第二十七回 · 行者識妖 Wukong Knows the Fiend — Journey to the West

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行者識妖 Wukong Knows the Fiend

只zhǐ見jiàn那nà行xíng者zhě自zì南nán山shān頂dǐng上shàng摘zhāi了le幾jǐ個gè桃táo子zi，托tuō著zhe缽bō盂yú，一yì觔jīn斗dǒu，點diǎn將jiāng回huí來lái，睜zhēng火huǒ眼yǎn金jīn睛jīng觀guān看kàn，認rèn得de那nà女nǚ子zǐ是shì個gè妖yāo精jīng，放fàng下xià缽bō盂yú，掣chè鐵tiě棒bàng，當dāng頭tóu就jiù打dǎ。諕xià得de個gè長zhǎng老lǎo用yòng手shǒu扯chě住zhù道dào：「悟wù空kōng，你nǐ走zǒu將jiāng來lái打dǎ誰shuí？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù，你nǐ面miàn前qián這zhè個gè女nǚ子zǐ，莫mò當dàng做zuò個gè好hǎo人rén，他tā是shì個gè妖yāo精jīng，要yào來lái騙piàn你nǐ哩lī。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「你nǐ這zhè個gè猴hóu頭tóu，當dāng時shí倒dào也yě有yǒu些xiē眼yǎn力lì，今jīn日rì如rú何hé亂luàn道dào？這zhè女nǚ菩pú薩sà有yǒu此cǐ善shàn心xīn，將jiāng這zhè飯fàn要yào齋zhāi我wǒ等děng，你nǐ怎zěn麼me說shuō他tā是shì個gè妖yāo精jīng？」只zhǐ见jiàn那nà行xíng者zhě自zì南nán山shān顶dǐng上shàng摘zhāi了le几jǐ个gè桃táo子zi，托tuō著zhe钵bō盂yú，一yì觔jīn斗dǒu，点diǎn将jiāng回huí来lái，睁zhēng火huǒ眼yǎn金jīn睛jīng观guān看kàn，认rèn得de那nà女nǚ子zǐ是shì个gè妖yāo精jīng，放fàng下xià钵bō盂yú，掣chè铁tiě棒bàng，当dāng头tóu就jiù打dǎ。諕xià得de个gè长zhǎng老lǎo用yòng手shǒu扯chě住zhù道dào：「悟wù空kōng，你nǐ走zǒu将jiāng来lái打dǎ谁shuí？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù，你nǐ面miàn前qián这zhè个gè女nǚ子zǐ，莫mò当dàng做zuò个gè好hǎo人rén，他tā是shì个gè妖yāo精jīng，要yào来lái骗piàn你nǐ哩lī。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「你nǐ这zhè个gè猴hóu头tóu，当dāng时shí倒dào也yě有yǒu些xiē眼yǎn力lì，今jīn日rì如rú何hé乱luàn道dào？这zhè女nǚ菩pú萨sà有yǒu此cǐ善shàn心xīn，将jiāng这zhè饭fàn要yào斋zhāi我wǒ等děng，你nǐ怎zěn么me说shuō他tā是shì个gè妖yāo精jīng？」

逐句解 Line by line

Just then Pilgrim, having picked a few peaches on the summit of the southern mountain, came somersaulting back with his bowl in hand; and fixing his fiery eyes and golden pupils, he saw at once that the woman was a fiend. Setting down the bowl and whipping out his iron cudgel, he made to strike her full on the head.

那行者 "that Pilgrim," 那 (nà), 行 (xíng); the two 子: 桃子 = zi (peaches, first), 女子 = zǐ (woman, second). 觔斗 "somersault," 斗 (dǒu); 點將回來 "came tumbling back," 將 (jiāng) (aspectual). 火眼金睛 (huǒ yǎn jīn jīng) "fiery eyes, golden pupils" — Wukong's sight, forged in Laozi's brazier, which pierces every disguise. 認得 "recognized," 得 (de); 觀看, 觀 (guān); 當頭 "full on the head," 當 (dāng).

諕xià得de個gè長zhǎng老lǎo用yòng手shǒu扯chě住zhù道dào：「悟wù空kōng，你nǐ走zǒu將jiāng來lái打dǎ誰shuí？」諕xià得de个gè长zhǎng老lǎo用yòng手shǒu扯chě住zhù道dào：「悟wù空kōng，你nǐ走zǒu将jiāng来lái打dǎ谁shuí？」

Startled, the elder clutched at him with his hand and cried, "Wukong — whom have you come rushing up to strike?"

