第二十五回 · 籠在袖中 Bagged Within the Sleeve — Journey to the West

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籠在袖中 Bagged Within the Sleeve

八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù好hǎo了le，我wǒ們men都dōu裝zhuāng在zài䌋dā縺lián裡lǐ了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「獃dāi子zi，不bú是shì䌋dā縺lián，我wǒ們men被bèi他tā籠lóng在zài衣yī袖xiù中zhōng哩lī。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「這zhè個gè不bù打dǎ緊jǐn，等děng我wǒ一yí頓dùn釘dīng鈀pá，築zhù他tā個gè窟kū窿lóng，脫tuō將jiāng下xià去qù，只zhǐ說shuō他tā不bù小xiǎo心xīn，籠lóng不bù牢láo，吊diào的de了le罷bà。」那nà獃dāi子zi使shǐ鈀pá亂luàn築zhù，那nǎ裡lǐ築zhù得dé動dòng：手shǒu捻niǎn著zhe雖suī然rán是shì個gè軟ruǎn的de，築zhù起qǐ來lái就jiù比bǐ鐵tiě還hái硬yìng。八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù好hǎo了le，我wǒ们men都dōu装zhuāng在zài䌋dā縺lián里lǐ了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「呆dāi子zi，不bú是shì䌋dā縺lián，我wǒ们men被bèi他tā笼lóng在zài衣yī袖xiù中zhōng哩lī。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「这zhè个gè不bù打dǎ紧jǐn，等děng我wǒ一yí顿dùn钉dīng钯pá，筑zhù他tā个gè窟kū窿lóng，脱tuō将jiāng下xià去qù，只zhǐ说shuō他tā不bù小xiǎo心xīn，笼lóng不bù牢láo，吊diào的de了le罢bà。」那nà呆dāi子zi使shǐ钯pá乱luàn筑zhù，那nǎ里lǐ筑zhù得dé动dòng：手shǒu捻niǎn著zhe虽suī然rán是shì个gè软ruǎn的de，筑zhù起qǐ来lái就jiù比bǐ铁tiě还hái硬yìng。

逐句解 Line by line

八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù好hǎo了le，我wǒ們men都dōu裝zhuāng在zài䌋dā縺lián裡lǐ了le。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù好hǎo了le，我wǒ们men都dōu装zhuāng在zài䌋dā縺lián里lǐ了le。」

Bajie said, "This is bad—we are all packed inside a saddle-bag!"

裝在䌋縺裡 (zhuāng zài dālián lǐ) "packed inside a saddle-bag," 䌋縺 (dālián) a long twin-pouched bag slung over the shoulder (written here with the rare 䌋 (dā), U+430B).

行xíng者zhě道dào：「獃dāi子zi，不bú是shì䌋dā縺lián，我wǒ們men被bèi他tā籠lóng在zài衣yī袖xiù中zhōng哩lī。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「呆dāi子zi，不bú是shì䌋dā縺lián，我wǒ们men被bèi他tā笼lóng在zài衣yī袖xiù中zhōng哩lī。」

The Pilgrim said, "Idiot—it is no saddle-bag; we have been bagged inside his sleeve."

不是䌋縺 (bú shì dālián) "it is no saddle-bag." 籠在衣袖中 (lǒng zài yīxiù zhōng) "bagged inside the sleeve"—Wukong at once grasps the nature of the magic.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「這zhè個gè不bù打dǎ緊jǐn，等děng我wǒ一yí頓dùn釘dīng鈀pá，築zhù他tā個gè窟kū窿lóng，脫tuō將jiāng下xià去qù，只zhǐ說shuō他tā不bù小xiǎo心xīn，籠lóng不bù牢láo，吊diào的de了le罷bà。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「这zhè个gè不bù打dǎ紧jǐn，等děng我wǒ一yí顿dùn钉dīng钯pá，筑zhù他tā个gè窟kū窿lóng，脱tuō将jiāng下xià去qù，只zhǐ说shuō他tā不bù小xiǎo心xīn，笼lóng不bù牢láo，吊diào的de了le罢bà。」

Bajie said, "That is no great matter—let me give it a round with my nine-tooth rake, punch it a hole, and slip down out of it; we shall just say he was careless and did not bag us tight, and drop out and be done."

釘鈀 (dīng pá) "the nine-tooth rake," Bajie's weapon, 鈀 (pá). 築他個窟窿 (zhú tā gè kūlong) "punch it a hole." 脫將下去 (tuō jiāng xiàqù) "slip out and down," particle 將 (jiāng).

那nà獃dāi子zi使shǐ鈀pá亂luàn築zhù，那nǎ裡lǐ築zhù得dé動dòng：手shǒu捻niǎn著zhe雖suī然rán是shì個gè軟ruǎn的de，築zhù起qǐ來lái就jiù比bǐ鐵tiě還hái硬yìng。那nà呆dāi子zi使shǐ钯pá乱luàn筑zhù，那nǎ里lǐ筑zhù得dé动dòng：手shǒu捻niǎn著zhe虽suī然rán是shì个gè软ruǎn的de，筑zhù起qǐ来lái就jiù比bǐ铁tiě还hái硬yìng。

But though the Idiot plied his rake and hammered wildly, there was no piercing it: to the touch it was soft enough, yet under the rake it proved harder than iron.

那裡築得動 (nǎlǐ zhú de dòng) "there was no piercing it," interrogative 那 (nǎ) and the potential 得 (dé) "able." 手捻著 (shǒu niǎn zhe) "to the touch," durative 著 (zhe). 比鐵還硬 (bǐ tiě hái yìng) "harder than iron," 還 (hái) "even, yet."

總評 Commentary

Inside the sleeve the scene turns to comedy: Bajie mistakes the magic for an ordinary saddle-bag, Wukong corrects him, and the Idiot proposes to rake a hole and slip out with a face-saving lie. The joke lands on the paradox of the sleeve's fabric—軟的…比鐵還硬, "soft to the touch, yet harder than iron"—a neat emblem of the Great Immortal's power, which yields to nothing the pilgrims can bring against it.