第二十八回 · 閉門待徒 The Locked Gate — Journey to the West

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閉門待徒 The Locked Gate

老lǎo妖yāo持chí刀dāo又yòu問wèn道dào：「和hé尚shàng，你nǐ一yì行háng有yǒu幾jǐ個gè？終zhōng不bù然rán一yì人rén敢gǎn上shàng西xī天tiān？」三sān藏zàng見jiàn他tā持chí刀dāo，又yòu老lǎo實shí說shuō道dào：「大dà王wáng，我wǒ有yǒu兩liǎng個gè徒tú弟dì，叫jiào做zuò豬zhū八bā戒jiè、沙shā和hé尚shàng，都dōu出chū松sōng林lín化huà齋zhāi去qù了le。還hái有yǒu一yì擔dàn行xíng李lǐ，一yì匹pǐ白bái馬mǎ，都dōu在zài松sōng林lín裡lǐ放fàng著zhe哩lī。」老lǎo妖yāo道dào：「又yòu造zào化huà了le。兩liǎng個gè徒tú弟dì，連lián你nǐ三sān個gè，連lián馬mǎ四sì個gè，夠gòu吃chī一yí頓dùn了le。」小xiǎo妖yāo道dào：「我wǒ們men去qù捉zhuō他tā來lái。」老lǎo妖yāo道dào：「不bú要yào出chū去qù，把bǎ前qián門mén關guān了le。他tā兩liǎng個gè化huà齋zhāi來lái，一yí定dìng尋xún師shī父fù吃chī；尋xún不bú著zháo，一yí定dìng尋xún著zháo我wǒ門mén上shàng。常cháng言yán道dào：『上shàng門mén的de買mǎi賣mài好hǎo做zuò。』且qiě等děng慢màn慢màn的de捉zhuō他tā。」眾zhòng小xiǎo妖yāo把bǎ前qián門mén閉bì了le。老lǎo妖yāo持chí刀dāo又yòu问wèn道dào：「和hé尚shàng，你nǐ一yì行háng有yǒu几jǐ个gè？终zhōng不bù然rán一yì人rén敢gǎn上shàng西xī天tiān？」三sān藏zàng见jiàn他tā持chí刀dāo，又yòu老lǎo实shí说shuō道dào：「大dà王wáng，我wǒ有yǒu两liǎng个gè徒tú弟dì，叫jiào做zuò猪zhū八bā戒jiè、沙shā和hé尚shàng，都dōu出chū松sōng林lín化huà斋zhāi去qù了le。还hái有yǒu一yì担dàn行xíng李lǐ，一yì匹pǐ白bái马mǎ，都dōu在zài松sōng林lín里lǐ放fàng著zhe哩lī。」老lǎo妖yāo道dào：「又yòu造zào化huà了le。两liǎng个gè徒tú弟dì，连lián你nǐ三sān个gè，连lián马mǎ四sì个gè，够gòu吃chī一yí顿dùn了le。」小xiǎo妖yāo道dào：「我wǒ们men去qù捉zhuō他tā来lái。」老lǎo妖yāo道dào：「不bú要yào出chū去qù，把bǎ前qián门mén关guān了le。他tā两liǎng个gè化huà斋zhāi来lái，一yí定dìng寻xún师shī父fù吃chī；寻xún不bú著zháo，一yí定dìng寻xún著zháo我wǒ门mén上shàng。常cháng言yán道dào：『上shàng门mén的de买mǎi卖mài好hǎo做zuò。』且qiě等děng慢màn慢màn的de捉zhuō他tā。」众zhòng小xiǎo妖yāo把bǎ前qián门mén闭bì了le。

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老lǎo妖yāo持chí刀dāo又yòu問wèn道dào：「和hé尚shàng，你nǐ一yì行háng有yǒu幾jǐ個gè？終zhōng不bù然rán一yì人rén敢gǎn上shàng西xī天tiān？」老lǎo妖yāo持chí刀dāo又yòu问wèn道dào：「和hé尚shàng，你nǐ一yì行háng有yǒu几jǐ个gè？终zhōng不bù然rán一yì人rén敢gǎn上shàng西xī天tiān？」

Knife in hand, the old fiend asked again: “Monk, how many are in your party? Surely you'd not dare go up to the Western Heaven alone?”

一行 háng (“in your party/company”) — the second legitimate 行|háng of the chapter, nominal.

