第二十五回 · 解鎖夜遁 Unlocking the Gates by Night — Journey to the West

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解鎖夜遁 Unlocking the Gates by Night

說shuō話huà後hòu，都dōu已yǐ天tiān昏hūn，不bù覺jué東dōng方fāng月yuè上shàng。行xíng者zhě道dào：「此cǐ時shí萬wàn籟lài無wú聲shēng，冰bīng輪lún明míng顯xiǎn，正zhèng好hǎo走zǒu了le去qù罷bà。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，不bú要yào搗dǎo鬼guǐ，門mén俱jù鎖suǒ閉bì，往wǎng那nǎ裡lǐ走zǒu？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ看kàn手shǒu段duàn。」把bǎ金jīn箍gū棒bàng捻niǎn在zài手shǒu中zhōng，使shǐ一yí個gè「解jiě鎖suǒ法fǎ」，往wǎng門mén上shàng一yì指zhǐ，只zhǐ聽tīng得de突tū蹡qiāng的de一yì聲shēng響xiǎng，幾jǐ層céng門mén雙shuāng鐄huáng俱jù落luò，唿hū喇lǎ的de開kāi了le門mén扇shàn。八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「好hǎo本běn事shì，就jiù是shì叫jiào小xiǎo爐lú兒er匠jiàng使shǐ掭tiàn子zi，便biàn也yě不bú像xiàng這zhè等děng爽shuǎng利lì。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「這zhè個gè門mén兒er有yǒu甚shèn稀xī罕hǎn，就jiù是shì南nán天tiān門mén，指zhǐ一yì指zhǐ也yě開kāi了le。」说shuō话huà后hòu，都dōu已yǐ天tiān昏hūn，不bù觉jué东dōng方fāng月yuè上shàng。行xíng者zhě道dào：「此cǐ时shí万wàn籁lài无wú声shēng，冰bīng轮lún明míng显xiǎn，正zhèng好hǎo走zǒu了le去qù罢bà。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，不bú要yào捣dǎo鬼guǐ，门mén俱jù锁suǒ闭bì，往wǎng那nǎ里lǐ走zǒu？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ看kàn手shǒu段duàn。」把bǎ金jīn箍gū棒bàng捻niǎn在zài手shǒu中zhōng，使shǐ一yí个gè「解jiě锁suǒ法fǎ」，往wǎng门mén上shàng一yì指zhǐ，只zhǐ听tīng得de突tū蹡qiāng的de一yì声shēng响xiǎng，几jǐ层céng门mén双shuāng鐄huáng俱jù落luò，唿hū喇lǎ的de开kāi了le门mén扇shàn。八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「好hǎo本běn事shì，就jiù是shì叫jiào小xiǎo炉lú儿er匠jiàng使shǐ掭tiàn子zi，便biàn也yě不bú像xiàng这zhè等děng爽shuǎng利lì。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「这zhè个gè门mén儿er有yǒu甚shèn稀xī罕hǎn，就jiù是shì南nán天tiān门mén，指zhǐ一yì指zhǐ也yě开kāi了le。」

逐句解 Line by line

說shuō話huà後hòu，都dōu已yǐ天tiān昏hūn，不bù覺jué東dōng方fāng月yuè上shàng。说shuō话huà后hòu，都dōu已yǐ天tiān昏hūn，不bù觉jué东dōng方fāng月yuè上shàng。

After this talk it had all grown dark, and, before they knew it, the moon was up in the east.

天昏 (tiān hūn) "the sky darkened." 不覺 (bù jué) "unawares, before one knew it," 覺 (jué) "to be aware" (not 覺 (jiào) "sleep"). 都已 (dōu yǐ) "already, by now."

行xíng者zhě道dào：「此cǐ時shí萬wàn籟lài無wú聲shēng，冰bīng輪lún明míng顯xiǎn，正zhèng好hǎo走zǒu了le去qù罷bà。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「此cǐ时shí万wàn籁lài无wú声shēng，冰bīng轮lún明míng显xiǎn，正zhèng好hǎo走zǒu了le去qù罢bà。」

The Pilgrim said, "Now every sound is stilled and the ice-wheel shines bright—a good time to be off."

萬籟無聲 (wànlài wúshēng) "the myriad sounds are silent," the hush of deep night. 冰輪 (bīnglún) "the ice-wheel," a poetic name for the moon.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，不bú要yào搗dǎo鬼guǐ，門mén俱jù鎖suǒ閉bì，往wǎng那nǎ裡lǐ走zǒu？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，不bú要yào捣dǎo鬼guǐ，门mén俱jù锁suǒ闭bì，往wǎng那nǎ里lǐ走zǒu？」

Bajie said, "Brother, no playing tricks—the gates are all locked shut; where is there to go?"

