第二十五回 · 閉門下鎖 The Doors Are Bolted — Journey to the West

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閉門下鎖 The Doors Are Bolted

那nà八bā戒jiè便biàn去qù盛shèng飯fàn，沙shā僧sēng安ān放fàng棹zhuō椅yǐ。二èr童tóng忙máng取qǔ小xiǎo菜cài，卻què是shì些xiē醬jiàng瓜guā、醬jiàng茄qié、糟zāo蘿luó蔔bó、醋cù豆dòu角jiǎo、醃yān窩wō蕖qú、綽chāo芥jiè菜cài，共gòng排pái了le七qī八bā碟dié兒er，與yǔ師shī徒tú們men吃chī飯fàn；又yòu提tí一yì壺hú好hǎo茶chá，兩liǎng個gè茶chá鍾zhōng，伺cì候hòu左zuǒ右yòu。那nà師shī徒tú四sì眾zhòng卻què才cái拿ná起qǐ碗wǎn來lái，這zhè童tóng兒er一yì邊biān一yí個gè，撲pū的de把bǎ門mén關guān上shàng，插chā上shàng一yì把bǎ兩liǎng錤jī銅tóng鎖suǒ。八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「這zhè童tóng子zǐ差chà了le，你nǐ這zhè裡lǐ風fēng俗sú不bù好hǎo，卻què怎zěn的de關guān了le門mén裡lǐ吃chī飯fàn？」明míng月yuè道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì，好hǎo歹dǎi吃chī了le飯fàn兒er開kāi門mén。」那nà八bā戒jiè便biàn去qù盛shèng饭fàn，沙shā僧sēng安ān放fàng棹zhuō椅yǐ。二èr童tóng忙máng取qǔ小xiǎo菜cài，却què是shì些xiē酱jiàng瓜guā、酱jiàng茄qié、糟zāo萝luó卜bó、醋cù豆dòu角jiǎo、腌yān窝wō蕖qú、绰chāo芥jiè菜cài，共gòng排pái了le七qī八bā碟dié儿er，与yǔ师shī徒tú们men吃chī饭fàn；又yòu提tí一yì壶hú好hǎo茶chá，两liǎng个gè茶chá钟zhōng，伺cì候hòu左zuǒ右yòu。那nà师shī徒tú四sì众zhòng却què才cái拿ná起qǐ碗wǎn来lái，这zhè童tóng儿er一yì边biān一yí个gè，扑pū的de把bǎ门mén关guān上shàng，插chā上shàng一yì把bǎ两liǎng錤jī铜tóng锁suǒ。八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「这zhè童tóng子zǐ差chà了le，你nǐ这zhè里lǐ风fēng俗sú不bù好hǎo，却què怎zěn的de关guān了le门mén里lǐ吃chī饭fàn？」明míng月yuè道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì，好hǎo歹dǎi吃chī了le饭fàn儿er开kāi门mén。」

逐句解 Line by line

那nà八bā戒jiè便biàn去qù盛shèng飯fàn，沙shā僧sēng安ān放fàng棹zhuō椅yǐ。那nà八bā戒jiè便biàn去qù盛shèng饭fàn，沙shā僧sēng安ān放fàng棹zhuō椅yǐ。

Bajie went straightway to dish up the rice, and Wujing set out the table and chairs.

盛飯 (chéng fàn) "to dish up rice." 棹椅 (zhuō yǐ) "table and chairs," with 棹 (zhuō) a loan-writing for 桌 "table" (not 棹 (zhào) "an oar").

二èr童tóng忙máng取qǔ小xiǎo菜cài，卻què是shì些xiē醬jiàng瓜guā、醬jiàng茄qié、糟zāo蘿luó蔔bó、醋cù豆dòu角jiǎo、醃yān窩wō蕖qú、綽chāo芥jiè菜cài，共gòng排pái了le七qī八bā碟dié兒er，與yǔ師shī徒tú們men吃chī飯fàn；又yòu提tí一yì壺hú好hǎo茶chá，兩liǎng個gè茶chá鍾zhōng，伺cì候hòu左zuǒ右yòu。二èr童tóng忙máng取qǔ小xiǎo菜cài，却què是shì些xiē酱jiàng瓜guā、酱jiàng茄qié、糟zāo萝luó卜bó、醋cù豆dòu角jiǎo、腌yān窝wō蕖qú、绰chāo芥jiè菜cài，共gòng排pái了le七qī八bā碟dié儿er，与yǔ师shī徒tú们men吃chī饭fàn；又yòu提tí一yì壶hú好hǎo茶chá，两liǎng个gè茶chá钟zhōng，伺cì候hòu左zuǒ右yòu。

