

也應道 (yě yìng dào) "also answered," 應 (yìng)—Bajie's decoy replies in turn.

及jí打dǎ沙shā僧sēng，也yě應yìng道dào教jiào打dǎ。及jí打dǎ沙shā僧sēng，也yě应yìng道dào教jiào打dǎ。

And when he came to beat Wujing, it too answered, telling him to beat on.

也應道教打 (yě yìng dào jiào dǎ) "answered, bidding him beat," 應 (yìng) "respond," 教 (jiào) "let, cause."

總評 Commentary

The morning's comedy: the Great Immortal, all unknowing, flogs a row of willow trees that answer in the pilgrims' own voices, "Beat away!" The scene plays the enchantment for full farce—an immortal patriarch solemnly whipping timber that talks back—while the reader, in on the trick, awaits the moment of discovery.