第二十五回 · 見樹驚魂 Terror in the Garden — Journey to the West

原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition 含詞賦 With rhapsody

見樹驚魂 Terror in the Garden

卻què說shuō那nà仙xiān童tóng罵mà夠gòu多duō時shí，清qīng風fēng道dào：「明míng月yuè，這zhè些xiē和hé尚shàng也yě受shòu得de氣qì哩lī，我wǒ們men就jiù像xiàng罵mà雞jī一yì般bān，罵mà了le這zhè半bàn會huì，通tōng沒méi個gè招zhāo聲shēng，想xiǎng必bì他tā不bù曾céng偷tōu吃chī。倘tǎng或huò樹shù高gāo葉yè密mì，數shǔ得de不bù明míng，不bú要yào枉wǎng罵mà了le他tā，我wǒ和hé你nǐ再zài去qù查zhā查zhā。」明míng月yuè道dào：「也yě說shuō得de是shì。」他tā兩liǎng個gè果guǒ又yòu到dào園yuán中zhōng，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà樹shù倒dǎo枒yā開kāi，果guǒ無wú葉yè落luò。諕xià得de清qīng風fēng腳jiǎo軟ruǎn跌diē根gēn頭tóu，明míng月yuè腰yāo酥sū打dǎ骸hái垢gòu，那nà兩liǎng個gè魂hún飛fēi魄pò散sàn。有yǒu詩shī為wéi證zhèng。詩shī曰yuē：却què说shuō那nà仙xiān童tóng骂mà够gòu多duō时shí，清qīng风fēng道dào：「明míng月yuè，这zhè些xiē和hé尚shàng也yě受shòu得de气qì哩lī，我wǒ们men就jiù像xiàng骂mà鸡jī一yì般bān，骂mà了le这zhè半bàn会huì，通tōng没méi个gè招zhāo声shēng，想xiǎng必bì他tā不bù曾céng偷tōu吃chī。倘tǎng或huò树shù高gāo叶yè密mì，数shǔ得de不bù明míng，不bú要yào枉wǎng骂mà了le他tā，我wǒ和hé你nǐ再zài去qù查zhā查zhā。」明míng月yuè道dào：「也yě说shuō得de是shì。」他tā两liǎng个gè果guǒ又yòu到dào园yuán中zhōng，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà树shù倒dǎo枒yā开kāi，果guǒ无wú叶yè落luò。諕xià得de清qīng风fēng脚jiǎo软ruǎn跌diē根gēn头tóu，明míng月yuè腰yāo酥sū打dǎ骸hái垢gòu，那nà两liǎng个gè魂hún飞fēi魄pò散sàn。有yǒu诗shī为wéi证zhèng。诗shī曰yuē：

三sān藏zàng西xī臨lín萬wàn壽shòu山shān，悟wù空kōng斷duàn送sòng草cǎo還huán丹dān。三sān藏zàng西xī临lín万wàn寿shòu山shān，悟wù空kōng断duàn送sòng草cǎo还huán丹dān。

枒yā開kāi葉yè落luò仙xiān根gēn露lù，明míng月yuè清qīng風fēng心xīn膽dǎn寒hán。枒yā开kāi叶yè落luò仙xiān根gēn露lù，明míng月yuè清qīng风fēng心xīn胆dǎn寒hán。

逐句解 Line by line

卻què說shuō那nà仙xiān童tóng罵mà夠gòu多duō時shí，清qīng風fēng道dào：「明míng月yuè，這zhè些xiē和hé尚shàng也yě受shòu得de氣qì哩lī，我wǒ們men就jiù像xiàng罵mà雞jī一yì般bān，罵mà了le這zhè半bàn會huì，通tōng沒méi個gè招zhāo聲shēng，想xiǎng必bì他tā不bù曾céng偷tōu吃chī。却què说shuō那nà仙xiān童tóng骂mà够gòu多duō时shí，清qīng风fēng道dào：「明míng月yuè，这zhè些xiē和hé尚shàng也yě受shòu得de气qì哩lī，我wǒ们men就jiù像xiàng骂mà鸡jī一yì般bān，骂mà了le这zhè半bàn会huì，通tōng没méi个gè招zhāo声shēng，想xiǎng必bì他tā不bù曾céng偷tōu吃chī。

Now when the immortal lads had reviled them a good long while, Clear Wind said, "Bright Moon, these monks take a scolding well enough; we have railed at them as one rails at chickens, cursed them this half-hour, and not a peep of protest have they made—likely they never stole and ate at all.

罵雞 (mà jī) "to curse [as at] chickens"—a homely simile for shrill, futile scolding. 這半會 (zhè bàn huì) "this half-while, a good spell." 招聲 (zhāoshēng) "a word of answer, a peep."

