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

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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li，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li，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 — it was not his fate to die — is the narrator stepping in to reassure the reader. He is not going to lose the master, only frighten you with him. It frees you to enjoy the irony instead of dreading it. 那 is 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?

The same golden light that lured Tripitaka now lures Bajie, and he reads it just as wrongly. 有福的 — the lucky are just plain lucky — is him being envious of his own captured master. 那 is nà.

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?”

And his conclusion is that there will be a free meal in it. His hunger converts a demon's cave into an invitation. 齋兒 ends in the curled er; 那裡 takes nǎ; 還 is hái.

沙shā僧sēng道dào：「哥gē啊a，定dìng不bù得de吉jí兇xiōng哩li，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li，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 takes the unstressed de — cannot be determined, there is no telling. Sha Monk is right again, and being right moves them toward the gate just as fast as Bajie's appetite does.

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 about to lay on a feast. The same false gleam pulls the whole party toward the cave, one member at a time.

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