第二十五回 · 行者請打 The Pilgrim Offers Himself — Journey to the West

原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

行者請打 The Pilgrim Offers Himself

行xíng者zhě聞wén言yán，心xīn中zhōng暗àn道dào：「我wǒ那nà老lǎo和hé尚shàng不bù禁jīn打dǎ，假jiǎ若ruò一yí頓dùn鞭biān打dǎ壞huài了le啊a，卻què不bú是shì我wǒ造zào的de孽niè？」他tā忍rěn不bú住zhù，開kāi言yán道dào：「先xiān生shēng差chà了le。偷tōu果guǒ子zi是shì我wǒ，吃chī果guǒ子zi是shì我wǒ，推tuī倒dǎo樹shù也yě是shì我wǒ，怎zěn麼me不bù先xiān打dǎ我wǒ，打dǎ他tā做zuò甚shèn？」行xíng者zhě闻wén言yán，心xīn中zhōng暗àn道dào：「我wǒ那nà老lǎo和hé尚shàng不bù禁jīn打dǎ，假jiǎ若ruò一yí顿dùn鞭biān打dǎ坏huài了le啊a，却què不bú是shì我wǒ造zào的de孽niè？」他tā忍rěn不bú住zhù，开kāi言yán道dào：「先xiān生shēng差chà了le。偷tōu果guǒ子zi是shì我wǒ，吃chī果guǒ子zi是shì我wǒ，推tuī倒dǎo树shù也yě是shì我wǒ，怎zěn么me不bù先xiān打dǎ我wǒ，打dǎ他tā做zuò甚shèn？」

逐句解 Line by line

行xíng者zhě聞wén言yán，心xīn中zhōng暗àn道dào：「我wǒ那nà老lǎo和hé尚shàng不bù禁jīn打dǎ，假jiǎ若ruò一yí頓dùn鞭biān打dǎ壞huài了le啊a，卻què不bú是shì我wǒ造zào的de孽niè？」行xíng者zhě闻wén言yán，心xīn中zhōng暗àn道dào：「我wǒ那nà老lǎo和hé尚shàng不bù禁jīn打dǎ，假jiǎ若ruò一yí顿dùn鞭biān打dǎ坏huài了le啊a，却què不bú是shì我wǒ造zào的de孽niè？」

The Pilgrim, hearing this, thought to himself: "My old monk cannot stand a beating. If a round of the whip should injure him, would it not be a sin of my own making?"

心中暗道 (xīnzhōng àn dào) "thought secretly." 不禁打 (bù jīn dǎ) "cannot endure a beating." 一頓鞭打 (yí dùn biān dǎ) "a round of the whip." 造的孽 (zào de niè) "a sin brought about."

他tā忍rěn不bú住zhù，開kāi言yán道dào：「先xiān生shēng差chà了le。他tā忍rěn不bú住zhù，开kāi言yán道dào：「先xiān生shēng差chà了le。

Unable to hold back, he spoke up: "Sir, you have got it wrong.

忍不住 (rěn bú zhù) "unable to hold back." 先生差了 (xiānsheng chà le) "sir, you are mistaken," 差 (chà) "to err" (not 差 (chāi) "to dispatch").

偷tōu果guǒ子zi是shì我wǒ，吃chī果guǒ子zi是shì我wǒ，推tuī倒dǎo樹shù也yě是shì我wǒ，怎zěn麼me不bù先xiān打dǎ我wǒ，打dǎ他tā做zuò甚shèn？」偷tōu果guǒ子zi是shì我wǒ，吃chī果guǒ子zi是shì我wǒ，推tuī倒dǎo树shù也yě是shì我wǒ，怎zěn么me不bù先xiān打dǎ我wǒ，打dǎ他tā做zuò甚shèn？」

"It was I who stole the fruit, I who ate it, I too who toppled the tree—why not beat me first? What is the good of beating him?"

推倒樹 (tuī dǎo shù) "toppled the tree," 倒 (dǎo). 打他做甚 (dǎ tā zuò shèn) "what use is beating him?", bare 甚 (shèn) "what."

總評 Commentary

Wukong's stepping forward is the moral turn that redeems his mischief: knowing his frail master could die under the whip, he claims sole guilt—theft, eating, and the felling of the tree all his—and demands to be beaten in Sanzang's place. The trickster, who caused the whole disaster, here shoulders it entirely; it is the first stirring of the loyalty that binds him to the pilgrimage.