諕得 "startled [him] so that," 諕 (xià) (to frighten) and the complement-marker 得 (de). 扯住 "seized, held fast." 走將來 "came striding up," 將 (jiāng). The elder's instinctive interposition — grabbing Wukong's arm — is the first physical enactment of the chapter's tragedy: the master shielding the demon from the disciple who alone sees true.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù，你nǐ面miàn前qián這zhè個gè女nǚ子zǐ，莫mò當dàng做zuò個gè好hǎo人rén，他tā是shì個gè妖yāo精jīng，要yào來lái騙piàn你nǐ哩lī。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù，你nǐ面miàn前qián这zhè个gè女nǚ子zǐ，莫mò当dàng做zuò个gè好hǎo人rén，他tā是shì个gè妖yāo精jīng，要yào来lái骗piàn你nǐ哩lī。」

Said Pilgrim, "Master, this woman before you — do not take her for a good person. She is a fiend, come to deceive you."

女子 "woman," 子 (zǐ). 莫當做 (mò dàng zuò) "do not take [her] as" — here 當 (dàng) "to regard as, treat as" (contrast 當 (dāng) "at"). Wukong's warning is flat and exact; he wastes no words, having seen the truth in a single glance.

三sān藏zàng道dào：「你nǐ這zhè個gè猴hóu頭tóu，當dāng時shí倒dào也yě有yǒu些xiē眼yǎn力lì，今jīn日rì如rú何hé亂luàn道dào？三sān藏zàng道dào：「你nǐ这zhè个gè猴hóu头tóu，当dāng时shí倒dào也yě有yǒu些xiē眼yǎn力lì，今jīn日rì如rú何hé乱luàn道dào？

Tripitaka said, "You monkey-head! Once upon a time you had some power of discernment — how is it you talk such nonsense today?

猴頭 (hóu tóu) "monkey-head," a scolding epithet. 當時 (dāng shí) "at that time, formerly," 當 (dāng); 倒也有些眼力 "actually did have some discernment," 倒 (dào) the adverb. The elder's charge is doubly ironic: he grants that Wukong once saw clearly, precisely at the moment Wukong is seeing most clearly of all.

這zhè女nǚ菩pú薩sà有yǒu此cǐ善shàn心xīn，將jiāng這zhè飯fàn要yào齋zhāi我wǒ等děng，你nǐ怎zěn麼me說shuō他tā是shì個gè妖yāo精jīng？」这zhè女nǚ菩pú萨sà有yǒu此cǐ善shàn心xīn，将jiāng这zhè饭fàn要yào斋zhāi我wǒ等děng，你nǐ怎zěn么me说shuō他tā是shì个gè妖yāo精jīng？」

"This lady-bodhisattva has so kind a heart, bringing this food to give us monks as alms — how can you call her a fiend?"

將這飯 "take this food," 將 (jiāng) (coverb). 齋我等 "to feed us [monks] as alms." The elder marshals the demon's staged piety against Wukong's sight — placing the appearance of virtue above the fact of perception, the very inversion that will doom the scene.

總評 Commentary

Wukong's entrance is the chapter's turning-point, and the narrator marks it with the novel's signature emblem of true sight: the 火眼金睛, the fiery eyes and golden pupils that pierce every illusion. Where a whole chapter of monks saw a pious maiden, Wukong sees a fiend "at once" (認得) — the contrast is absolute, and it frames everything that follows as a conflict not of strength but of vision.

The elder's response inverts the moral order the reader can see plainly. He physically shields the demon, grabs Wukong's arm, and rebukes the disciple for "talking nonsense" — granting, with unconscious irony, that Wukong "once had discernment," at the very instant that discernment is functioning perfectly. Tripitaka places the staged appearance of virtue (a kind maiden bearing alms) above the fact of Wukong's sight, and it is that inversion, not the demon's power, that will destroy the party's peace.

The exchange also crystallizes the two characters. Wukong is terse, certain, and correct; Tripitaka is voluble, compassionate, and wrong — his very virtues (mercy, courtesy, reverence for a pious act) turned into liabilities by a fiend who has read them exactly.