第二十五回 · 殿上究詰 Sanzang Questions His Disciples — Journey to the West

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殿上究詰 Sanzang Questions His Disciples

卻què說shuō他tā兄xiōng弟dì三sān眾zhòng到dào了le殿diàn上shàng，對duì師shī父fù道dào：「飯fàn將jiāng熟shú了le，叫jiào我wǒ們men怎zěn的de？」三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，不bú是shì問wèn飯fàn。他tā這zhè觀guàn裡lǐ有yǒu甚shén麼me人rén參shēn果guǒ，似sì孩hái子zi一yì般bān的de東dōng西xī，你nǐ們men是shì那nǎ一yí個gè偷tōu他tā的de吃chī了le？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ老lǎo實shí，不bù曉xiǎo得de，不bù曾céng見jiàn。」清qīng風fēng道dào：「笑xiào的de就jiù是shì他tā，笑xiào的de就jiù是shì他tā。」行xíng者zhě喝hè道dào：「我wǒ老lǎo孫sūn生shēng的de是shì這zhè個gè笑xiào容róng兒er，莫mò成chéng為wèi你nǐ不bú見jiàn了le甚shén麼me果guǒ子zi，就jiù不bù容róng我wǒ笑xiào？」却què说shuō他tā兄xiōng弟dì三sān众zhòng到dào了le殿diàn上shàng，对duì师shī父fù道dào：「饭fàn将jiāng熟shú了le，叫jiào我wǒ们men怎zěn的de？」三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，不bú是shì问wèn饭fàn。他tā这zhè观guàn里lǐ有yǒu甚shén么me人rén参shēn果guǒ，似sì孩hái子zi一yì般bān的de东dōng西xī，你nǐ们men是shì那nǎ一yí个gè偷tōu他tā的de吃chī了le？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ老lǎo实shí，不bù晓xiǎo得de，不bù曾céng见jiàn。」清qīng风fēng道dào：「笑xiào的de就jiù是shì他tā，笑xiào的de就jiù是shì他tā。」行xíng者zhě喝hè道dào：「我wǒ老lǎo孙sūn生shēng的de是shì这zhè个gè笑xiào容róng儿er，莫mò成chéng为wèi你nǐ不bú见jiàn了le甚shén么me果guǒ子zi，就jiù不bù容róng我wǒ笑xiào？」

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卻què說shuō他tā兄xiōng弟dì三sān眾zhòng到dào了le殿diàn上shàng，對duì師shī父fù道dào：「飯fàn將jiāng熟shú了le，叫jiào我wǒ們men怎zěn的de？」却què说shuō他tā兄xiōng弟dì三sān众zhòng到dào了le殿diàn上shàng，对duì师shī父fù道dào：「饭fàn将jiāng熟shú了le，叫jiào我wǒ们men怎zěn的de？」

"Now the three brother-disciples came up to the main hall and said to their master, "The rice is all but done—why have you called for us?""

三眾 — "the three together," the disciples Wukong, Bajie, and Wujing. 殿上 is the main hall of the 五莊觀 (Wǔzhuāng Guàn), the Five-Villages Abbey. Here 將 (jiāng) is the adverb "about to, on the point of," not the verb "to take."

三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，不bú是shì問wèn飯fàn。三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，不bú是shì问wèn饭fàn。

Sanzang said, "Disciples, it is not the meal I am asking about.

三藏 (Sānzàng) is Xuanzang, the Tang monk; the name is read 藏 (zàng) (the "canon, storehouse" of the Tripiṭaka), never 藏 (cáng) "to hide."

他tā這zhè觀guàn裡lǐ有yǒu甚shén麼me人rén參shēn果guǒ，似sì孩hái子zi一yì般bān的de東dōng西xī，你nǐ們men是shì那nǎ一yí個gè偷tōu他tā的de吃chī了le？」他tā这zhè观guàn里lǐ有yǒu甚shén么me人rén参shēn果guǒ，似sì孩hái子zi一yì般bān的de东dōng西xī，你nǐ们men是shì那nǎ一yí个gè偷tōu他tā的de吃chī了le？」

"This abbey of his has some sort of ginseng fruit—a thing shaped like a little child. Which of you stole and ate it?"

人參果 (rénshēn guǒ) is the manfruit of the abbey, a magical fruit formed like a newborn infant; 參 in 人參 takes the reading 參 (shēn), not 參 (cān). 那一個 (nǎ yí gè) is interrogative—"which one"—with 那 standing for 哪. The abbey word 觀 (guàn) takes the temple reading, distinct from 觀 (guān) "to observe."

八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ老lǎo實shí，不bù曉xiǎo得de，不bù曾céng見jiàn。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ老lǎo实shí，不bù晓xiǎo得de，不bù曾céng见jiàn。」

Bajie said, "I am a plain honest fellow—I know nothing of it, I never even saw it."

曉得 (xiǎode) "to know" takes the toneless 得 (de), the verbal complement, not the full verb 得 (dé) "to obtain." 不曾 (bùcéng) = "never (yet)."

清qīng風fēng道dào：「笑xiào的de就jiù是shì他tā，笑xiào的de就jiù是shì他tā。」清qīng风fēng道dào：「笑xiào的de就jiù是shì他tā，笑xiào的de就jiù是shì他tā。」

Clear Wind said, "The one grinning is the very one! The one grinning is the very one!"

清風 (Qīngfēng) — "Clear Wind," the elder of the two immortal lads who keep the abbey; his companion is 明月 (Míngyuè), "Bright Moon." He takes Bajie's guilty grin for proof of the theft.

行xíng者zhě喝hè道dào：「我wǒ老lǎo孫sūn生shēng的de是shì這zhè個gè笑xiào容róng兒er，莫mò成chéng為wèi你nǐ不bú見jiàn了le甚shén麼me果guǒ子zi，就jiù不bù容róng我wǒ笑xiào？」行xíng者zhě喝hè道dào：「我wǒ老lǎo孙sūn生shēng的de是shì这zhè个gè笑xiào容róng儿er，莫mò成chéng为wèi你nǐ不bú见jiàn了le甚shén么me果guǒ子zi，就jiù不bù容róng我wǒ笑xiào？」

The Pilgrim barked back, "This grinning face is simply how I, old Sun, was born! Do you mean that just because you have lost a few fruits, I am not even to be allowed a laugh?"

莫成 (mòchéng) is a colloquial "surely it cannot be that…, don't tell me that…" Here 為 (wèi) is the coverb "on account of, because of," distinct from the verb 為 (wéi) "to be, to do." 笑容兒 takes the diminutive suffix 兒 (er).

總評 Commentary

The scene opens the reckoning that will consume the rest of the chapter. In the previous chapter the pilgrims had knocked down and eaten the abbey's 人參果—the manfruit whose tree is the treasure of the Earthly Immortal Zhenyuan—and the two boy-attendants, Clear Wind and Bright Moon, have just discovered the loss.

The comedy turns on Wukong's irrepressible face. Clear Wind reads Bajie's nervous grin as a confession, and Wukong—whose default expression is a monkey's fixed grin—is indignant at being convicted by his own features. The exchange is pure character: the master reaching for propriety, the boys shrill with accusation, the monkey quick to take offence.