搗鬼 (dǎoguǐ) "to play tricks, be up to mischief." 往那裡走 (wǎng nǎlǐ zǒu) "where is there to go?"—rhetorical, with interrogative 那 (nǎ).

行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ看kàn手shǒu段duàn。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ看kàn手shǒu段duàn。」

The Pilgrim said, "Watch my art."

你看手段 (nǐ kàn shǒuduàn) "watch [my] skill"—Wukong's cue to a display of magic.

把bǎ金jīn箍gū棒bàng捻niǎn在zài手shǒu中zhōng，使shǐ一yí個gè「解jiě鎖suǒ法fǎ」，往wǎng門mén上shàng一yì指zhǐ，只zhǐ聽tīng得de突tū蹡qiāng的de一yì聲shēng響xiǎng，幾jǐ層céng門mén雙shuāng鐄huáng俱jù落luò，唿hū喇lǎ的de開kāi了le門mén扇shàn。把bǎ金jīn箍gū棒bàng捻niǎn在zài手shǒu中zhōng，使shǐ一yí个gè「解jiě锁suǒ法fǎ」，往wǎng门mén上shàng一yì指zhǐ，只zhǐ听tīng得de突tū蹡qiāng的de一yì声shēng响xiǎng，几jǐ层céng门mén双shuāng鐄huáng俱jù落luò，唿hū喇lǎ的de开kāi了le门mén扇shàn。

Twirling the gold-banded cudgel in his hand, he worked a "lock-loosing spell," pointed it at the gates—and with a rending crash the double bolts of every gate dropped away, and the leaves of the door flew open with a clatter.

解鎖法 (jiě suǒ fǎ) "a lock-loosing spell." 雙鐄俱落 (shuāng huáng jù luò) "the paired bolts all fell," 鐄 (huáng) the lock-bolt. 突蹡 (tū qiāng) and 唿喇 (hū lā) render the crash and clatter. 聽得 (tīng de) takes the toneless 得 (de).

八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「好hǎo本běn事shì，就jiù是shì叫jiào小xiǎo爐lú兒er匠jiàng使shǐ掭tiàn子zi，便biàn也yě不bú像xiàng這zhè等děng爽shuǎng利lì。」八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「好hǎo本běn事shì，就jiù是shì叫jiào小xiǎo炉lú儿er匠jiàng使shǐ掭tiàn子zi，便biàn也yě不bú像xiàng这zhè等děng爽shuǎng利lì。」

Bajie laughed: "A fine skill! Even a little tinker plying his pick could not be so slick as this."

小爐兒匠 (xiǎo lú'r jiàng) "a little stove-tinker, itinerant metalworker." 使掭子 (shǐ tiànzi) "to ply a pick/probe," 掭 (tiàn). 爽利 (shuǎnglì) "deft, slick, clean."

行xíng者zhě道dào：「這zhè個gè門mén兒er有yǒu甚shèn稀xī罕hǎn，就jiù是shì南nán天tiān門mén，指zhǐ一yì指zhǐ也yě開kāi了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「这zhè个gè门mén儿er有yǒu甚shèn稀xī罕hǎn，就jiù是shì南nán天tiān门mén，指zhǐ一yì指zhǐ也yě开kāi了le。」

The Pilgrim said, "What is so rare about this little door? Were it the Southern Gate of Heaven itself, one point of the finger would open it too."

這個門兒 (zhège mén'r) the suffix 兒 (er). 有甚稀罕 (yǒu shèn xīhan) "what is rare about it," bare 甚 (shèn). 南天門 (Nántiān Mén) the Southern Gate of Heaven.

總評 Commentary

Wukong's "lock-loosing spell" dispatches the boys' elaborate precaution in an instant—the double bolts fall, the doors clatter open—undoing the whole mechanism of the trap with a flick of the cudgel. Bajie's admiring comparison to a "little tinker's pick" keeps the marvel grounded in the everyday.

The Pilgrim's boast—that even the Southern Gate of Heaven would open at a point of his finger—recalls his cosmic career before the pilgrimage, when he stormed the celestial palaces. Against the abbey's locked gates the reminder is almost offhand: for the one-time Great Sage, mortal locks are no obstacle at all.