第二十五回 · 二童叩告 The Lads Kneel and Tell — Journey to the West

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二童叩告 The Lads Kneel and Tell

二èr人rén方fāng醒xǐng，忽hū睜zhēng睛jīng，抹mǒ抹mǒ臉liǎn，擡tái頭tóu觀guān看kàn，認rèn得de是shì仙xiān師shī與yǔ世shì同tóng君jūn和hé仙xiān兄xiōng等děng眾zhòng。慌huāng得de那nà清qīng風fēng頓dùn首shǒu，明míng月yuè叩kòu頭tóu道dào：「師shī父fù啊a，你nǐ的de故gù人rén原yuán是shì東dōng來lái的de和hé尚shàng，一yì夥huǒ強qiáng盜dào，十shí分fēn兇xiōng狠hěn。」大dà仙xiān笑xiào道dào：「莫mò驚jīng恐kǒng，慢màn慢màn的de說shuō來lái。」二èr人rén方fāng醒xǐng，忽hū睁zhēng睛jīng，抹mǒ抹mǒ脸liǎn，擡tái头tóu观guān看kàn，认rèn得de是shì仙xiān师shī与yǔ世shì同tóng君jūn和hé仙xiān兄xiōng等děng众zhòng。慌huāng得de那nà清qīng风fēng顿dùn首shǒu，明míng月yuè叩kòu头tóu道dào：「师shī父fù啊a，你nǐ的de故gù人rén原yuán是shì东dōng来lái的de和hé尚shàng，一yì伙huǒ强qiáng盗dào，十shí分fēn凶xiōng狠hěn。」大dà仙xiān笑xiào道dào：「莫mò惊jīng恐kǒng，慢màn慢màn的de说shuō来lái。」

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二èr人rén方fāng醒xǐng，忽hū睜zhēng睛jīng，抹mǒ抹mǒ臉liǎn，擡tái頭tóu觀guān看kàn，認rèn得de是shì仙xiān師shī與yǔ世shì同tóng君jūn和hé仙xiān兄xiōng等děng眾zhòng。二èr人rén方fāng醒xǐng，忽hū睁zhēng睛jīng，抹mǒ抹mǒ脸liǎn，擡tái头tóu观guān看kàn，认rèn得de是shì仙xiān师shī与yǔ世shì同tóng君jūn和hé仙xiān兄xiōng等děng众zhòng。

The two woke at last, opened their eyes with a start, wiped their faces, and, raising their heads to look, knew them for the immortal master, the Lord Coeval-with-the-World, and the immortal brethren.

擡頭觀看 (tái tóu guān kàn) "raised the head to look," 觀 (guān) "to observe" (not the abbey 觀 (guàn)). 與世同君 (Yǔshì-Tóngjūn) "the Lord Coeval-with-the-World," an epithet of Zhenyuan. 認得 (rèn de) takes the toneless 得 (de).

慌huāng得de那nà清qīng風fēng頓dùn首shǒu，明míng月yuè叩kòu頭tóu道dào：「師shī父fù啊a，你nǐ的de故gù人rén原yuán是shì東dōng來lái的de和hé尚shàng，一yì夥huǒ強qiáng盜dào，十shí分fēn兇xiōng狠hěn。」慌huāng得de那nà清qīng风fēng顿dùn首shǒu，明míng月yuè叩kòu头tóu道dào：「师shī父fù啊a，你nǐ的de故gù人rén原yuán是shì东dōng来lái的de和hé尚shàng，一yì伙huǒ强qiáng盗dào，十shí分fēn凶xiōng狠hěn。」

In a fright, Clear Wind bowed his head and Bright Moon knocked his brow to the ground: "Master! Your old friend, that monk from the East, is in truth a pack of robbers—utterly ferocious!"

頓首 (dùnshǒu) and 叩頭 (kòutóu) "to bow the head, knock the brow"—gestures of frightened supplication. 十分兇狠 (shífēn xiōnghěn) "utterly fierce," 分 (fēn) in 十分 "wholly."

大dà仙xiān笑xiào道dào：「莫mò驚jīng恐kǒng，慢màn慢màn的de說shuō來lái。」大dà仙xiān笑xiào道dào：「莫mò惊jīng恐kǒng，慢màn慢màn的de说shuō来lái。」

The Great Immortal laughed: "Do not be so alarmed—tell it to me slowly."

莫驚恐 (mò jīng kǒng) "do not be alarmed." 慢慢的說來 (mànmàn de shuō lái) "tell it slowly"—the master's unruffled calm against the boys' panic.

總評 Commentary

Roused from their drugged sleep, the boys' first blurted words—"a pack of robbers, utterly ferocious"—wildly overstate the pilgrims, and the Great Immortal's amused composure ("tell it slowly") sets his measure against their terror. The contrast prepares the reader for a very different antagonist from the ones the chapter has offered so far: not shrill boys but a serene and formidable master.