第二十五回 · 行者實供 The Pilgrim Confesses the Theft — Journey to the West

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行者實供 The Pilgrim Confesses the Theft

三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì息xī怒nù。我wǒ們men是shì出chū家jiā人rén，休xiū打dǎ誑kuáng語yǔ，莫mò吃chī昧mèi心xīn食shí。果guǒ然rán吃chī了le他tā的de，陪péi他tā個gè禮lǐ罷bà，何hé苦kǔ這zhè般bān抵dǐ賴lài？」行xíng者zhě見jiàn師shī父fù說shuō得de有yǒu理lǐ，他tā就jiù實shí說shuō道dào：「師shī父fù，不bú干gàn我wǒ事shì。是shì八bā戒jiè隔gé壁bì聽tīng見jiàn那nà兩liǎng個gè道dào童tóng吃chī甚shén麼me人rén參shēn果guǒ，他tā想xiǎng一yí個gè兒er嘗cháng新xīn，著zhuó老lǎo孫sūn去qù打dǎ了le三sān個gè，我wǒ兄xiōng弟dì各gè人rén吃chī了le一yí個gè。如rú今jīn吃chī也yě吃chī了le，待dài要yào怎zěn麼me？」明míng月yuè道dào：「偷tōu了le我wǒ四sì個gè，這zhè和hé尚shàng還hái說shuō不bú是shì賊zéi哩lī。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「阿ā彌mí陀tuó佛fó！既jì是shì偷tōu了le四sì個gè，怎zěn麼me只zhǐ拿ná出chū三sān個gè來lái分fēn，預yù先xiān就jiù打dǎ起qǐ一yí個gè偏piān手shǒu？」那nà獃dāi子zi倒dào轉zhuǎn胡hú嚷rǎng。三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì息xī怒nù。我wǒ们men是shì出chū家jiā人rén，休xiū打dǎ诳kuáng语yǔ，莫mò吃chī昧mèi心xīn食shí。果guǒ然rán吃chī了le他tā的de，陪péi他tā个gè礼lǐ罢bà，何hé苦kǔ这zhè般bān抵dǐ赖lài？」行xíng者zhě见jiàn师shī父fù说shuō得de有yǒu理lǐ，他tā就jiù实shí说shuō道dào：「师shī父fù，不bú干gàn我wǒ事shì。是shì八bā戒jiè隔gé壁bì听tīng见jiàn那nà两liǎng个gè道dào童tóng吃chī甚shén么me人rén参shēn果guǒ，他tā想xiǎng一yí个gè儿er尝cháng新xīn，著zhuó老lǎo孙sūn去qù打dǎ了le三sān个gè，我wǒ兄xiōng弟dì各gè人rén吃chī了le一yí个gè。如rú今jīn吃chī也yě吃chī了le，待dài要yào怎zěn么me？」明míng月yuè道dào：「偷tōu了le我wǒ四sì个gè，这zhè和hé尚shàng还hái说shuō不bú是shì贼zéi哩lī。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「阿ā弥mí陀tuó佛fó！既jì是shì偷tōu了le四sì个gè，怎zěn么me只zhǐ拿ná出chū三sān个gè来lái分fēn，预yù先xiān就jiù打dǎ起qǐ一yí个gè偏piān手shǒu？」那nà呆dāi子zi倒dào转zhuǎn胡hú嚷rǎng。

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三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì息xī怒nù。三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì息xī怒nù。

Sanzang said, "Disciple, let your anger cool.

息怒 (xīnù) "calm your wrath"—the master's habitual counsel of restraint.

我wǒ們men是shì出chū家jiā人rén，休xiū打dǎ誑kuáng語yǔ，莫mò吃chī昧mèi心xīn食shí。我wǒ们men是shì出chū家jiā人rén，休xiū打dǎ诳kuáng语yǔ，莫mò吃chī昧mèi心xīn食shí。

"We are men who have left the household life. Utter no lying words, and eat no food that shames the conscience.

出家人 (chūjiā rén) — a renunciant, one who has "left the household." 誑語 (kuángyǔ) is false speech, among the cardinal breaches of the precepts; 昧心 (mèixīn) "against the conscience," literally "to darken the heart."

果guǒ然rán吃chī了le他tā的de，陪péi他tā個gè禮lǐ罷bà，何hé苦kǔ這zhè般bān抵dǐ賴lài？」果guǒ然rán吃chī了le他tā的de，陪péi他tā个gè礼lǐ罢bà，何hé苦kǔ这zhè般bān抵dǐ赖lài？」

"If you truly ate them, then make him a proper apology and have done—why keep up this stubborn denial?"

陪禮 (péilǐ) (also written 賠禮) "to offer an apology." 抵賴 (dǐlài) "to flatly deny a fault."

行xíng者zhě見jiàn師shī父fù說shuō得de有yǒu理lǐ，他tā就jiù實shí說shuō道dào：「師shī父fù，不bú干gàn我wǒ事shì。行xíng者zhě见jiàn师shī父fù说shuō得de有yǒu理lǐ，他tā就jiù实shí说shuō道dào：「师shī父fù，不bú干gàn我wǒ事shì。

The Pilgrim, seeing that his master spoke with reason, then told the truth: "Master, the fault is not mine.

