第二十五回 · 大仙饒放 The Great Immortal Relents — Journey to the West

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大仙饒放 The Great Immortal Relents

大dà仙xiān大dà怒nù道dào：「這zhè個gè潑pō猴hóu，著zhuó然rán無wú禮lǐ，教jiào他tā當dāng面miàn做zuò了le手shǒu腳jiǎo。你nǐ走zǒu了le便biàn罷bà，怎zěn麼me又yòu搗dǎo了le我wǒ的de灶zào？這zhè潑pō猴hóu枉wǎng自zì也yě拿ná他tā不bú住zhù；就jiù拿ná住zhù他tā，也yě似sì摶tuán砂shā弄nòng汞gǒng，捉zhuō影yǐng捕bǔ風fēng。罷bà，罷bà，罷bà，饒ráo他tā去qù罷bà。且qiě將jiāng唐táng三sān藏zàng解jiě下xià，另lìng換huàn新xīn鍋guō，把bǎ他tā扎zhā一yì扎zā，與yǔ人rén參shēn樹shù報bào報bào仇chóu罷bà。」那nà小xiǎo仙xiān真zhēn個gè動dòng手shǒu，拆chāi解jiě布bù漆qī。大dà仙xiān大dà怒nù道dào：「这zhè个gè泼pō猴hóu，著zhuó然rán无wú礼lǐ，教jiào他tā当dāng面miàn做zuò了le手shǒu脚jiǎo。你nǐ走zǒu了le便biàn罢bà，怎zěn么me又yòu捣dǎo了le我wǒ的de灶zào？这zhè泼pō猴hóu枉wǎng自zì也yě拿ná他tā不bú住zhù；就jiù拿ná住zhù他tā，也yě似sì抟tuán砂shā弄nòng汞gǒng，捉zhuō影yǐng捕bǔ风fēng。罢bà，罢bà，罢bà，饶ráo他tā去qù罢bà。且qiě将jiāng唐táng三sān藏zàng解jiě下xià，另lìng换huàn新xīn锅guō，把bǎ他tā扎zhā一yì扎zā，与yǔ人rén参shēn树shù报bào报bào仇chóu罢bà。」那nà小xiǎo仙xiān真zhēn个gè动dòng手shǒu，拆chāi解jiě布bù漆qī。

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大dà仙xiān大dà怒nù道dào：「這zhè個gè潑pō猴hóu，著zhuó然rán無wú禮lǐ，教jiào他tā當dāng面miàn做zuò了le手shǒu腳jiǎo。大dà仙xiān大dà怒nù道dào：「这zhè个gè泼pō猴hóu，著zhuó然rán无wú礼lǐ，教jiào他tā当dāng面miàn做zuò了le手shǒu脚jiǎo。

The Great Immortal flew into a great rage: "This brazen monkey—truly without manners, playing a trick right to my face.

著然無禮 (zhuórán wúlǐ) "truly without manners," 著然 (zhuórán) "indeed, truly" (cf. 著實)。當面做了手腳 (dāngmiàn zuò le shǒujiǎo) "played a trick to [my] face," 當 (dāng).

你nǐ走zǒu了le便biàn罷bà，怎zěn麼me又yòu搗dǎo了le我wǒ的de灶zào？你nǐ走zǒu了le便biàn罢bà，怎zěn么me又yòu捣dǎo了le我wǒ的de灶zào？

"You had run off, and that would have been that—but why did you go and wreck my stove besides?

搗了我的灶 (dǎo le wǒ de zào) "wrecked my stove," 灶 (zào)—the ruined cauldron and fire.

這zhè潑pō猴hóu枉wǎng自zì也yě拿ná他tā不bú住zhù；就jiù拿ná住zhù他tā，也yě似sì摶tuán砂shā弄nòng汞gǒng，捉zhuō影yǐng捕bǔ風fēng。这zhè泼pō猴hóu枉wǎng自zì也yě拿ná他tā不bú住zhù；就jiù拿ná住zhù他tā，也yě似sì抟tuán砂shā弄nòng汞gǒng，捉zhuō影yǐng捕bǔ风fēng。

"This brazen monkey—one cannot hold him for nothing; and even if one seized him, it would be like moulding sand or working quicksilver, catching a shadow or seizing the wind.

摶砂弄汞 (tuán shā nòng gǒng) "moulding sand and working quicksilver," 摶 (tuán), 汞 (gǒng)—both impossible to grasp. 捉影捕風 (zhuō yǐng bǔ fēng) "catching shadows and seizing the wind."

罷bà，罷bà，罷bà，饒ráo他tā去qù罷bà。罢bà，罢bà，罢bà，饶ráo他tā去qù罢bà。

"Enough, enough, enough—let him go.

饒他去罷 (ráo tā qù bà) "let him off, spare him"—the immortal, thwarted, seems to give up.

且qiě將jiāng唐táng三sān藏zàng解jiě下xià，另lìng換huàn新xīn鍋guō，把bǎ他tā扎zhā一yì扎zā，與yǔ人rén參shēn樹shù報bào報bào仇chóu罷bà。」且qiě将jiāng唐táng三sān藏zàng解jiě下xià，另lìng换huàn新xīn锅guō，把bǎ他tā扎zhā一yì扎zā，与yǔ人rén参shēn树shù报bào报bào仇chóu罢bà。」

"Just unbind Tang Sanzang, change to a new cauldron, and give him a scalding, to avenge my ginseng tree."

把他扎一扎 (bǎ tā zhā yì zhā) "give him a scalding," 扎 (zhā). 人參樹 (rénshēn shù) with 參 (shēn)—the master to suffer in the monkey's place.

那nà小xiǎo仙xiān真zhēn個gè動dòng手shǒu，拆chāi解jiě布bù漆qī。那nà小xiǎo仙xiān真zhēn个gè动dòng手shǒu，拆chāi解jiě布bù漆qī。

That little immortal set to it in earnest and began to strip off the cloth and lacquer.

拆解布漆 (chāi jiě bù qī) "strip off the cloth and lacquer"—preparing to fry Sanzang instead.

總評 Commentary

Thwarted, the Great Immortal turns his rage on the helpless master—if he cannot fry the ungraspable monkey, he will fry the monk. His string of images for Wukong's slipperiness (moulding sand, working quicksilver, catching shadows, seizing wind) is a small anthology of the impossible, an admiring lament for an adversary he cannot hold. But threatening Sanzang is the one thing certain to bring the monkey back—as the next passage shows.