第二十五回 · 噀水解魔 Water Breaks the Sleep-Spell — Journey to the West

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噀水解魔 Water Breaks the Sleep-Spell

眾zhòng仙xiān到dào他tā房fáng門mén首shǒu看kàn處chù，真zhēn個gè關guān著zhe房fáng門mén，鼾hān鼾hān沉chén睡shuì；任rèn外wài邊biān打dǎ門mén亂luàn叫jiào，那nǎ裡lǐ叫jiào得de醒xǐng來lái。眾zhòng仙xiān撬qiào開kāi門mén板bǎn，著zhuó手shǒu扯chě下xià床chuáng來lái，也yě只zhǐ是shì不bù醒xǐng。大dà仙xiān笑xiào道dào：「好hǎo仙xiān童tóng啊a，成chéng仙xiān的de人rén，神shén滿mǎn再zài不bù思sī睡shuì，卻què怎zěn麼me這zhè般bān困kùn倦juàn？莫mò不bú是shì有yǒu人rén做zuò弄nòng了le他tā也yě？快kuài取qǔ水shuǐ來lái。」一yì童tóng急jí取qǔ水shuǐ半bàn盞zhǎn遞dì與yǔ大dà仙xiān。大dà仙xiān念niàn動dòng咒zhòu語yǔ，噀xùn一yì口kǒu水shuǐ，噴pēn在zài臉liǎn上shàng，隨suí即jí解jiě了le睡shuì魔mó。众zhòng仙xiān到dào他tā房fáng门mén首shǒu看kàn处chù，真zhēn个gè关guān著zhe房fáng门mén，鼾hān鼾hān沉chén睡shuì；任rèn外wài边biān打dǎ门mén乱luàn叫jiào，那nǎ里lǐ叫jiào得de醒xǐng来lái。众zhòng仙xiān撬qiào开kāi门mén板bǎn，著zhuó手shǒu扯chě下xià床chuáng来lái，也yě只zhǐ是shì不bù醒xǐng。大dà仙xiān笑xiào道dào：「好hǎo仙xiān童tóng啊a，成chéng仙xiān的de人rén，神shén满mǎn再zài不bù思sī睡shuì，却què怎zěn么me这zhè般bān困kùn倦juàn？莫mò不bú是shì有yǒu人rén做zuò弄nòng了le他tā也yě？快kuài取qǔ水shuǐ来lái。」一yì童tóng急jí取qǔ水shuǐ半bàn盏zhǎn递dì与yǔ大dà仙xiān。大dà仙xiān念niàn动dòng咒zhòu语yǔ，噀xùn一yì口kǒu水shuǐ，喷pēn在zài脸liǎn上shàng，随suí即jí解jiě了le睡shuì魔mó。

逐句解 Line by line

眾zhòng仙xiān到dào他tā房fáng門mén首shǒu看kàn處chù，真zhēn個gè關guān著zhe房fáng門mén，鼾hān鼾hān沉chén睡shuì；任rèn外wài邊biān打dǎ門mén亂luàn叫jiào，那nǎ裡lǐ叫jiào得de醒xǐng來lái。众zhòng仙xiān到dào他tā房fáng门mén首shǒu看kàn处chù，真zhēn个gè关guān著zhe房fáng门mén，鼾hān鼾hān沉chén睡shuì；任rèn外wài边biān打dǎ门mén乱luàn叫jiào，那nǎ里lǐ叫jiào得de醒xǐng来lái。

The immortals came to the door of their room and looked—and truly the door was shut and they lay snoring in deep sleep; for all the pounding and shouting at the door outside, there was no calling them awake.

關著房門 (guān zhe fáng mén) "the door shut," durative 著 (zhe). 那裡叫得醒來 (nǎlǐ jiào de xǐng lái) "no way to call them awake," interrogative 那 (nǎ) and the potential complement 得 (de).

眾zhòng仙xiān撬qiào開kāi門mén板bǎn，著zhuó手shǒu扯chě下xià床chuáng來lái，也yě只zhǐ是shì不bù醒xǐng。众zhòng仙xiān撬qiào开kāi门mén板bǎn，著zhuó手shǒu扯chě下xià床chuáng来lái，也yě只zhǐ是shì不bù醒xǐng。

The immortals pried open the door-boards and set hands to dragging them off the bed—yet still they would not wake.

撬開門板 (qiào kāi mén bǎn) "pried open the door-boards." 著手 (zhuóshǒu) "to set hands to, get to work," 著 (zhuó) the lexical verb (not the aspect-marker 著 (zhe)).

大dà仙xiān笑xiào道dào：「好hǎo仙xiān童tóng啊a，成chéng仙xiān的de人rén，神shén滿mǎn再zài不bù思sī睡shuì，卻què怎zěn麼me這zhè般bān困kùn倦juàn？大dà仙xiān笑xiào道dào：「好hǎo仙xiān童tóng啊a，成chéng仙xiān的de人rén，神shén满mǎn再zài不bù思sī睡shuì，却què怎zěn么me这zhè般bān困kùn倦juàn？

The Great Immortal laughed: "Good little immortal lads! Men who have attained the Way, their spirit once full, think no more of sleep—how then are these so drowsy?

神滿再不思睡 (shén mǎn zài bù sī shuì) "the spirit full, one thinks no more of sleep"—a Daoist commonplace: the perfected need no rest. The lads' stupor is therefore unnatural.

莫mò不bú是shì有yǒu人rén做zuò弄nòng了le他tā也yě？莫mò不bú是shì有yǒu人rén做zuò弄nòng了le他tā也yě？

"Can it be that someone has bewitched them?

做弄 (zuònòng) "to bewitch, play a trick upon." 莫不是 (mò bù shì) "can it not be that…"—the master at last suspects magic.

快kuài取qǔ水shuǐ來lái。」快kuài取qǔ水shuǐ来lái。」

"Fetch water at once."

快取水來 (kuài qǔ shuǐ lái) "quickly bring water"—the prelude to a water-spell of awakening.

一yì童tóng急jí取qǔ水shuǐ半bàn盞zhǎn遞dì與yǔ大dà仙xiān。一yì童tóng急jí取qǔ水shuǐ半bàn盏zhǎn递dì与yǔ大dà仙xiān。

A lad hastily fetched half a cup of water and handed it to the Great Immortal.

水半盞 (shuǐ bàn zhǎn) "half a cup of water," 盞 (zhǎn) a small cup. 遞與 (dì yǔ) "to hand to."

大dà仙xiān念niàn動dòng咒zhòu語yǔ，噀xùn一yì口kǒu水shuǐ，噴pēn在zài臉liǎn上shàng，隨suí即jí解jiě了le睡shuì魔mó。大dà仙xiān念niàn动dòng咒zhòu语yǔ，噀xùn一yì口kǒu水shuǐ，喷pēn在zài脸liǎn上shàng，随suí即jí解jiě了le睡shuì魔mó。

The Great Immortal recited a spell, spurted a mouthful of the water, sprayed it upon their faces, and at once loosed the sleep-demon from them.

噀一口水 (xùn yì kǒu shuǐ) "to spurt a mouthful of water," 噀 (xùn) "to spray water from the mouth." 解了睡魔 (jiěle shuì mó) "dispelled the sleep-demon."

總評 Commentary

The discovery is staged as slow, comic dread: the locked door, the snoring boys, the futile pounding, the prying and dragging—until the Great Immortal, invoking the Daoist axiom that the perfected need no sleep, at last recognises the drugged stupor as another's work. His water-spell (噀水—spurting water from the mouth) is a standard Daoist exorcistic gesture, here undoing Wukong's drowsing-insects.