第二十五回 · 緊箍為咒 The Tightening-Band Spell — Journey to the West

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緊箍為咒 The Tightening-Band Spell

我wǒ頂dǐng上shàng戴dài的de這zhè個gè箍gū兒er，是shì觀guān音yīn菩pú薩sà賜cì與yǔ我wǒ師shī父fù的de，師shī父fù哄hǒng我wǒ戴dài了le，就jiù如rú生shēng根gēn的de一yì般bān，莫mò想xiǎng拿ná得de下xià來lái，叫jiào做zuò緊jǐn箍gū兒er咒zhòu，又yòu叫jiào做zuò緊jǐn箍gū兒er經jīng。他tā『舊jiù話huà兒er經jīng』，即jí此cǐ是shì也yě。但dàn若ruò念niàn動dòng，我wǒ就jiù頭tóu疼téng，故gù有yǒu這zhè個gè法fǎ兒er難nán我wǒ。師shī父fù，你nǐ莫mò念niàn，我wǒ決jué不bú負fù你nǐ，管guǎn情qíng大dà家jiā一yì齊qí出chū去qù。」我wǒ顶dǐng上shàng戴dài的de这zhè个gè箍gū儿er，是shì观guān音yīn菩pú萨sà赐cì与yǔ我wǒ师shī父fù的de，师shī父fù哄hǒng我wǒ戴dài了le，就jiù如rú生shēng根gēn的de一yì般bān，莫mò想xiǎng拿ná得de下xià来lái，叫jiào做zuò紧jǐn箍gū儿er咒zhòu，又yòu叫jiào做zuò紧jǐn箍gū儿er经jīng。他tā『旧jiù话huà儿er经jīng』，即jí此cǐ是shì也yě。但dàn若ruò念niàn动dòng，我wǒ就jiù头tóu疼téng，故gù有yǒu这zhè个gè法fǎ儿er难nán我wǒ。师shī父fù，你nǐ莫mò念niàn，我wǒ决jué不bú负fù你nǐ，管guǎn情qíng大dà家jiā一yì齐qí出chū去qù。」

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我wǒ頂dǐng上shàng戴dài的de這zhè個gè箍gū兒er，是shì觀guān音yīn菩pú薩sà賜cì與yǔ我wǒ師shī父fù的de，師shī父fù哄hǒng我wǒ戴dài了le，就jiù如rú生shēng根gēn的de一yì般bān，莫mò想xiǎng拿ná得de下xià來lái，叫jiào做zuò緊jǐn箍gū兒er咒zhòu，又yòu叫jiào做zuò緊jǐn箍gū兒er經jīng。我wǒ顶dǐng上shàng戴dài的de这zhè个gè箍gū儿er，是shì观guān音yīn菩pú萨sà赐cì与yǔ我wǒ师shī父fù的de，师shī父fù哄hǒng我wǒ戴dài了le，就jiù如rú生shēng根gēn的de一yì般bān，莫mò想xiǎng拿ná得de下xià来lái，叫jiào做zuò紧jǐn箍gū儿er咒zhòu，又yòu叫jiào做zuò紧jǐn箍gū儿er经jīng。

"This band I wear on the crown of my head was given to my master by the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara. My master tricked me into putting it on, and now it is as though it had grown roots—there is no thinking to take it off. It is called the Band-Tightening Spell, and also the Band-Tightening Sūtra.

箍兒 (gū'r) "the band, hoop," suffix 兒 (er). 觀音菩薩 (Guānyīn Púsà) the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, 觀 (guān). 拿得下來 (ná de xiàlái) "to be able to take it off," with the toneless potential 得 (de).

他tā『舊jiù話huà兒er經jīng』，即jí此cǐ是shì也yě。他tā『旧jiù话huà儿er经jīng』，即jí此cǐ是shì也yě。

"His 'Old-Talk Sutra'—this is precisely it.

即此是也 (jí cǐ shì yě) "this is exactly it"—a bookish flourish closing the identification.

但dàn若ruò念niàn動dòng，我wǒ就jiù頭tóu疼téng，故gù有yǒu這zhè個gè法fǎ兒er難nán我wǒ。但dàn若ruò念niàn动dòng，我wǒ就jiù头tóu疼téng，故gù有yǒu这zhè个gè法fǎ儿er难nán我wǒ。

"But if he sets to reciting it, my head aches at once; so he has this method to plague me.

念動 (niàn dòng) "to set about reciting." 難我 (nán wǒ) "to make things hard for me, to plague me," 難 (nán) "to press, vex." 法兒 (fǎr) the suffix 兒 (er).

師shī父fù，你nǐ莫mò念niàn，我wǒ決jué不bú負fù你nǐ，管guǎn情qíng大dà家jiā一yì齊qí出chū去qù。」师shī父fù，你nǐ莫mò念niàn，我wǒ决jué不bú负fù你nǐ，管guǎn情qíng大dà家jiā一yì齐qí出chū去qù。」

"Master, do not recite it—I will surely not fail you; depend upon it, we shall all get out together."

我決不負你 (wǒ jué bù fù nǐ) "I will certainly not let you down." 管情 (guǎnqíng) "for certain, rest assured." 一齊出去 (yìqí chūqù) "go out all together."

總評 Commentary

Wukong's explanation is the chapter's bit of expository comedy, recapping the central device of the pilgrimage: the golden fillet the Bodhisattva gave Sanzang, which cannot be removed and which, at the master's recitation of the spell, clamps agonisingly on Wukong's skull. It is the leash by which the wild monkey is held to the road—and here, played for laughs, the pretext for a small bargain of obedience.