第二十八回 · 金光遠望 The Golden Glow — Journey to the West

原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

金光遠望 The Golden Glow

這zhè一yì回huí，也yě是shì唐táng僧sēng不bù該gāi死sǐ。他tā兩liǎng個gè尋xún一yí會huì不bú見jiàn，忽hū見jiàn那nà正zhèng南nán下xià有yǒu金jīn光guāng閃shǎn灼zhuó，八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì啊a，有yǒu福fú的de只zhǐ是shì有yǒu福fú，你nǐ看kàn師shī父fù往wǎng他tā家jiā去qù了le。那nà放fàng光guāng的de是shì座zuò寶bǎo塔tǎ，誰shuí敢gǎn怠dài慢màn？一yí定dìng要yào安ān排pái齋zhāi飯fàn，留liú他tā在zài那nǎ裡lǐ受shòu用yòng。我wǒ們men還hái不bù走zǒu動dòng些xiē，也yě趕gǎn上shàng去qù吃chī些xiē齋zhāi兒er。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「哥gē啊a，定dìng不bù得de吉jí兇xiōng哩lī，我wǒ們men且qiě去qù看kàn來lái。」这zhè一yì回huí，也yě是shì唐táng僧sēng不bù该gāi死sǐ。他tā两liǎng个gè寻xún一yí会huì不bú见jiàn，忽hū见jiàn那nà正zhèng南nán下xià有yǒu金jīn光guāng闪shǎn灼zhuó，八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì啊a，有yǒu福fú的de只zhǐ是shì有yǒu福fú，你nǐ看kàn师shī父fù往wǎng他tā家jiā去qù了le。那nà放fàng光guāng的de是shì座zuò宝bǎo塔tǎ，谁shuí敢gǎn怠dài慢màn？一yí定dìng要yào安ān排pái斋zhāi饭fàn，留liú他tā在zài那nǎ里lǐ受shòu用yòng。我wǒ们men还hái不bù走zǒu动dòng些xiē，也yě赶gǎn上shàng去qù吃chī些xiē斋zhāi儿er。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「哥gē啊a，定dìng不bù得de吉jí凶xiōng哩lī，我wǒ们men且qiě去qù看kàn来lái。」

逐句解 Line by line

這zhè一yì回huí，也yě是shì唐táng僧sēng不bù該gāi死sǐ。他tā兩liǎng個gè尋xún一yí會huì不bú見jiàn，忽hū見jiàn那nà正zhèng南nán下xià有yǒu金jīn光guāng閃shǎn灼zhuó，这zhè一yì回huí，也yě是shì唐táng僧sēng不bù该gāi死sǐ。他tā两liǎng个gè寻xún一yí会huì不bú见jiàn，忽hū见jiàn那nà正zhèng南nán下xià有yǒu金jīn光guāng闪shǎn灼zhuó，

This time, too, it was not the Tang Monk's fate to die. The two of them searched a while without success, when suddenly they saw, off to the due south, a golden light flashing and glinting.

不該死 — the narrator's assurance that the master will survive this ordeal. 那 nà.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì啊a，有yǒu福fú的de只zhǐ是shì有yǒu福fú，你nǐ看kàn師shī父fù往wǎng他tā家jiā去qù了le。那nà放fàng光guāng的de是shì座zuò寶bǎo塔tǎ，誰shuí敢gǎn怠dài慢màn？八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì啊a，有yǒu福fú的de只zhǐ是shì有yǒu福fú，你nǐ看kàn师shī父fù往wǎng他tā家jiā去qù了le。那nà放fàng光guāng的de是shì座zuò宝bǎo塔tǎ，谁shuí敢gǎn怠dài慢màn？

Said Bajie, “Brother, the lucky are just plain lucky — look, the master's gone off to somebody's house. That shining thing is a pagoda, and who would dare treat a monk shabbily there?

那 nà. Bajie reads the same golden light that lured Tripitaka, and just as wrongly.

一yí定dìng要yào安ān排pái齋zhāi飯fàn，留liú他tā在zài那nǎ裡lǐ受shòu用yòng。我wǒ們men還hái不bù走zǒu動dòng些xiē，也yě趕gǎn上shàng去qù吃chī些xiē齋zhāi兒er。」一yí定dìng要yào安ān排pái斋zhāi饭fàn，留liú他tā在zài那nǎ里lǐ受shòu用yòng。我wǒ们men还hái不bù走zǒu动dòng些xiē，也yě赶gǎn上shàng去qù吃chī些xiē斋zhāi儿er。」

They're bound to lay on a vegetarian feast and keep him there to enjoy it. Why don't we step lively and catch up to eat some alms-food too?”

那裡 nǎ; 還 hái; 齋兒 er. Bajie's hunger converts the danger into an invitation to a meal.

沙shā僧sēng道dào：「哥gē啊a，定dìng不bù得de吉jí兇xiōng哩lī，我wǒ們men且qiě去qù看kàn來lái。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「哥gē啊a，定dìng不bù得de吉jí凶xiōng哩lī，我wǒ们men且qiě去qù看kàn来lái。」

Said Sha Monk, “Brother, there's no telling good from ill in this — let's just go and see.”

定不得 de (potential complement, “cannot determine”). Sha Monk's caution against Bajie's optimism.

總評 Commentary

The narrator's aside — “it was not the Tang Monk's fate to die” — is a characteristic reassurance of the genre, and it frees the reader to enjoy the irony without dread: the golden light that seduced the master now seduces Bajie, who reads it as a pagoda laying on a feast. The same false gleam pulls the whole party, one by one, toward the cave.

Sha Monk again supplies the sober counterweight — “no telling good from ill” — but even his caution moves them forward, toward the gate. The chapter's machinery is relentless and quiet: every reasonable step, hungry or wary, carries the disciples closer to the demon who is counting on their arrival.