第二十八回 · 獵戶之害 The Hunters' Toll — Journey to the West

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獵戶之害 The Hunters' Toll

那nà大dà聖shèng聞wén得de此cǐ言yán，愈yù加jiā悽qī慘cǎn。便biàn問wèn：「你nǐ們men還hái有yǒu多duō少shǎo在zài此cǐ山shān上shàng？」群qún猴hóu道dào：「老lǎo者zhě小xiǎo者zhě，只zhǐ有yǒu千qiān把bǎ。」大dà聖shèng道dào：「我wǒ當dāng時shí共gòng有yǒu四sì萬wàn七qī千qiān群qún妖yāo，如rú今jīn都dōu往wǎng那nǎ裡lǐ去qù了le？」群qún猴hóu道dào：「自zì從cóng爺yé爺yé去qù後hòu，這zhè山shān被bèi二èr郎láng菩pú薩sà點diǎn上shàng火huǒ，燒shāo殺shā了le大dà半bàn。我wǒ們men蹲dūn在zài井jǐng裡lǐ，鑽zuān在zài澗jiàn內nèi，藏cáng於yú鐵tiě板bǎn橋qiáo下xià，得dé了le性xìng命mìng。及jí至zhì火huǒ滅miè煙yān消xiāo出chū來lái時shí，又yòu沒méi花huā果guǒ養yǎng贍shàn，難nán以yǐ存cún活huó，別bié處chù又yòu去qù了le一yí半bàn。我wǒ們men這zhè一yí半bàn，捱ái苦kǔ的de住zhù在zài山shān中zhōng。這zhè兩liǎng年nián，又yòu被bèi些xiē打dǎ獵liè的de搶qiǎng了le一yí半bàn去qù也yě。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「他tā搶qiǎng你nǐ去qù何hé幹gàn？」群qún猴hóu道dào：「說shuō起qǐ這zhè獵liè戶hù，可kě恨hèn！他tā把bǎ我wǒ們men中zhòng箭jiàn著zháo槍qiāng的de，中zhòng毒dú打dǎ死sǐ的de，拿ná了le去qù剝bō皮pí剔tī骨gǔ，醬jiàng煮zhǔ醋cù蒸zhēng，油yóu煎jiān鹽yán炒chǎo，當dàng做zuò下xià飯fàn食shí用yòng。或huò有yǒu那nà遭zāo網wǎng的de，遇yù扣kòu的de，夾jiā活huó兒er拿ná去qù了le，教jiào他tā跳tiào圈quān做zuò戲xì，翻fān觔jīn斗dǒu，豎shù蜻qīng蜓tíng，當dāng街jiē上shàng篩shāi鑼luó擂léi鼓gǔ，無wú所suǒ不bù為wéi的de頑wán耍shuǎ。」那nà大dà圣shèng闻wén得de此cǐ言yán，愈yù加jiā凄qī惨cǎn。便biàn问wèn：「你nǐ们men还hái有yǒu多duō少shǎo在zài此cǐ山shān上shàng？」群qún猴hóu道dào：「老lǎo者zhě小xiǎo者zhě，只zhǐ有yǒu千qiān把bǎ。」大dà圣shèng道dào：「我wǒ当dāng时shí共gòng有yǒu四sì万wàn七qī千qiān群qún妖yāo，如rú今jīn都dōu往wǎng那nǎ里lǐ去qù了le？」群qún猴hóu道dào：「自zì从cóng爷yé爷yé去qù后hòu，这zhè山shān被bèi二èr郎láng菩pú萨sà点diǎn上shàng火huǒ，烧shāo杀shā了le大dà半bàn。我wǒ们men蹲dūn在zài井jǐng里lǐ，钻zuān在zài涧jiàn内nèi，藏cáng于yú铁tiě板bǎn桥qiáo下xià，得dé了le性xìng命mìng。及jí至zhì火huǒ灭miè烟yān消xiāo出chū来lái时shí，又yòu没méi花huā果guǒ养yǎng赡shàn，难nán以yǐ存cún活huó，别bié处chù又yòu去qù了le一yí半bàn。我wǒ们men这zhè一yí半bàn，挨ái苦kǔ的de住zhù在zài山shān中zhōng。这zhè两liǎng年nián，又yòu被bèi些xiē打dǎ猎liè的de抢qiǎng了le一yí半bàn去qù也yě。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「他tā抢qiǎng你nǐ去qù何hé干gàn？」群qún猴hóu道dào：「说shuō起qǐ这zhè猎liè户hù，可kě恨hèn！他tā把bǎ我wǒ们men中zhòng箭jiàn著zháo枪qiāng的de，中zhòng毒dú打dǎ死sǐ的de，拿ná了le去qù剥bō皮pí剔tī骨gǔ，酱jiàng煮zhǔ醋cù蒸zhēng，油yóu煎jiān盐yán炒chǎo，当dàng做zuò下xià饭fàn食shí用yòng。或huò有yǒu那nà遭zāo网wǎng的de，遇yù扣kòu的de，夹jiā活huó儿er拿ná去qù了le，教jiào他tā跳tiào圈quān做zuò戏xì，翻fān觔jīn斗dǒu，竖shù蜻qīng蜓tíng，当dāng街jiē上shàng筛shāi锣luó擂léi鼓gǔ，无wú所suǒ不bù为wéi的de顽wán耍shuǎ。」

