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chéng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bo、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ér，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ér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ér開kāi門mén。」那nà八bā戒jiè便biàn去qù盛chéng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bo、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ér，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ér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ér开kāi门mén。」

逐句解 Line by line

那nà八bā戒jiè便biàn去qù盛chéng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chéng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, is dishing up rice. 棹椅, zhuō yǐ, "table and chairs," writes the table with 棹, standing in for 桌; read zhuō, not the zhào that means "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bo、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ér，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bo、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ér，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.

A whole Ming pickle-shelf in one line, and every item is a real dish: 醬瓜 and 醬茄, melon and aubergine in soy paste; 糟蘿蔔, zāo luó bo, radish cured in the lees left over from brewing; 醋豆角, beans in vinegar; 醃窩蕖, salted lotus root; 綽芥菜, chāo jiè cài, mustard greens given a quick scald, where 綽 stands in for 焯 and reads chāo. 茄 is the vegetable, qié, not jiā. 茶鍾, chá zhōng, are tea-cups. Seven or eight little saucers, a pot of good tea: the bait is laid with real care.

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ér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ér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.

The trap shuts on the sound of a bowl being picked up. 卻才, què cái, is "had only just, no sooner than." 一邊一個, one boy to each side of the door. 兩錤銅鎖, liǎng jī tóng suǒ, is a brass lock with a double hasp; 錤 is a rare character 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?"

Bajie, whose whole attention is on the food, takes a bolted door for a quaint local habit. 這童子差了, zhè tóng zǐ chà le, "this lad has got it wrong," with 差 as chà, "mistaken"; 童子 takes the full noun 子, zǐ. 風俗不好, "the local custom is a poor one."

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ér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ér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, hǎo dǎi — literally "good or bad" — means "one way or another, at any rate." 飯兒 takes the diminutive suffix 兒, ér. Bright Moon is stalling, and doing it well.

總評 Commentary

The trap is sprung as domestic comedy. The instrument is a tray of pickles — soy-cured melon and aubergine, radish in wine lees, vinegared beans, salted lotus root, scalded mustard greens — and the catalogue does real work, grounding a story about immortals and magic fruit in the smells of an ordinary kitchen.

Then the timing. The narrator waits until all four have a bowl in their hands and both hands occupied, and only then puts a boy on each side of the door and the double-hasped brass lock on the outside. It is the neatest piece of staging in the chapter.

The dramatic irony is complete, and Bajie carries it: he complains about the local custom of eating with the door shut while the gates are being chained behind him. Bright Moon plays along — eat your fill and we'll open up — and the pilgrims go on calmly with their rice.