倘tǎng或huò樹shù高gāo葉yè密mì，數shǔ得de不bù明míng，不bú要yào枉wǎng罵mà了le他tā，我wǒ和hé你nǐ再zài去qù查zhā查zhā。」倘tǎng或huò树shù高gāo叶yè密mì，数shǔ得de不bù明míng，不bú要yào枉wǎng骂mà了le他tā，我wǒ和hé你nǐ再zài去qù查zhā查zhā。」

"Or it may be that the tree is tall and its leaves dense, so that we miscounted. Let us not curse him wrongly—you and I shall go and look again."

倘或 (tǎnghuò) "if perchance, in case." 數得不明 (shǔ de bù míng) "counted unclearly," with 數 (shǔ) the verb "to count, to tally" (not the noun 數 (shù) "a number"). 枉罵 (wǎng mà) "to curse unjustly."

明míng月yuè道dào：「也yě說shuō得de是shì。」明míng月yuè道dào：「也yě说shuō得de是shì。」

Bright Moon said, "That is well said."

說得是 (shuō de shì) "spoken rightly; that is so"—a formula of assent, with the toneless 得 (de).

他tā兩liǎng個gè果guǒ又yòu到dào園yuán中zhōng，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà樹shù倒dǎo枒yā開kāi，果guǒ無wú葉yè落luò。他tā两liǎng个gè果guǒ又yòu到dào园yuán中zhōng，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà树shù倒dǎo枒yā开kāi，果guǒ无wú叶yè落luò。

The two of them, sure enough, went back into the garden—and there they saw the tree toppled and its boughs split, the fruit gone and the leaves fallen.

果又到園中 (guǒ yòu dào yuán zhōng) "sure enough went again into the garden," with 果 the adverb "indeed, as expected."

諕xià得de清qīng風fēng腳jiǎo軟ruǎn跌diē根gēn頭tóu，明míng月yuè腰yāo酥sū打dǎ骸hái垢gòu，那nà兩liǎng個gè魂hún飛fēi魄pò散sàn。諕xià得de清qīng风fēng脚jiǎo软ruǎn跌diē根gēn头tóu，明míng月yuè腰yāo酥sū打dǎ骸hái垢gòu，那nà两liǎng个gè魂hún飞fēi魄pò散sàn。

It so terrified them that Clear Wind's legs turned to water and he tumbled headlong, while Bright Moon's waist went slack and he shook to the very bones; the two of them were frightened out of their souls.

諕 (xià) is a loan-graph for 嚇 "to frighten," read xià. 跌根頭 (diē gēntóu) "to fall head over heels"; 打骸垢 is an obscure colloquial for shuddering or crumpling in fright. 魂飛魄散 (hún fēi pò sàn) "the hún-soul flies and the pò-soul scatters," a stock phrase for utter terror.

有yǒu詩shī為wéi證zhèng。詩shī曰yuē：有yǒu诗shī为wéi证zhèng。诗shī曰yuē：

There is a poem in witness of it. The poem says:

有詩為證 (yǒu shī wéi zhèng) "there is a poem in witness"—the storyteller's standard formula introducing an inset verse. 為 (wéi) in 為證 takes the reading "to serve as," fixed by collocation.

Sanzang, journeying west, drew near the Mount of Ten Thousand Years; / Wukong has made an end of the herb of the reverted elixir.

萬壽山 (Wànshòu Shān) — the Mount of Ten Thousand Years, seat of the 五莊觀. 斷送 (duànsòng) "to ruin, bring to an end." 草還丹 names the manfruit tree in its alchemical guise.

The boughs split wide, the leaves fell, the immortal root lay bared; / Bright Moon and Clear Wind—their very hearts and gall turned cold.

仙根 (xiān gēn) "the immortal root," i.e. the manfruit tree's roots torn from the earth. 心膽寒 (xīndǎn hán) "heart and gall grow cold," a set phrase for dread. The line plays on the boys' names, 明月 and 清風, which literally mean "bright moon" and "clear wind."

總評 Commentary

The boys' self-consolation—that the silent monks must be innocent, or that they simply miscounted in the dense foliage—is a small tragic irony: they reassure themselves in the very moment before the truth breaks over them. Clear Wind's homely image of "cursing chickens" (罵雞) measures how petty they still take the affair to be.

The inset regulated verse (有詩為證) freezes the moment of discovery in a heightened register. Its closing line turns on the boys' names—明月清風心膽寒, "Bright Moon and Clear Wind, their hearts and gall run cold"—so that the natural images of moon and wind are made to shiver with the attendants' terror. This is the hinge of the chapter: with the tree destroyed, the reckoning must now pass out of the boys' hands and up to their master, the Immortal Zhenyuan.