說得有理 (shuō de yǒulǐ) "spoke reasonably," with the toneless complement 得 (de). 不干我事 (bù gān wǒ shì) "it is no affair of mine."

是shì八bā戒jiè隔gé壁bì聽tīng見jiàn那nà兩liǎng個gè道dào童tóng吃chī甚shén麼me人rén參shēn果guǒ，他tā想xiǎng一yí個gè兒er嘗cháng新xīn，著zhuó老lǎo孫sūn去qù打dǎ了le三sān個gè，我wǒ兄xiōng弟dì各gè人rén吃chī了le一yí個gè。是shì八bā戒jiè隔gé壁bì听tīng见jiàn那nà两liǎng个gè道dào童tóng吃chī甚shén么me人rén参shēn果guǒ，他tā想xiǎng一yí个gè儿er尝cháng新xīn，著zhuó老lǎo孙sūn去qù打dǎ了le三sān个gè，我wǒ兄xiōng弟dì各gè人rén吃chī了le一yí个gè。

"It was Bajie who, through the wall, heard those two Daoist lads eating some ginseng fruit or other. He took a fancy to try one for its novelty and had me, old Sun, go knock down three; we three brothers ate one apiece.

隔壁 (gébì) "on the far side of the wall." Here 著 (zhuó) is the causative verb "to have, to bid [someone do]," distinct from the aspect-marker 著 (zhe) and the resultative 著 (zháo). 嘗新 (chángxīn) "to sample something new."

如rú今jīn吃chī也yě吃chī了le，待dài要yào怎zěn麼me？」如rú今jīn吃chī也yě吃chī了le，待dài要yào怎zěn么me？」

"Now that they are eaten and gone, what would you have us do about it?"

待要 (dàiyào) here rhetorical—"what more is there to be done?"

明míng月yuè道dào：「偷tōu了le我wǒ四sì個gè，這zhè和hé尚shàng還hái說shuō不bú是shì賊zéi哩lī。」明míng月yuè道dào：「偷tōu了le我wǒ四sì个gè，这zhè和hé尚shàng还hái说shuō不bú是shì贼zéi哩lī。」

Bright Moon said, "He stole four of mine, and still this monk says he is no thief!"

明月 (Míngyuè) — "Bright Moon," the younger immortal lad. 還 (hái) "still, even so," the adverb, not the alchemical 還 (huán) of 還丹. 哩 (li) is a sentence-final particle of assertion.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「阿ā彌mí陀tuó佛fó！八bā戒jiè道dào：「阿ā弥mí陀tuó佛fó！

Bajie said, "Amitābha!

阿彌陀佛 (Ēmítuó Fó) — the name of the Buddha Amitābha, invoked as a pious exclamation. Bajie, ever the opportunist, is about to turn the accounting to comic advantage.

既jì是shì偷tōu了le四sì個gè，怎zěn麼me只zhǐ拿ná出chū三sān個gè來lái分fēn，預yù先xiān就jiù打dǎ起qǐ一yí個gè偏piān手shǒu？」既jì是shì偷tōu了le四sì个gè，怎zěn么me只zhǐ拿ná出chū三sān个gè来lái分fēn，预yù先xiān就jiù打dǎ起qǐ一yí个gè偏piān手shǒu？」

"Since four were stolen, how is it that only three were brought out to share—did you not palm off one for yourself beforehand?"

分 (fēn) "to divide, to share out" (the verb), distinct from 分 (fèn) "a portion, one's lot." 偏手 (piānshǒu) "to skim off an extra share on the sly." The joke: Bajie, who himself ate the missing fourth fruit, now accuses the boys of miscounting.

那nà獃dāi子zi倒dào轉zhuǎn胡hú嚷rǎng。那nà呆dāi子zi倒dào转zhuǎn胡hú嚷rǎng。

So the blockhead turned the tables and blustered on.

獃子 (dāizi) "blockhead, the Idiot"—the narrator's standing epithet for Bajie. 倒轉 (dàozhuǎn) "to turn it around, reverse the charge," with 倒 (dào) distinct from the 倒 (dǎo) of 推倒 "to topple." 胡嚷 (húrǎng) "to bluster, raise a wild din."

總評 Commentary

Wukong's confession is a small marvel of exactness—he names the true instigator (Bajie, listening at the wall), the count (three knocked down, one apiece), and disclaims the surplus. It is the trickster telling plain truth, which he does only once his master has appealed to the precept against lying.

Bajie's 阿彌陀佛 is the chapter's finest stroke of comic hypocrisy. It was he who ate the uncounted fourth fruit, yet he pivots to accuse the boys of skimming a share—the guilty party loudest in the reckoning. The narrator's dry 那獃子倒轉胡嚷 ("the blockhead turned the tables and blustered on") seals the joke.