第二十七回 · 囑咐沙僧 Parting Words to Sha Monk — Journey to the West

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囑咐沙僧 Parting Words to Sha Monk

大dà聖shèng跳tiào起qǐ來lái，把bǎ身shēn一yì抖dǒu，收shōu上shàng毫háo毛máo，卻què又yòu吩fēn咐fù沙shā僧sēng道dào：「賢xián弟dì，你nǐ是shì個gè好hǎo人rén，卻què只zhǐ要yào留liú心xīn防fáng著zhe八bā戒jiè詀zhān言yán詀zhān語yǔ，途tú中zhōng更gèng要yào仔zǐ細xì。倘tǎng一yì時shí有yǒu妖yāo精jīng拿ná住zhù師shī父fù，你nǐ就jiù說shuō老lǎo孫sūn是shì他tā大dà徒tú弟dì，西xī方fāng毛máo怪guài聞wén我wǒ的de手shǒu段duàn，不bù敢gǎn傷shāng我wǒ師shī父fù。」唐táng僧sēng道dào：「我wǒ是shì個gè好hǎo和hé尚shàng，不bù題tí你nǐ這zhè歹dǎi人rén的de名míng字zì，你nǐ回huí去qù罷bà。」大dà圣shèng跳tiào起qǐ来lái，把bǎ身shēn一yì抖dǒu，收shōu上shàng毫háo毛máo，却què又yòu吩fēn咐fù沙shā僧sēng道dào：「贤xián弟dì，你nǐ是shì个gè好hǎo人rén，却què只zhǐ要yào留liú心xīn防fáng著zhe八bā戒jiè詀zhān言yán詀zhān语yǔ，途tú中zhōng更gèng要yào仔zǐ细xì。倘tǎng一yì时shí有yǒu妖yāo精jīng拿ná住zhù师shī父fù，你nǐ就jiù说shuō老lǎo孙sūn是shì他tā大dà徒tú弟dì，西xī方fāng毛máo怪guài闻wén我wǒ的de手shǒu段duàn，不bù敢gǎn伤shāng我wǒ师shī父fù。」唐táng僧sēng道dào：「我wǒ是shì个gè好hǎo和hé尚shàng，不bù题tí你nǐ这zhè歹dǎi人rén的de名míng字zì，你nǐ回huí去qù罢bà。」

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大dà聖shèng跳tiào起qǐ來lái，把bǎ身shēn一yì抖dǒu，收shōu上shàng毫háo毛máo，卻què又yòu吩fēn咐fù沙shā僧sēng道dào：「賢xián弟dì，你nǐ是shì個gè好hǎo人rén，卻què只zhǐ要yào留liú心xīn防fáng著zhe八bā戒jiè詀zhān言yán詀zhān語yǔ，途tú中zhōng更gèng要yào仔zǐ細xì。大dà圣shèng跳tiào起qǐ来lái，把bǎ身shēn一yì抖dǒu，收shōu上shàng毫háo毛máo，却què又yòu吩fēn咐fù沙shā僧sēng道dào：「贤xián弟dì，你nǐ是shì个gè好hǎo人rén，却què只zhǐ要yào留liú心xīn防fáng著zhe八bā戒jiè詀zhān言yán詀zhān语yǔ，途tú中zhōng更gèng要yào仔zǐ细xì。

The Great Sage sprang up, gave his body a shake, gathered back the hairs, and then charged Sha Monk: "Worthy brother, you are a good man — only take care to guard against Eight Rules' slanderous, nagging tongue, and be doubly careful along the way.

把身一抖，收上毫毛 (bǎ shēn yì dǒu, shōu shàng háo máo) "shook his body and gathered back the hairs" (recalling the doubles). 防著 (fáng zhe) "to guard against," 著 (zhe). 詀言詀語 (zhān yán zhān yǔ) "slanderous, muttering talk" — 詀 (zhān), a rare graph for insinuating speech, warning against the very calumnies that undid him. 途中 (tú zhōng) "on the road," 中 (zhōng); 仔細 (zǐ xì) "careful," 仔 (zǐ). Even in exile, Wukong's first thought is the party's safety.

倘tǎng一yì時shí有yǒu妖yāo精jīng拿ná住zhù師shī父fù，你nǐ就jiù說shuō老lǎo孫sūn是shì他tā大dà徒tú弟dì，西xī方fāng毛máo怪guài聞wén我wǒ的de手shǒu段duàn，不bù敢gǎn傷shāng我wǒ師shī父fù。」倘tǎng一yì时shí有yǒu妖yāo精jīng拿ná住zhù师shī父fù，你nǐ就jiù说shuō老lǎo孙sūn是shì他tā大dà徒tú弟dì，西xī方fāng毛máo怪guài闻wén我wǒ的de手shǒu段duàn，不bù敢gǎn伤shāng我wǒ师shī父fù。」

"Should a fiend ever seize the master, just tell them old Sun is his senior disciple: the vermin-monsters of the West, hearing of my powers, won't dare harm our master."

拿住師父 (ná zhù shī fu) "seize the master." 大徒弟 (dà tú dì) "the eldest disciple." 西方毛怪 (xī fāng máo guài) "the vermin-fiends of the West." Wukong's parting counsel is pure loyalty: his very name, he says, is a shield — invoke it, and the western demons will fear to touch Tripitaka. He leaves his reputation behind to guard the master who cast him out.

唐táng僧sēng道dào：「我wǒ是shì個gè好hǎo和hé尚shàng，不bù題tí你nǐ這zhè歹dǎi人rén的de名míng字zì，你nǐ回huí去qù罷bà。」唐táng僧sēng道dào：「我wǒ是shì个gè好hǎo和hé尚shàng，不bù题tí你nǐ这zhè歹dǎi人rén的de名míng字zì，你nǐ回huí去qù罢bà。」

The Tang Monk said, "I am a good monk — I'll not so much as speak the name of a wicked man like you. Off with you."

不題你這歹人的名字 (bù tí nǐ zhè dǎi rén de míng zì) "will not even mention the name of a wicked man like you." 歹人 (dǎi rén) "wicked person." The elder rejects even this — refusing to utter Wukong's name as protection — a final, stinging repudiation that makes the parting complete.

總評 Commentary

Wukong's parting charge to Sha Monk crystallizes the chapter's moral. His two instructions are both acts of care for the party that has expelled him: guard against Bajie's 詀言詀語, the slanderous muttering that engineered his downfall, and — should a demon ever seize the master — invoke his name, for the western fiends fear his power. He leaves behind both a warning and a shield, thinking only of Tripitaka's safety even as he is driven away.

The advice about his name is quietly prophetic and quietly generous. Wukong knows his reputation alone can protect the master, and he offers it freely — asking nothing, guarding a man who has just sworn never to see him again. It is loyalty in its purest form, given without hope of gratitude or return.

The elder's response is the last and coldest of his repudiations. He will not even 題, mention, Wukong's name — refusing the very protection offered him, rejecting his disciple so completely that he will not speak of him at all. The rupture is now total: Wukong has given everything, the master has refused everything, and only the departure itself remains.