逐句解 Line by line

那nà大dà聖shèng聞wén得de此cǐ言yán，愈yù加jiā悽qī慘cǎn。便biàn問wèn：「你nǐ們men還hái有yǒu多duō少shǎo在zài此cǐ山shān上shàng？」那nà大dà圣shèng闻wén得de此cǐ言yán，愈yù加jiā凄qī惨cǎn。便biàn问wèn：「你nǐ们men还hái有yǒu多duō少shǎo在zài此cǐ山shān上shàng？」

When the Great Sage heard these words, his sorrow grew keener still. He asked, “How many of you are left on this mountain?”

那 deictic; 聞得 de; 還 hái; 多少 shǎo.

群qún猴hóu道dào：「老lǎo者zhě小xiǎo者zhě，只zhǐ有yǒu千qiān把bǎ。」群qún猴hóu道dào：「老lǎo者zhě小xiǎo者zhě，只zhǐ有yǒu千qiān把bǎ。」

The monkeys said, “Old and young together, only a thousand or so.”

千把 “a thousand-odd.”

大dà聖shèng道dào：「我wǒ當dāng時shí共gòng有yǒu四sì萬wàn七qī千qiān群qún妖yāo，如rú今jīn都dōu往wǎng那nǎ裡lǐ去qù了le？」大dà圣shèng道dào：「我wǒ当dāng时shí共gòng有yǒu四sì万wàn七qī千qiān群qún妖yāo，如rú今jīn都dōu往wǎng那nǎ里lǐ去qù了le？」

Said the Great Sage, “In my day I had a host of forty-seven thousand fiends. Where have they all gone now?”

當時 dāng; 都 dōu; 那裡 nǎ (interrogative “where”). 四萬七千 recalls the monkey-army of the early chapters.

群qún猴hóu道dào：「自zì從cóng爺yé爺yé去qù後hòu，這zhè山shān被bèi二èr郎láng菩pú薩sà點diǎn上shàng火huǒ，燒shāo殺shā了le大dà半bàn。我wǒ們men蹲dūn在zài井jǐng裡lǐ，鑽zuān在zài澗jiàn內nèi，藏cáng於yú鐵tiě板bǎn橋qiáo下xià，得dé了le性xìng命mìng。群qún猴hóu道dào：「自zì从cóng爷yé爷yé去qù后hòu，这zhè山shān被bèi二èr郎láng菩pú萨sà点diǎn上shàng火huǒ，烧shāo杀shā了le大dà半bàn。我wǒ们men蹲dūn在zài井jǐng里lǐ，钻zuān在zài涧jiàn内nèi，藏cáng于yú铁tiě板bǎn桥qiáo下xià，得dé了le性xìng命mìng。

The monkeys said, “After you left us, Grandfather, this mountain was set alight by the Bodhisattva Erlang, and better than half of us were burned to death. Those of us who crouched in the wells, or bored into the gorges, or hid beneath the iron-plank bridge, kept our lives.

藏 cáng (verb, “hid”); 得了 dé (obtained). 鐵板橋 the iron-plank bridge behind the Water-Curtain Cave. The monkeys call Erlang 菩薩 in awe.

及jí至zhì火huǒ滅miè煙yān消xiāo出chū來lái時shí，又yòu沒méi花huā果guǒ養yǎng贍shàn，難nán以yǐ存cún活huó，別bié處chù又yòu去qù了le一yí半bàn。我wǒ們men這zhè一yí半bàn，捱ái苦kǔ的de住zhù在zài山shān中zhōng。這zhè兩liǎng年nián，又yòu被bèi些xiē打dǎ獵liè的de搶qiǎng了le一yí半bàn去qù也yě。」及jí至zhì火huǒ灭miè烟yān消xiāo出chū来lái时shí，又yòu没méi花huā果guǒ养yǎng赡shàn，难nán以yǐ存cún活huó，别bié处chù又yòu去qù了le一yí半bàn。我wǒ们men这zhè一yí半bàn，挨ái苦kǔ的de住zhù在zài山shān中zhōng。这zhè两liǎng年nián，又yòu被bèi些xiē打dǎ猎liè的de抢qiǎng了le一yí半bàn去qù也yě。」

But when the fire had died and the smoke cleared and we came out, there were no more flowers or fruit to keep us fed; we could barely stay alive, and half of what was left went off to other places. This half of us endured the hardship and stayed on the mountain — and these last two years the hunters have carried off half of us again.”