The two lads busily fetched the side-dishes—which were such things as pickled melon and pickled eggplant, radish cured in lees, beans steeped in vinegar, salted lotus-root, and blanched mustard greens—setting out seven or eight little saucers in all for the pilgrims' meal; and they brought besides a pot of good tea and two tea-cups, to wait upon them left and right.

醬茄 (jiàng qié) "pickled eggplant," 茄 (qié) the vegetable (not 茄 (jiā) as in "cigar"). 糟蘿蔔 (zāo luóbo) "radish preserved in wine-lees"; 綽芥菜 (chāo jiècài) "blanched mustard greens," 綽 here read chāo for 焯 "to parboil." 茶鍾 (chá zhōng) "tea-cups."

那nà師shī徒tú四sì眾zhòng卻què才cái拿ná起qǐ碗wǎn來lái，這zhè童tóng兒er一yì邊biān一yí個gè，撲pū的de把bǎ門mén關guān上shàng，插chā上shàng一yì把bǎ兩liǎng錤jī銅tóng鎖suǒ。那nà师shī徒tú四sì众zhòng却què才cái拿ná起qǐ碗wǎn来lái，这zhè童tóng儿er一yì边biān一yí个gè，扑pū的de把bǎ门mén关guān上shàng，插chā上shàng一yì把bǎ两liǎng錤jī铜tóng锁suǒ。

No sooner had the four pilgrims, master and disciples, taken up their bowls than the two lads—one to each side—with a bang pulled the door shut and clapped on a double-hasped brass lock.

卻才 (què cái) "had just, no sooner than." 一邊一個 (yì biān yí gè) "one on each side." 兩錤銅鎖 (liǎng jī tóng suǒ) "a double-hasped brass lock," 錤 a rare graph for the lock's fittings.

八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「這zhè童tóng子zǐ差chà了le，你nǐ這zhè裡lǐ風fēng俗sú不bù好hǎo，卻què怎zěn的de關guān了le門mén裡lǐ吃chī飯fàn？」八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「这zhè童tóng子zǐ差chà了le，你nǐ这zhè里lǐ风fēng俗sú不bù好hǎo，却què怎zěn的de关guān了le门mén里lǐ吃chī饭fàn？」

Bajie laughed and said, "This lad is mistaken! The custom hereabouts is a poor one—why ever eat with the door shut?"

這童子差了 (zhè tóngzǐ chà le) "this lad is mistaken," 差 (chà) "wrong, in error"; 童子 (tóngzǐ) takes the nominal 子 (zǐ). 風俗不好 (fēngsú bù hǎo) "the custom is not good."

明míng月yuè道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì，好hǎo歹dǎi吃chī了le飯fàn兒er開kāi門mén。」明míng月yuè道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì，好hǎo歹dǎi吃chī了le饭fàn儿er开kāi门mén。」

Bright Moon said, "Just so, just so—when you have eaten your fill of rice, we'll open the door."

好歹 (hǎodǎi) "at any rate, one way or another." 飯兒 (fàn'r) takes the suffix 兒 (er)—the boys stall with false reassurance.

總評 Commentary

The trap is sprung with domestic comedy: the very side-dishes the boys lay on—a catalogue of homely pickles (醬茄, 糟蘿蔔, 綽芥菜)—are the bait, and the double-hasped brass lock the snare. The list of preserved vegetables grounds the marvellous plot in the textures of an ordinary kitchen.

Bajie, whose whole attention is on the food, mistakes the locking of the door for a quaint local custom, and Bright Moon plays along ("when you've eaten your fill, we'll open the door"). The dramatic irony is complete: the pilgrims sit calmly eating while the gates close around them.