第二十八回 · 林中失師 The Empty Clearing — Journey to the West

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林中失師 The Empty Clearing

獃dāi子zi懵měng懵měng懂dǒng懂dǒng的de托tuō著zhe缽bō盂yú，拑qián著zhe釘dīng鈀pá，與yǔ沙shā僧sēng徑jìng直zhí回huí來lái。到dào林lín中zhōng看kàn時shí，不bú見jiàn了le師shī父fù。沙shā僧sēng埋mán怨yuàn道dào：「都dōu是shì你nǐ這zhè獃dāi子zi化huà齋zhāi不bù來lái，必bì有yǒu妖yāo精jīng拿ná師shī父fù也yě。」八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，莫mò要yào胡hú說shuō。那nà林lín子zi裡lǐ是shì個gè清qīng雅yǎ的de去qù處chù，決jué然rán沒méi有yǒu妖yāo精jīng。想xiǎng是shì老lǎo和hé尚shàng坐zuò不bú住zhù，往wǎng那nǎ裡lǐ觀guān風fēng去qù了le。我wǒ們men尋xún他tā去qù來lái。」二èr人rén只zhǐ得dé牽qiān馬mǎ挑tiāo擔dàn，收shōu拾shí了le斗dǒu篷péng、錫xī杖zhàng，出chū松sōng林lín尋xún找zhǎo師shī父fù。呆dāi子zi懵měng懵měng懂dǒng懂dǒng的de托tuō着zhe钵bō盂yú，拑qián着zhe钉dīng钯pá，与yǔ沙shā僧sēng径jìng直zhí回huí来lái。到dào林lín中zhōng看kàn时shí，不bú见jiàn了le师shī父fù。沙shā僧sēng埋mán怨yuàn道dào：「都dōu是shì你nǐ这zhè呆dāi子zi化huà斋zhāi不bù来lái，必bì有yǒu妖yāo精jīng拿ná师shī父fù也yě。」八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，莫mò要yào胡hú说shuō。那nà林lín子zi里lǐ是shì个gè清qīng雅yǎ的de去qù处chù，决jué然rán没méi有yǒu妖yāo精jīng。想xiǎng是shì老lǎo和hé尚shàng坐zuò不bú住zhù，往wǎng那nǎ里lǐ观guān风fēng去qù了le。我wǒ们men寻xún他tā去qù来lái。」二èr人rén只zhǐ得dé牵qiān马mǎ挑tiāo担dàn，收shōu拾shí了le斗dǒu篷péng、锡xī杖zhàng，出chū松sōng林lín寻xún找zhǎo师shī父fù。

逐句解 Line by line

獃dāi子zi懵měng懵měng懂dǒng懂dǒng的de托tuō著zhe缽bō盂yú，拑qián著zhe釘dīng鈀pá，與yǔ沙shā僧sēng徑jìng直zhí回huí來lái。到dào林lín中zhōng看kàn時shí，不bú見jiàn了le師shī父fù。呆dāi子zi懵měng懵měng懂dǒng懂dǒng的de托tuō着zhe钵bō盂yú，拑qián着zhe钉dīng钯pá，与yǔ沙shā僧sēng径jìng直zhí回huí来lái。到dào林lín中zhōng看kàn时shí，不bú见jiàn了le师shī父fù。

The blockhead, still half-dazed, held up the alms-bowl, gripped his nine-tooth rake, and came straight back with Sha Monk. But when they reached the wood and looked, their master was nowhere to be seen.

懵懵懂懂 is a doubled phrase for still half-asleep and not taking anything in — which is how Bajie arrives at the discovery that his master is gone. 托著 and 拑著 both end in the unstressed zhe; 林中 takes zhōng; 釘鈀 takes 鈀 as pá.

沙shā僧sēng埋mán怨yuàn道dào：「都dōu是shì你nǐ這zhè獃dāi子zi化huà齋zhāi不bù來lái，必bì有yǒu妖yāo精jīng拿ná師shī父fù也yě。」沙shā僧sēng埋mán怨yuàn道dào：「都dōu是shì你nǐ这zhè呆dāi子zi化huà斋zhāi不bù来lái，必bì有yǒu妖yāo精jīng拿ná师shī父fù也yě。」

Sha Monk grumbled, “It's all because you, blockhead, went off begging and never came back — some demon must have carried the master off.”

Sha Monk puts the blame exactly where it belongs and gets the diagnosis right in the same sentence. 都 is dōu.

八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，莫mò要yào胡hú說shuō。那nà林lín子zi裡lǐ是shì個gè清qīng雅yǎ的de去qù處chù，決jué然rán沒méi有yǒu妖yāo精jīng。想xiǎng是shì老lǎo和hé尚shàng坐zuò不bú住zhù，往wǎng那nǎ裡lǐ觀guān風fēng去qù了le。我wǒ們men尋xún他tā去qù來lái。」八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，莫mò要yào胡hú说shuō。那nà林lín子zi里lǐ是shì个gè清qīng雅yǎ的de去qù处chù，决jué然rán没méi有yǒu妖yāo精jīng。想xiǎng是shì老lǎo和hé尚shàng坐zuò不bú住zhù，往wǎng那nǎ里lǐ观guān风fēng去qù了le。我wǒ们men寻xún他tā去qù来lái。」

Bajie laughed: “Brother, don't talk nonsense. This wood is a nice quiet spot — there's surely no demon here. The old monk probably couldn't sit still and wandered off somewhere to take in the view. Let's go and find him.”

Bajie calls the wood a 清雅的去處, a nice refined spot, and declares there are certainly no demons in it. He is wrong on both counts. 觀風 is to take in the view — literally to look at the wind. 那林子 takes nà; 那裡 takes nǎ.

二èr人rén只zhǐ得dé牽qiān馬mǎ挑tiāo擔dàn，收shōu拾shí了le斗dǒu篷péng、錫xī杖zhàng，出chū松sōng林lín尋xún找zhǎo師shī父fù。二èr人rén只zhǐ得dé牵qiān马mǎ挑tiāo担dàn，收shōu拾shí了le斗dǒu篷péng、锡xī杖zhàng，出chū松sōng林lín寻xún找zhǎo师shī父fù。

The two of them could only lead the horse, shoulder the load, gather up the rain-cape and the monk's staff, and go out of the pine wood to look for their master.

They pick up everything and go. 斗篷 takes 斗 as dǒu, the rain-cape; 挑擔 takes 擔 as dàn, the load; 只得 takes dé, could only. The party is now carrying all its property and has lost the one thing it was escorting.

總評 Commentary

The discovery is handled with deliberate understatement. They look, and the master is simply not there. Sha Monk's instinct is immediately right — a demon has taken him — and Bajie's is immediately wrong, insisting that a pleasant wood can hold no danger and that the old monk has merely wandered off to look at the view. The two disciples carry the chapter's split vision between them, one reading the peril and one blind to it.

Bajie's breeziness is not only comic but causally pointed. It was his dereliction that left the master unguarded, and now his cheerful denial delays any alarm. Then the pilgrims set off to search — which is precisely the movement the demon has been sitting behind a locked gate waiting for.