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四健將迎
The Four Marshals
大聖聞此言，更十分惱怒道：「洞中有甚麼人執事？」群妖道：「還有馬、流二元帥，崩、芭二將軍管著哩。」大聖道：「你們去報他知道，說我來了。」那些小妖，撞入門內報道：「大聖爺爺來家了。」那馬、流、奔、芭聞報，忙出門叩頭，迎接進洞。大聖坐在中間，群怪羅拜於前，啟道：「大聖爺爺，近聞得你得了性命，保唐僧往西天取經，如何不走西方，卻回本山？」大聖道：「小的們，你不知道，那唐三藏不識賢愚：我為他一路上捉怪擒魔，使盡了平生的手段，幾番家打殺妖精；他說我行兇作惡，不要我做徒弟，把我逐趕回來，寫立貶書為照，永不聽用了。」大圣闻此言，更十分恼怒道：「洞中有甚么人执事？」群妖道：「还有马、流二元帅，崩、芭二将军管著哩。」大圣道：「你们去报他知道，说我来了。」那些小妖，撞入门内报道：「大圣爷爷来家了。」那马、流、奔、芭闻报，忙出门叩头，迎接进洞。大圣坐在中间，群怪罗拜于前，启道：「大圣爷爷，近闻得你得了性命，保唐僧往西天取经，如何不走西方，却回本山？」大圣道：「小的们，你不知道，那唐三藏不识贤愚：我为他一路上捉怪擒魔，使尽了平生的手段，几番家打杀妖精；他说我行凶作恶，不要我做徒弟，把我逐赶回来，写立贬书为照，永不听用了。」
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大聖聞此言，更十分惱怒道：「洞中有甚麼人執事？」
大圣闻此言，更十分恼怒道：「洞中有甚么人执事？」
When the Great Sage heard this, his anger flared the more, and he said, “Who is in charge within the cave?”
更 gèng; 十分 fēn; 洞中 zhōng; 甚麼 shén.
群妖道：「還有馬、流二元帥，崩、芭二將軍管著哩。」
群妖道：「还有马、流二元帅，崩、芭二将军管著哩。」
The fiends said, “Marshals Ma and Liu are still here, and Generals Beng and Ba are in charge.”
還 hái; 將軍 jiāng; 管著 zhe (continuous). The four commanders Ma, Liu, Beng, Ba (馬流二元帥、崩芭二將軍) from the early chapters.
大聖道：「你們去報他知道，說我來了。」
大圣道：「你们去报他知道，说我来了。」
Said the Great Sage, “Go and let them know I have come.”
Wukong sends word ahead to his old commanders.
那些小妖，撞入門內報道：「大聖爺爺來家了。」
那些小妖，撞入门内报道：「大圣爷爷来家了。」
The little fiends rushed in through the gate to report, “Grandfather Great Sage has come home!”
那些 deictic.
那馬、流、奔、芭聞報，忙出門叩頭，迎接進洞。
那马、流、奔、芭闻报，忙出门叩头，迎接进洞。
Hearing the news, Ma, Liu, Ben, and Ba hurried out through the gate to kowtow and usher him into the cave.
那 deictic. (奔 here for 崩.)
大聖坐在中間，群怪羅拜於前，啟道：「大聖爺爺，近聞得你得了性命，保唐僧往西天取經，如何不走西方，卻回本山？」
大圣坐在中间，群怪罗拜于前，启道：「大圣爷爷，近闻得你得了性命，保唐僧往西天取经，如何不走西方，却回本山？」
The Great Sage took his seat in the midst of them, and the throng of monsters bowed in ranks before him and said, “Grandfather Great Sage, of late we heard that you had won back your life and were guarding the Tang Monk on his way to fetch the scriptures from the Western Heaven. Why do you not press on westward, but have come back instead to your own mountain?”
坐在中間 zhōng/jiān; 聞得 de, 得了 dé (two 得, distinct readings).
大聖道：「小的們，你不知道，那唐三藏不識賢愚：我為他一路上捉怪擒魔，使盡了平生的手段，幾番家打殺妖精；
大圣道：「小的们，你不知道，那唐三藏不识贤愚：我为他一路上捉怪擒魔，使尽了平生的手段，几番家打杀妖精；
Said the Great Sage, “My children, you do not know it — that Tang Sanzang cannot tell the worthy from the wicked. Along the whole road I caught the demons and seized the fiends for him, spending the utmost skill of my life, and time and again I struck the goblins dead;
那 deictic; 三藏 zàng; 我為他 wèi (“for him”); 盡 jìn.
他說我行兇作惡，不要我做徒弟，把我逐趕回來，寫立貶書為照，永不聽用了。」
他说我行凶作恶，不要我做徒弟，把我逐赶回来，写立贬书为照，永不听用了。」
yet he said I did violence and worked evil, would have me no longer for his disciple, drove me back here, and set down a writ of banishment as proof, never to employ me again.”
行兇 xíng; 為照 wéi (“as proof”). 貶書 the writ of dismissal Tripitaka issued at the close of ch. 27.
總評 Commentary
Grief hardens into grievance. Received back into his cave by the four surviving commanders and the throng of monsters, Wukong resumes his throne, and their first question — why has he abandoned the westward journey? — lets him tell his side of the ch. 27 rupture. His account is aggrieved and one-sided: he served faithfully, killed faithfully, and was cast out for it by a master who “cannot tell the worthy from the wicked.”
The passage is the pivot on which the chapter's two threads turn. Wukong's version of events — that his killing was righteous demon-slaying, misjudged as murder — is exactly the reading the monkeys' suffering has just prepared us to accept. But the novel keeps a cooler distance: the “writ of banishment” is real, and so is the fact that Wukong has chosen his wounded pride and his old kingship over the discipline of the road. The four marshals' welcome restores him to what he was before the pilgrimage began — which is precisely the regression the chapter will measure the cost of.