三sān藏zàng見jiàn他tā持chí刀dāo，又yòu老lǎo實shí說shuō道dào：「大dà王wáng，我wǒ有yǒu兩liǎng個gè徒tú弟dì，叫jiào做zuò豬zhū八bā戒jiè、沙shā和hé尚shàng，都dōu出chū松sōng林lín化huà齋zhāi去qù了le。三sān藏zàng见jiàn他tā持chí刀dāo，又yòu老lǎo实shí说shuō道dào：「大dà王wáng，我wǒ有yǒu两liǎng个gè徒tú弟dì，叫jiào做zuò猪zhū八bā戒jiè、沙shā和hé尚shàng，都dōu出chū松sōng林lín化huà斋zhāi去qù了le。

Seeing the knife, Tripitaka answered honestly: “Great King, I have two disciples, called Zhu Bajie and Sha Monk, both gone out of the pine wood to beg food.

三藏 zàng; 都 dōu. Tripitaka's guileless truthfulness — which hands the demon his plan.

還hái有yǒu一yì擔dàn行xíng李lǐ，一yì匹pǐ白bái馬mǎ，都dōu在zài松sōng林lín裡lǐ放fàng著zhe哩lī。」还hái有yǒu一yì担dàn行xíng李lǐ，一yì匹pǐ白bái马mǎ，都dōu在zài松sōng林lín里lǐ放fàng著zhe哩lī。」

There's also a load of baggage and a white horse, both left back in the pine wood.”

還 hái; 一擔 dàn (load, noun); 都 dōu; 放著 zhe.

老lǎo妖yāo道dào：「又yòu造zào化huà了le。兩liǎng個gè徒tú弟dì，連lián你nǐ三sān個gè，連lián馬mǎ四sì個gè，夠gòu吃chī一yí頓dùn了le。」老lǎo妖yāo道dào：「又yòu造zào化huà了le。两liǎng个gè徒tú弟dì，连lián你nǐ三sān个gè，连lián马mǎ四sì个gè，够gòu吃chī一yí顿dùn了le。」

Said the old fiend, “What luck again! Two disciples, and you make three, and the horse four — enough for one good meal.”

The demon's arithmetic reduces the pilgrims to portions.

小xiǎo妖yāo道dào：「我wǒ們men去qù捉zhuō他tā來lái。」老lǎo妖yāo道dào：「不bú要yào出chū去qù，把bǎ前qián門mén關guān了le。他tā兩liǎng個gè化huà齋zhāi來lái，一yí定dìng尋xún師shī父fù吃chī；尋xún不bú著zháo，一yí定dìng尋xún著zháo我wǒ門mén上shàng。小xiǎo妖yāo道dào：「我wǒ们men去qù捉zhuō他tā来lái。」老lǎo妖yāo道dào：「不bú要yào出chū去qù，把bǎ前qián门mén关guān了le。他tā两liǎng个gè化huà斋zhāi来lái，一yí定dìng寻xún师shī父fù吃chī；寻xún不bú著zháo，一yí定dìng寻xún著zháo我wǒ门mén上shàng。

Said an imp, “We'll go and catch them.” “Don't go out,” said the old fiend. “Shut the front gate. When those two come back from begging, they're bound to look for their master to eat; and not finding him, they're bound to come seeking right up to my door.

尋不著 / 尋著 zháo (resultative, “find”). The demon's patience — he lets the prey come to him.

常cháng言yán道dào：『上shàng門mén的de買mǎi賣mài好hǎo做zuò。』且qiě等děng慢màn慢màn的de捉zhuō他tā。」眾zhòng小xiǎo妖yāo把bǎ前qián門mén閉bì了le。常cháng言yán道dào：『上shàng门mén的de买mǎi卖mài好hǎo做zuò。』且qiě等děng慢màn慢màn的de捉zhuō他tā。」众zhòng小xiǎo妖yāo把bǎ前qián门mén闭bì了le。

As the saying goes, ‘Business that comes to your door is easy to do.’ Just wait, and we'll catch them at our leisure.” And the little imps shut the front gate.

上門的買賣 — the proverb sealing the ambush; the disciples will deliver themselves.

總評 Commentary

The demon's strategy is built entirely out of Tripitaka's honesty. Asked how many are in the party, the master answers plainly — two disciples, a horse, the baggage, all just back in the wood — and the fiend needs nothing more. He declines to send his imps out, shuts the gate, and simply waits, knowing the disciples must come seeking their master. The trap is now baited with the pilgrim himself.

The proverb the demon quotes — “business that comes to your door is easy to do” — completes the chapter's pattern of predators who let their prey deliver themselves: the fly to the snake's head, the monk blundering into the cave, and now the disciples drawn to the gate. Against such patience, the pilgrims' virtues — loyalty, the instinct to seek their lost master — become the very mechanism of the danger.