第二十五回 · 替師受責 Taking the Master's Blame — Journey to the West

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替師受責 Taking the Master's Blame

大dà仙xiān又yòu吩fēn咐fù道dào：「還hái該gāi打dǎ三sān藏zàng訓xùn教jiào不bù嚴yán，縱zòng放fàng頑wán徒tú撒sā潑pō。」那nà仙xiān又yòu掄lūn鞭biān來lái打dǎ。行xíng者zhě道dào：「先xiān生shēng又yòu差chà了le。偷tōu果guǒ子zi時shí，我wǒ師shī父fù不bù知zhī，他tā在zài殿diàn上shàng與yǔ你nǐ二èr童tóng講jiǎng話huà，是shì我wǒ兄xiōng弟dì們men做zuò的de勾gōu當dàng。縱zòng是shì有yǒu教jiào訓xùn不bù嚴yán之zhī罪zuì，我wǒ為wéi弟dì子zǐ的de也yě當dāng替tì打dǎ，再zài打dǎ我wǒ罷bà。」大dà仙xiān道dào：「這zhè潑pō猴hóu，雖suī是shì狡jiǎo猾huá奸jiān頑wán，卻què倒dào也yě有yǒu些xiē孝xiào意yì。大dà仙xiān又yòu吩fēn咐fù道dào：「还hái该gāi打dǎ三sān藏zàng训xùn教jiào不bù严yán，纵zòng放fàng顽wán徒tú撒sā泼pō。」那nà仙xiān又yòu抡lūn鞭biān来lái打dǎ。行xíng者zhě道dào：「先xiān生shēng又yòu差chà了le。偷tōu果guǒ子zi时shí，我wǒ师shī父fù不bù知zhī，他tā在zài殿diàn上shàng与yǔ你nǐ二èr童tóng讲jiǎng话huà，是shì我wǒ兄xiōng弟dì们men做zuò的de勾gōu当dàng。纵zòng是shì有yǒu教jiào训xùn不bù严yán之zhī罪zuì，我wǒ为wéi弟dì子zǐ的de也yě当dāng替tì打dǎ，再zài打dǎ我wǒ罢bà。」大dà仙xiān道dào：「这zhè泼pō猴hóu，虽suī是shì狡jiǎo猾huá奸jiān顽wán，却què倒dào也yě有yǒu些xiē孝xiào意yì。

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大dà仙xiān又yòu吩fēn咐fù道dào：「還hái該gāi打dǎ三sān藏zàng訓xùn教jiào不bù嚴yán，縱zòng放fàng頑wán徒tú撒sā潑pō。」大dà仙xiān又yòu吩fēn咐fù道dào：「还hái该gāi打dǎ三sān藏zàng训xùn教jiào不bù严yán，纵zòng放fàng顽wán徒tú撒sā泼pō。」

The Great Immortal further directed: "Sanzang should also be beaten, for teaching his charges so laxly and letting his wild pupil run riot."

還該打三藏 (hái gāi dǎ Sānzàng) "Sanzang should also be beaten," 還 (hái) "moreover, also." 訓教不嚴 (xùn jiào bù yán) "lax in instruction," 教 (jiào). 縱放頑徒撒潑 (zòngfàng wántú sāpō) "letting his unruly pupil run wild."

那nà仙xiān又yòu掄lūn鞭biān來lái打dǎ。那nà仙xiān又yòu抡lūn鞭biān来lái打dǎ。

That immortal again raised the whip to strike.

掄鞭來打 (lún biān lái dǎ) "swung the whip to strike"—the blow now aimed at the master.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「先xiān生shēng又yòu差chà了le。行xíng者zhě道dào：「先xiān生shēng又yòu差chà了le。

The Pilgrim said, "Sir, you are wrong again.

先生又差了 (xiānsheng yòu chà le) "sir, mistaken once more," 差 (chà) "to err."

偷tōu果guǒ子zi時shí，我wǒ師shī父fù不bù知zhī，他tā在zài殿diàn上shàng與yǔ你nǐ二èr童tóng講jiǎng話huà，是shì我wǒ兄xiōng弟dì們men做zuò的de勾gōu當dàng。偷tōu果guǒ子zi时shí，我wǒ师shī父fù不bù知zhī，他tā在zài殿diàn上shàng与yǔ你nǐ二èr童tóng讲jiǎng话huà，是shì我wǒ兄xiōng弟dì们men做zuò的de勾gōu当dàng。

"When the fruit was stolen, my master did not know of it—he was on the hall talking with your two lads; it was we brothers' doing.

果子 (guǒzi) "the fruit," suffix 子 (zi). 做的勾當 (zuò de gòudàng) "the doing, the deed," 當 (dàng) in 勾當—Wukong exonerates the master.

縱zòng是shì有yǒu教jiào訓xùn不bù嚴yán之zhī罪zuì，我wǒ為wéi弟dì子zǐ的de也yě當dāng替tì打dǎ，再zài打dǎ我wǒ罷bà。」纵zòng是shì有yǒu教jiào训xùn不bù严yán之zhī罪zuì，我wǒ为wéi弟dì子zǐ的de也yě当dāng替tì打dǎ，再zài打dǎ我wǒ罢bà。」

"Even were there a fault of lax instruction, I, being the disciple, ought to take the beating in his stead—beat me again."

我為弟子的 (wǒ wéi dìzǐ de) "I, being a disciple," 為 (wéi) "to be, to act as," 弟子 (dìzǐ) with nominal 子 (zǐ). 也當替打 (yě dāng tì dǎ) "ought to take the beating in stead," 當 (dāng) "ought, should."

大dà仙xiān道dào：「這zhè潑pō猴hóu，雖suī是shì狡jiǎo猾huá奸jiān頑wán，卻què倒dào也yě有yǒu些xiē孝xiào意yì。大dà仙xiān道dào：「这zhè泼pō猴hóu，虽suī是shì狡jiǎo猾huá奸jiān顽wán，却què倒dào也yě有yǒu些xiē孝xiào意yì。

The Great Immortal said, "This brazen monkey—cunning and stubborn as he is, he has, after all, some filial feeling.

狡猾奸頑 (jiǎohuá jiānwán) "crafty and obstinate." 卻倒也有些孝意 (què dào yě yǒu xiē xiào yì) "yet has, on the contrary, some filial sentiment," 倒 (dào) "rather, actually."

總評 Commentary

Wukong's second intervention deepens the moral point: even the charge against Sanzang—lax teaching—he turns aside, insisting the master was ignorant of the theft and that a disciple should bear a disciple's punishment. The Great Immortal's grudging verdict—"cunning and stubborn, yet with some filial feeling"—is a shrewd reading of the monkey's mixed nature, and marks the shift from adversary to something nearer a stern examiner recognising worth.