第二十五回 · 正合猴意 Just to the Monkey's Liking — Journey to the West

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正合猴意 Just to the Monkey's Liking

行xíng者zhě聞wén言yán，暗àn喜xǐ道dào：「正zhèng可kě老lǎo孫sūn之zhī意yì，這zhè一yí向xiàng不bù曾céng洗xǐ澡zǎo，有yǒu些xiē兒er皮pí膚fū燥zào癢yǎng，好hǎo歹dǎi燙tàng燙tàng，足zú感gǎn盛shèng情qíng。」頃qǐng刻kè間jiān，那nà油yóu鍋guō將jiāng滾gǔn。行xíng者zhě闻wén言yán，暗àn喜xǐ道dào：「正zhèng可kě老lǎo孙sūn之zhī意yì，这zhè一yí向xiàng不bù曾céng洗xǐ澡zǎo，有yǒu些xiē儿er皮pí肤fū燥zào痒yǎng，好hǎo歹dǎi烫tàng烫tàng，足zú感gǎn盛shèng情qíng。」顷qǐng刻kè间jiān，那nà油yóu锅guō将jiāng滚gǔn。

逐句解 Line by line

行xíng者zhě聞wén言yán，暗àn喜xǐ道dào：「正zhèng可kě老lǎo孫sūn之zhī意yì，這zhè一yí向xiàng不bù曾céng洗xǐ澡zǎo，有yǒu些xiē兒er皮pí膚fū燥zào癢yǎng，好hǎo歹dǎi燙tàng燙tàng，足zú感gǎn盛shèng情qíng。」行xíng者zhě闻wén言yán，暗àn喜xǐ道dào：「正zhèng可kě老lǎo孙sūn之zhī意yì，这zhè一yí向xiàng不bù曾céng洗xǐ澡zǎo，有yǒu些xiē儿er皮pí肤fū燥zào痒yǎng，好hǎo歹dǎi烫tàng烫tàng，足zú感gǎn盛shèng情qíng。」

The Pilgrim, hearing this, said to himself in secret delight: "This is just to old Sun's liking. I haven't had a bath this long while, and my skin is a bit dry and itchy; a good scalding, whatever comes of it, would be a real kindness."

正可老孫之意 (zhèng kě lǎo Sūn zhī yì) "just to old Sun's liking." 燥癢 (zào yǎng) "dry and itchy," suffix 兒 (er). 好歹燙燙 (hǎodǎi tàng tàng) "a scalding, come what may."

頃qǐng刻kè間jiān，那nà油yóu鍋guō將jiāng滾gǔn。顷qǐng刻kè间jiān，那nà油yóu锅guō将jiāng滚gǔn。

In an instant, that oil-cauldron was about to boil.

那油鍋將滾 (nà yóu guō jiāng gǔn) "that oil-pot about to boil," 將 (jiāng) "about to."

總評 Commentary

Wukong's response to the prospect of boiling—that a good scalding would soothe his itchy skin—is the chapter's boldest piece of bravado, a trickster so sure of his own escape that he treats a death-sentence as a hot bath. His secret delight also cues the reader: he already has his stratagem, and the cauldron will claim not the monkey but a stone.