第二十五回 · 瞌睡蟲兒 The Drowsing-Insects — Journey to the West

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瞌睡蟲兒 The Drowsing-Insects

卻què請qǐng師shī父fù出chū了le門mén，上shàng了le馬mǎ，八bā戒jiè挑tiāo著zhe擔dàn，沙shā僧sēng攏lǒng著zhe馬mǎ，徑jìng投tóu西xī路lù而ér去qù。行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ們men且qiě慢màn行xíng，等děng老lǎo孫sūn去qù照zhào顧gù那nà兩liǎng個gè童tóng兒er睡shuì一yí個gè月yuè。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，不bù可kě傷shāng他tā性xìng命mìng；不bù然rán，又yòu一yí個gè得dé財cái傷shāng人rén的de罪zuì了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ曉xiǎo得de。」行xíng者zhě復fù進jìn去qù，來lái到dào那nà童tóng兒er睡shuì的de房fáng門mén外wài。他tā腰yāo裡lǐ有yǒu帶dài的de瞌kē睡shuì蟲chóng兒er，原yuán來lái在zài東dōng天tiān門mén與yǔ增zēng長zhǎng天tiān王wáng猜cāi枚méi耍shuǎ子zi贏yíng的de。他tā摸mō出chū兩liǎng個gè來lái，瞞mán窗chuāng眼yǎn兒er彈dàn將jiāng進jìn去qù，徑jìng奔bēn到dào那nà童tóng子zǐ臉liǎn上shàng，鼾hān鼾hān沉chén睡shuì，再zài莫mò想xiǎng得dé醒xǐng。他tā才cái拽zhuài開kāi雲yún步bù，趕gǎn上shàng唐táng僧sēng，順shùn大dà路lù一yì直zhí西xī奔bēn。却què请qǐng师shī父fù出chū了le门mén，上shàng了le马mǎ，八bā戒jiè挑tiāo著zhe担dàn，沙shā僧sēng拢lǒng著zhe马mǎ，径jìng投tóu西xī路lù而ér去qù。行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ们men且qiě慢màn行xíng，等děng老lǎo孙sūn去qù照zhào顾gù那nà两liǎng个gè童tóng儿er睡shuì一yí个gè月yuè。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，不bù可kě伤shāng他tā性xìng命mìng；不bù然rán，又yòu一yí个gè得dé财cái伤shāng人rén的de罪zuì了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ晓xiǎo得de。」行xíng者zhě复fù进jìn去qù，来lái到dào那nà童tóng儿er睡shuì的de房fáng门mén外wài。他tā腰yāo里lǐ有yǒu带dài的de瞌kē睡shuì虫chóng儿er，原yuán来lái在zài东dōng天tiān门mén与yǔ增zēng长zhǎng天tiān王wáng猜cāi枚méi耍shuǎ子zi赢yíng的de。他tā摸mō出chū两liǎng个gè来lái，瞒mán窗chuāng眼yǎn儿er弹dàn将jiāng进jìn去qù，径jìng奔bēn到dào那nà童tóng子zǐ脸liǎn上shàng，鼾hān鼾hān沉chén睡shuì，再zài莫mò想xiǎng得dé醒xǐng。他tā才cái拽zhuài开kāi云yún步bù，赶gǎn上shàng唐táng僧sēng，顺shùn大dà路lù一yì直zhí西xī奔bēn。

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卻què請qǐng師shī父fù出chū了le門mén，上shàng了le馬mǎ，八bā戒jiè挑tiāo著zhe擔dàn，沙shā僧sēng攏lǒng著zhe馬mǎ，徑jìng投tóu西xī路lù而ér去qù。却què请qǐng师shī父fù出chū了le门mén，上shàng了le马mǎ，八bā戒jiè挑tiāo著zhe担dàn，沙shā僧sēng拢lǒng著zhe马mǎ，径jìng投tóu西xī路lù而ér去qù。

He then invited the master out the gate and onto his horse; Bajie shouldered the luggage, Wujing led the horse, and they made straight along the westward road.

挑著擔 (tiāo zhe dàn) "shouldering the carrying-pole and load," with durative 著 (zhe) and 擔 (dàn) "a load, burden" (the noun). 攏著馬 (lǒng zhe mǎ) "leading the horse."

行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ們men且qiě慢màn行xíng，等děng老lǎo孫sūn去qù照zhào顧gù那nà兩liǎng個gè童tóng兒er睡shuì一yí個gè月yuè。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ们men且qiě慢màn行xíng，等děng老lǎo孙sūn去qù照zhào顾gù那nà两liǎng个gè童tóng儿er睡shuì一yí个gè月yuè。」

The Pilgrim said, "You go on slowly; let old Sun go and see to it that those two lads sleep a whole month."

慢行 (màn xíng) "go slowly," 行 (xíng) "to go, travel." 照顧 (zhàogù) here "to see to, attend to." 那兩個童兒 (nà liǎng gè tóng'r) "those two lads."

