第二十五回 · 回身救師 Returning to Save the Master — Journey to the West

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回身救師 Returning to Save the Master

行xíng者zhě在zài半bàn空kōng裡lǐ聽tīng得de明míng白bái，他tā想xiǎng著zhe：「師shī父fù不bú濟jì，他tā若ruò到dào了le油yóu鍋guō裡lǐ，一yì滾gǔn就jiù死sǐ，二èr滾gǔn就jiù焦jiāo，到dào三sān五wǔ滾gǔn他tā就jiù弄nòng做zuò個gè稀xī爛làn的de和hé尚shàng了le。我wǒ還hái去qù救jiù他tā一yí救jiù。」好hǎo大dà聖shèng，按àn落luò雲yún頭tóu，上shàng前qián叉chā手shǒu道dào：「莫mò要yào拆chāi壞huài了le布bù漆qī，扎zhā我wǒ師shī父fù，還hái等děng我wǒ來lái下xià油yóu鍋guō罷bà。」行xíng者zhě在zài半bàn空kōng里lǐ听tīng得de明míng白bái，他tā想xiǎng著zhe：「师shī父fù不bú济jì，他tā若ruò到dào了le油yóu锅guō里lǐ，一yì滚gǔn就jiù死sǐ，二èr滚gǔn就jiù焦jiāo，到dào三sān五wǔ滚gǔn他tā就jiù弄nòng做zuò个gè稀xī烂làn的de和hé尚shàng了le。我wǒ还hái去qù救jiù他tā一yí救jiù。」好hǎo大dà圣shèng，按àn落luò云yún头tóu，上shàng前qián叉chā手shǒu道dào：「莫mò要yào拆chāi坏huài了le布bù漆qī，扎zhā我wǒ师shī父fù，还hái等děng我wǒ来lái下xià油yóu锅guō罢bà。」

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行xíng者zhě在zài半bàn空kōng裡lǐ聽tīng得de明míng白bái，他tā想xiǎng著zhe：「師shī父fù不bú濟jì，他tā若ruò到dào了le油yóu鍋guō裡lǐ，一yì滾gǔn就jiù死sǐ，二èr滾gǔn就jiù焦jiāo，到dào三sān五wǔ滾gǔn他tā就jiù弄nòng做zuò個gè稀xī爛làn的de和hé尚shàng了le。行xíng者zhě在zài半bàn空kōng里lǐ听tīng得de明míng白bái，他tā想xiǎng著zhe：「师shī父fù不bú济jì，他tā若ruò到dào了le油yóu锅guō里lǐ，一yì滚gǔn就jiù死sǐ，二èr滚gǔn就jiù焦jiāo，到dào三sān五wǔ滚gǔn他tā就jiù弄nòng做zuò个gè稀xī烂làn的de和hé尚shàng了le。

The Pilgrim, up in the air, heard it all plainly and thought to himself: "My master is not up to it. If he goes into the oil-cauldron, one boil and he's dead, two boils and he's scorched, and by three or five boils he'll be a soft-boiled mush of a monk.

聽得明白 (tīng de míngbai) "heard clearly," complement 得 (de). 他想著 (tā xiǎng zhe) "thought," durative 著 (zhe). 稀爛的和尚 (xī làn de héshàng) "a mushy monk"—Wukong's grimly comic reckoning.

我wǒ還hái去qù救jiù他tā一yí救jiù。」我wǒ还hái去qù救jiù他tā一yí救jiù。」

"I had better go and save him."

我還去救他一救 (wǒ hái qù jiù tā yí jiù) "I had better go and save him," 還 (hái) "had better, after all"—filial concern overriding his own escape.

好hǎo大dà聖shèng，按àn落luò雲yún頭tóu，上shàng前qián叉chā手shǒu道dào：「莫mò要yào拆chāi壞huài了le布bù漆qī，扎zhā我wǒ師shī父fù，還hái等děng我wǒ來lái下xià油yóu鍋guō罷bà。」好hǎo大dà圣shèng，按àn落luò云yún头tóu，上shàng前qián叉chā手shǒu道dào：「莫mò要yào拆chāi坏huài了le布bù漆qī，扎zhā我wǒ师shī父fù，还hái等děng我wǒ来lái下xià油yóu锅guō罢bà。」

Good Great Sage! He brought down his cloud, stepped forward with hands folded, and said, "Do not spoil the cloth and lacquer flogging my master—just wait, and let me come and go into the oil-cauldron."

叉手 (chā shǒu) "hands folded [in salute]." 莫要拆壞了布漆 (mò yào chāi huài le bù qī) "do not ruin the cloth and lacquer." 還等我來下油鍋 (hái děng wǒ lái xià yóu guō) "wait, let me go into the oil-pot," 還 (hái).

總評 Commentary

Wukong's return is the moral heart of the episode: safe in the clouds, he could simply have let his master be fried and escaped—but he cannot, and comes down to offer himself in Sanzang's place. His characteristically flippant reckoning of the boiling ("one boil dead, two scorched, three-to-five a mush") only underlines the seriousness of the choice beneath it. The loyalty here is what the whole pilgrimage is meant to forge, glimpsed early and unbidden.