難 nán; 一半 (yí) repeated; 山中 zhōng (locative).

行xíng者zhě道dào：「他tā搶qiǎng你nǐ去qù何hé幹gàn？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「他tā抢qiǎng你nǐ去qù何hé干gàn？」

“What do they carry you off to do?” asked the Pilgrim.

行者 xíng; 何幹 gàn.

群qún猴hóu道dào：「說shuō起qǐ這zhè獵liè戶hù，可kě恨hèn！他tā把bǎ我wǒ們men中zhòng箭jiàn著zháo槍qiāng的de，中zhòng毒dú打dǎ死sǐ的de，拿ná了le去qù剝bō皮pí剔tī骨gǔ，醬jiàng煮zhǔ醋cù蒸zhēng，油yóu煎jiān鹽yán炒chǎo，當dàng做zuò下xià飯fàn食shí用yòng。群qún猴hóu道dào：「说shuō起qǐ这zhè猎liè户hù，可kě恨hèn！他tā把bǎ我wǒ们men中zhòng箭jiàn著zháo枪qiāng的de，中zhòng毒dú打dǎ死sǐ的de，拿ná了le去qù剥bō皮pí剔tī骨gǔ，酱jiàng煮zhǔ醋cù蒸zhēng，油yóu煎jiān盐yán炒chǎo，当dàng做zuò下xià饭fàn食shí用yòng。

The monkeys said, “Speak of these hunters — how hateful they are! Those of us struck by their arrows and pierced by their spears, or poisoned and beaten dead, they carry off to flay and bone, to stew in soy and steam in vinegar, to fry in oil and roast with salt, and eat as a relish with their rice.

中箭/中毒 — 中 zhòng (“struck by / stricken”), not zhōng; 著 zháo (resultative, “struck by”); 當做 dàng (“treat as”), not dāng.

或huò有yǒu那nà遭zāo網wǎng的de，遇yù扣kòu的de，夾jiā活huó兒er拿ná去qù了le，教jiào他tā跳tiào圈quān做zuò戲xì，翻fān觔jīn斗dǒu，豎shù蜻qīng蜓tíng，當dāng街jiē上shàng篩shāi鑼luó擂léi鼓gǔ，無wú所suǒ不bù為wéi的de頑wán耍shuǎ。」或huò有yǒu那nà遭zāo网wǎng的de，遇yù扣kòu的de，夹jiā活huó儿er拿ná去qù了le，教jiào他tā跳tiào圈quān做zuò戏xì，翻fān觔jīn斗dǒu，竖shù蜻qīng蜓tíng，当dāng街jiē上shàng筛shāi锣luó擂léi鼓gǔ，无wú所suǒ不bù为wéi的de顽wán耍shuǎ。」

And some who fall into the nets, or are caught in the snares, they take away alive — making them leap through hoops and put on shows, turn somersaults and stand on their heads, sift gongs and beat drums in the middle of the street, all manner of antics for men's amusement.”

那 deictic; 夾活兒 er (erhua, “alive”); 教 jiào; 觔斗 dǒu (=筋斗); 當街 dāng; 無所不為 wéi (“do everything”) — the following 不 accordingly sandhis to bù before 2nd-tone wéi.

總評 Commentary

The monkeys' report turns from lament to indictment, and its detail is deliberately unbearable. The novel does not spare the reader the kitchen: flayed and boned, stewed and fried, the monkeys are reduced to a relish for men's rice, or kept alive to be made into street-performers. This is the fullest picture the book gives of Flower-Fruit Mountain's fall from paradise — first burned by Heaven's punitive campaign, then starved, then preyed upon by ordinary men. Each halving (“half again… half again”) tolls like a bell.

The passage does careful moral work. By the time Wukong acts, the reader has heard, in the monkeys' own voices, exactly what the hunters do; the coming slaughter will therefore land as retribution rather than mere savagery. Yet the timing is pointed: Wukong has just been banished for killing bandits whom Tripitaka judged to be men, not monsters. The novel sets his monkey-kin's suffering directly against that judgment, inviting sympathy for his fury while leaving the harder question — whether vengeance is justice — open.

Note the grim domestic verbs (醬煮醋蒸、油煎鹽炒) and the circus catalogue (跳圈、翻觔斗、豎蜻蜓、篩鑼擂鼓): the horror is conveyed through the mundane vocabulary of cookery and street-entertainment, which makes it worse, not better.