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第二十五回
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The Immortal Zhenyuan Pursues and Seizes the Scripture-Seeking Monk · Sun the Pilgrim Makes Great Havoc at the Five-Villages Abbey

半空本相
模式 Mode Read Study
拼音 Pinyin Off
字體 Script 繁
原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition 含詞賦 With rhapsody

半空本相 The Immortal's True Form

大dà仙xiān在zài半bàn空kōng現xiàn了le本běn相xiàng，你nǐ看kàn他tā怎zěn生shēng打dǎ扮bàn：大dà仙xiān在zài半bàn空kōng现xiàn了le本běn相xiàng，你nǐ看kàn他tā怎zěn生shēng打dǎ扮bàn：

頭tóu戴dài紫zǐ金jīn冠guān，無wú憂yōu鶴hè氅chǎng穿chuān。头tóu戴dài紫zǐ金jīn冠guān，无wú忧yōu鹤hè氅chǎng穿chuān。
履lǚ鞋xié登dēng足zú下xià，絲sī帶dài束shù腰yāo間jiān。履lǚ鞋xié登dēng足zú下xià，丝sī带dài束shù腰yāo间jiān。
體tǐ如rú童tóng子zǐ貌mào，面miàn似sì美měi人rén顏yán。体tǐ如rú童tóng子zǐ貌mào，面miàn似sì美měi人rén颜yán。
三sān鬚xū飄piāo頷hàn下xià，鴉yā翎líng疊dié鬢bìn邊biān。三sān须xū飘piāo颔hàn下xià，鸦yā翎líng叠dié鬓bìn边biān。
相xiāng迎yíng行xíng者zhě無wú兵bīng器qì，止zhǐ將jiāng玉yù麈zhǔ手shǒu中zhōng撚niǎn。相xiāng迎yíng行xíng者zhě无wú兵bīng器qì，止zhǐ将jiāng玉yù麈zhǔ手shǒu中zhōng撚niǎn。

逐句解 Line by line

大dà仙xiān在zài半bàn空kōng現xiàn了le本běn相xiàng，你nǐ看kàn他tā怎zěn生shēng打dǎ扮bàn： 大dà仙xiān在zài半bàn空kōng现xiàn了le本běn相xiàng，你nǐ看kàn他tā怎zěn生shēng打dǎ扮bàn：

In mid-air the Great Immortal showed his true form. Behold how he was got up:

現了本相 (xiànle běnxiàng) "revealed his true form," 相 (xiàng) "form, appearance" (not the reciprocal 相 (xiāng)). 怎生打扮 (zěnshēng dǎban) "how he was decked out"—the storyteller's cue to a portrait-rhapsody.

頭tóu戴dài紫zǐ金jīn冠guān，無wú憂yōu鶴hè氅chǎng穿chuān。 头tóu戴dài紫zǐ金jīn冠guān，无wú忧yōu鹤hè氅chǎng穿chuān。

On his head a purple-gold coronet; a care-free crane-down cloak he wore;

紫金冠 (zǐjīn guān) "a purple-gold coronet," 冠 (guān) the noun (not the verb 冠 (guàn)). 鶴氅 (hè chǎng) "a crane-feather cloak," 氅 (chǎng) a downy mantle.

履lǚ鞋xié登dēng足zú下xià，絲sī帶dài束shù腰yāo間jiān。 履lǚ鞋xié登dēng足zú下xià，丝sī带dài束shù腰yāo间jiān。

slippers upon his feet below, a silk sash bound about his waist;

履鞋 (lǚ xié) "slippers." 絲帶束腰間 (sī dài shù yāo jiān) "a silk band bound at the waist," 間 (jiān) "the space, midst" (of the waist).

體tǐ如rú童tóng子zǐ貌mào，面miàn似sì美měi人rén顏yán。 体tǐ如rú童tóng子zǐ貌mào，面miàn似sì美měi人rén颜yán。

his body like a young boy's shape, his face the hue of a beautiful woman;

體如童子貌 (tǐ rú tóngzǐ mào) "his body like a lad's form," 童子 (tóngzǐ) with nominal 子 (zǐ). 面似美人顏 (miàn sì měirén yán) "his face like a fair one's complexion," 似 (sì) "to resemble."

三sān鬚xū飄piāo頷hàn下xià，鴉yā翎líng疊dié鬢bìn邊biān。 三sān须xū飘piāo颔hàn下xià，鸦yā翎líng叠dié鬓bìn边biān。

three whiskers streaming beneath his chin, raven plumes layered at his temples.

三鬚飄頷下 (sān xū piāo hàn xià) "three whiskers floating below the chin," 鬚 (xū) "beard," 頷 (hàn) "chin." 鴉翎疊鬢邊 (yā líng dié bìn biān) "raven feathers layered at the temples," 翎 (líng) "plume," 鬢 (bìn) "sidelocks."

相xiāng迎yíng行xíng者zhě無wú兵bīng器qì，止zhǐ將jiāng玉yù麈zhǔ手shǒu中zhōng撚niǎn。 相xiāng迎yíng行xíng者zhě无wú兵bīng器qì，止zhǐ将jiāng玉yù麈zhǔ手shǒu中zhōng撚niǎn。

He met the Pilgrim bearing no weapon at all, only twirling a jade deer-whisk in his hand.

相迎 (xiāng yíng) "to meet, come toward," reciprocal 相 (xiāng). 止將玉麈手中撚 (zhǐ jiāng yù zhǔ shǒu zhōng niǎn) "only twirling a jade whisk in hand," disposal 將 (jiāng) and 撚 (niǎn) "to twirl."

總評 Commentary

The rhapsody unveils Zhenyuan's true form after the humble-Daoist disguise: a figure of serene, almost youthful beauty—purple-gold coronet, crane-feather cloak, a boy's body and a fair face—armed with nothing but a jade deer-tail whisk. The portrait's very elegance is its menace: against Wukong's iron cudgel he needs no weapon, and the calm mastery of the image foretells how easily he will overmatch the raging monkey.