三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，不bù可kě傷shāng他tā性xìng命mìng；不bù然rán，又yòu一yí個gè得dé財cái傷shāng人rén的de罪zuì了le。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，不bù可kě伤shāng他tā性xìng命mìng；不bù然rán，又yòu一yí个gè得dé财cái伤shāng人rén的de罪zuì了le。」

Sanzang said, "Disciple, you must not take their lives—else it would be yet another crime of gaining goods and harming men."

不可傷他性命 (bù kě shāng tā xìngmìng) "you must not harm their lives"—the master's standing insistence on restraint. 得財傷人 (dé cái shāng rén) "to gain wealth and injure people," 得 (dé) "to obtain."

行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ曉xiǎo得de。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ晓xiǎo得de。」

The Pilgrim said, "I understand."

曉得 (xiǎode) "to understand, know," with the toneless 得 (de).

行xíng者zhě復fù進jìn去qù，來lái到dào那nà童tóng兒er睡shuì的de房fáng門mén外wài。行xíng者zhě复fù进jìn去qù，来lái到dào那nà童tóng儿er睡shuì的de房fáng门mén外wài。

The Pilgrim went back in again and came to the outside of the room where the lads slept.

復進去 (fù jìnqù) "to go back in again." 那童兒睡的房門外 (nà tóng'r shuì de fáng mén wài) "outside the room where the lads slept."

他tā腰yāo裡lǐ有yǒu帶dài的de瞌kē睡shuì蟲chóng兒er，原yuán來lái在zài東dōng天tiān門mén與yǔ增zēng長zhǎng天tiān王wáng猜cāi枚méi耍shuǎ子zi贏yíng的de。他tā腰yāo里lǐ有yǒu带dài的de瞌kē睡shuì虫chóng儿er，原yuán来lái在zài东dōng天tiān门mén与yǔ增zēng长zhǎng天tiān王wáng猜cāi枚méi耍shuǎ子zi赢yíng的de。

At his waist he carried some drowsing-insects—won, as it happens, at a game of guess-fingers with the Heavenly King Virūḍhaka at the Eastern Gate of Heaven.

瞌睡蟲兒 (kēshuì chóng'r) "drowsing-insects," which induce sleep. 增長天王 (Zēngzhǎng Tiānwáng) the Heavenly King Virūḍhaka (Guardian of the South), 長 (zhǎng) "to increase." 猜枚耍子 (cāi méi shuǎzi) "the finger-guessing game," 子 (zi) the suffix.

他tā摸mō出chū兩liǎng個gè來lái，瞞mán窗chuāng眼yǎn兒er彈dàn將jiāng進jìn去qù，徑jìng奔bēn到dào那nà童tóng子zǐ臉liǎn上shàng，鼾hān鼾hān沉chén睡shuì，再zài莫mò想xiǎng得dé醒xǐng。他tā摸mō出chū两liǎng个gè来lái，瞒mán窗chuāng眼yǎn儿er弹dàn将jiāng进jìn去qù，径jìng奔bēn到dào那nà童tóng子zǐ脸liǎn上shàng，鼾hān鼾hān沉chén睡shuì，再zài莫mò想xiǎng得dé醒xǐng。

He fished out two of them, flicked them in through the window-holes, and sent them straight onto the lads' faces; and they slept a deep and snoring sleep, past all thought of waking.

窗眼兒 (chuāng yǎn'r) "window-holes," suffix 兒 (er). 彈將進去 (tán jiāng jìnqù) "flicked in," particle 將 (jiāng). 那童子 (nà tóngzǐ) "those lads," 子 (zǐ) nominal. 再莫想得醒 (zài mò xiǎng dé xǐng) "no thought of waking again," 得 (dé) "to be able to."

他tā才cái拽zhuài開kāi雲yún步bù，趕gǎn上shàng唐táng僧sēng，順shùn大dà路lù一yì直zhí西xī奔bēn。他tā才cái拽zhuài开kāi云yún步bù，赶gǎn上shàng唐táng僧sēng，顺shùn大dà路lù一yì直zhí西xī奔bēn。

Then he strode off on cloud-steps, caught up with the Tang Monk, and pressed straight west along the high road.

拽開雲步 (zhuài kāi yúnbù) "to stride out on cloud-steps," 拽 (zhuài) "to pull, stride." 一直西奔 (yìzhí xī bēn) "to hasten straight west."

總評 Commentary

Wukong's errand back to the abbey is a small character-piece: rather than kill the boys—which his master expressly forbids—he uses the "drowsing-insects" to sink them into a month-long sleep, a mischief calibrated to restraint. The offhand provenance of the insects (won gambling with a Heavenly King) is typical of the novel's casual mythography, folding the celestial bureaucracy into a game of guess-fingers.

Sanzang's caution—"take not their lives, else another crime of gaining goods and harming men"—reasserts the pilgrimage's moral bookkeeping even in the midst of a burglar's flight. Wukong's obedient "I understand" and his measured, non-lethal solution close the escape on a note of restraint, before the scene shifts to the returning Immortal Zhenyuan and the pursuit to come.