第二十五回 · 石獅替身 The Stone-Lion Decoy — Journey to the West

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石獅替身 The Stone-Lion Decoy

大dà聖shèng卻què又yòu留liú心xīn，恐kǒng他tā仙xiān法fǎ難nán參cān，油yóu鍋guō裡lǐ難nán做zuò手shǒu腳jiǎo，急jí回huí頭tóu四sì顧gù，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà臺tái下xià東dōng邊biān是shì一yí座zuò日rì規guī臺tái，西xī邊biān是shì一yí個gè石shí獅shī子zi。行xíng者zhě將jiāng身shēn一yí縱zòng，滾gǔn到dào西xī邊biān，咬yǎo破pò舌shé尖jiān，把bǎ石shí獅shī子zi噴pēn了le一yì口kǒu，叫jiào聲shēng：「變biàn！」變biàn作zuò他tā本běn身shēn模mó樣yàng，也yě這zhè般bān捆kǔn作zuò一yì團tuán。他tā卻què出chū了le元yuán神shén，起qǐ在zài雲yún端duān裡lǐ，低dī頭tóu看kàn著zhe道dào士shì。大dà圣shèng却què又yòu留liú心xīn，恐kǒng他tā仙xiān法fǎ难nán参cān，油yóu锅guō里lǐ难nán做zuò手shǒu脚jiǎo，急jí回huí头tóu四sì顾gù，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà台tái下xià东dōng边biān是shì一yí座zuò日rì规guī台tái，西xī边biān是shì一yí个gè石shí狮shī子zi。行xíng者zhě将jiāng身shēn一yí纵zòng，滚gǔn到dào西xī边biān，咬yǎo破pò舌shé尖jiān，把bǎ石shí狮shī子zi喷pēn了le一yì口kǒu，叫jiào声shēng：「变biàn！」变biàn作zuò他tā本běn身shēn模mó样yàng，也yě这zhè般bān捆kǔn作zuò一yì团tuán。他tā却què出chū了le元yuán神shén，起qǐ在zài云yún端duān里lǐ，低dī头tóu看kàn著zhe道dào士shì。

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大dà聖shèng卻què又yòu留liú心xīn，恐kǒng他tā仙xiān法fǎ難nán參cān，油yóu鍋guō裡lǐ難nán做zuò手shǒu腳jiǎo，急jí回huí頭tóu四sì顧gù，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà臺tái下xià東dōng邊biān是shì一yí座zuò日rì規guī臺tái，西xī邊biān是shì一yí個gè石shí獅shī子zi。大dà圣shèng却què又yòu留liú心xīn，恐kǒng他tā仙xiān法fǎ难nán参cān，油yóu锅guō里lǐ难nán做zuò手shǒu脚jiǎo，急jí回huí头tóu四sì顾gù，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà台tái下xià东dōng边biān是shì一yí座zuò日rì规guī台tái，西xī边biān是shì一yí个gè石shí狮shī子zi。

But the Great Sage was on his guard: fearing the immortal's arts ran too deep to fathom, and that there might be no working a trick inside the oil-cauldron, he glanced hurriedly around—and saw that below the terrace, on the east, stood a sundial-terrace, and on the west a stone lion.

恐他仙法難參 (kǒng tā xiānfǎ nán cān) "fearing his arts hard to fathom," 參 (cān) "to fathom, penetrate" (not 參 (shēn) as in "ginseng"). 日規臺 (rì guī tái) "a sundial-terrace," 規 (guī). 石獅子 (shí shīzi) "a stone lion."

行xíng者zhě將jiāng身shēn一yí縱zòng，滾gǔn到dào西xī邊biān，咬yǎo破pò舌shé尖jiān，把bǎ石shí獅shī子zi噴pēn了le一yì口kǒu，叫jiào聲shēng：「變biàn！」行xíng者zhě将jiāng身shēn一yí纵zòng，滚gǔn到dào西xī边biān，咬yǎo破pò舌shé尖jiān，把bǎ石shí狮shī子zi喷pēn了le一yì口kǒu，叫jiào声shēng：「变biàn！」

The Pilgrim gave his body a leap, rolled over to the west side, bit open his tongue-tip, sprayed a mouthful over the stone lion, and cried, "Change!"

將身一縱 (jiāng shēn yí zòng) "gave his body a leap," 將 (jiāng). 噴了一口 (pēn le yì kǒu) "sprayed a mouthful"—the blood-transformation again, this time on stone.

變biàn作zuò他tā本běn身shēn模mó樣yàng，也yě這zhè般bān捆kǔn作zuò一yì團tuán。变biàn作zuò他tā本běn身shēn模mó样yàng，也yě这zhè般bān捆kǔn作zuò一yì团tuán。

and it turned into his own likeness, trussed up just so in a bundle.

捆作一團 (kǔn zuò yì tuán) "trussed into a bundle"—the stone lion made a perfect double of the bound monkey.

他tā卻què出chū了le元yuán神shén，起qǐ在zài雲yún端duān裡lǐ，低dī頭tóu看kàn著zhe道dào士shì。他tā却què出chū了le元yuán神shén，起qǐ在zài云yún端duān里lǐ，低dī头tóu看kàn著zhe道dào士shì。

He then sent out his primal spirit, rose into the clouds, and looked down at the Daoists.

出了元神 (chū le yuánshén) "sent out the primal spirit." 低頭看著道士 (dī tóu kàn zhe dàoshi) "looked down at the Daoists," durative 著 (zhe)—Wukong watches from above while his stone self awaits the oil.

總評 Commentary

Wukong's escape reprises the willow-trick in miniature: he sprays his transforming blood on a stone lion, giving it his own bound shape, and slips out in spirit-form to watch from the clouds. The choice of a stone lion is the joke's foundation—an immovable, unfryable substitute—and sets up the comic catastrophe of the immortals labouring to lift a "monkey" that will crack their cauldron.