第二十八回 · 松林開路 Into the Pine Forest — Journey to the West

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松林開路 Into the Pine Forest

卻què說shuō唐táng僧sēng聽tīng信xìn狡jiǎo性xìng，縱zòng放fàng心xīn猿yuán，攀pān鞍ān上shàng馬mǎ。八bā戒jiè前qián邊biān開kāi路lù，沙shā僧sēng挑tiāo著zhe行xíng李lǐ西xī行xíng。過guò了le白bái虎hǔ嶺lǐng，忽hū見jiàn一yí帶dài林lín坵qiū，真zhēn個gè是shì藤téng攀pān葛gé繞rào，柏bǎi翠cuì松sōng青qīng。三sān藏zàng叫jiào道dào：「徒tú弟dì呀ya，山shān路lù崎qí嶇qū，甚shén是shì難nán走zǒu，卻què又yòu松sōng林lín叢cóng簇cù，樹shù木mù森sēn羅luó，切qiè須xū仔zǐ細xì，恐kǒng有yǒu妖yāo邪xié妖yāo獸shòu。」你nǐ看kàn那nà獃dāi子zi抖dǒu擻sǒu精jīng神shén，叫jiào沙shā僧sēng帶dài著zhe馬mǎ，他tā使shǐ釘dīng鈀pá開kāi路lù，領lǐng唐táng僧sēng徑jìng入rù松sōng林lín之zhī內nèi。正zhèng行xíng處chù，那nà長zhǎng老lǎo兜dōu住zhù馬mǎ道dào：「八bā戒jiè，我wǒ這zhè一yí日rì其qí實shí饑jī了le，那nǎ裡lǐ尋xún些xiē齋zhāi飯fàn我wǒ吃chī？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「師shī父fù請qǐng下xià馬mǎ，在zài此cǐ等děng老lǎo豬zhū去qù尋xún。」長zhǎng老lǎo下xià了le馬mǎ，沙shā僧sēng歇xiē了le擔dàn，取qǔ出chū缽bō盂yú，遞dì與yǔ八bā戒jiè。八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ去qù也yě。」長zhǎng老lǎo問wèn：「那nǎ裡lǐ去qù？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「莫mò管guǎn，我wǒ這zhè一yí去qù，鑽zuān冰bīng取qǔ火huǒ尋xún齋zhāi至zhì，壓yā雪xuě求qiú油yóu化huà飯fàn來lái。」却què说shuō唐táng僧sēng听tīng信xìn狡jiǎo性xìng，纵zòng放fàng心xīn猿yuán，攀pān鞍ān上shàng马mǎ。八bā戒jiè前qián边biān开kāi路lù，沙shā僧sēng挑tiāo著zhe行xíng李lǐ西xī行xíng。过guò了le白bái虎hǔ岭lǐng，忽hū见jiàn一yí带dài林lín坵qiū，真zhēn个gè是shì藤téng攀pān葛gé绕rào，柏bǎi翠cuì松sōng青qīng。三sān藏zàng叫jiào道dào：「徒tú弟dì呀ya，山shān路lù崎qí岖qū，甚shén是shì难nán走zǒu，却què又yòu松sōng林lín丛cóng簇cù，树shù木mù森sēn罗luó，切qiè须xū仔zǐ细xì，恐kǒng有yǒu妖yāo邪xié妖yāo兽shòu。」你nǐ看kàn那nà呆dāi子zi抖dǒu擞sǒu精jīng神shén，叫jiào沙shā僧sēng带dài著zhe马mǎ，他tā使shǐ钉dīng钯pá开kāi路lù，领lǐng唐táng僧sēng径jìng入rù松sōng林lín之zhī内nèi。正zhèng行xíng处chù，那nà长zhǎng老lǎo兜dōu住zhù马mǎ道dào：「八bā戒jiè，我wǒ这zhè一yí日rì其qí实shí饥jī了le，那nǎ里lǐ寻xún些xiē斋zhāi饭fàn我wǒ吃chī？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「师shī父fù请qǐng下xià马mǎ，在zài此cǐ等děng老lǎo猪zhū去qù寻xún。」长zhǎng老lǎo下xià了le马mǎ，沙shā僧sēng歇xiē了le担dàn，取qǔ出chū钵bō盂yú，递dì与yǔ八bā戒jiè。八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ去qù也yě。」长zhǎng老lǎo问wèn：「那nǎ里lǐ去qù？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「莫mò管guǎn，我wǒ这zhè一yí去qù，钻zuān冰bīng取qǔ火huǒ寻xún斋zhāi至zhì，压yā雪xuě求qiú油yóu化huà饭fàn来lái。」

逐句解 Line by line

Now the Tang Monk, having listened to his own willful temper and let the Mind-Monkey go, climbed into the saddle and rode on. Bajie broke the trail ahead, and Sha Monk carried the baggage as they journeyed west. Once past White-Tiger Ridge, they suddenly came upon a stretch of wooded hills — truly a place of clambering vines and twining creepers, of cypress green and pine blue.

心猿 the “Mind-Monkey,” Wukong — whose banishment in ch. 27 is what “letting the Mind-Monkey go” names. 挑著 tiāo/zhe; 西行 xíng.

三sān藏zàng叫jiào道dào：「徒tú弟dì呀ya，山shān路lù崎qí嶇qū，甚shén是shì難nán走zǒu，卻què又yòu松sōng林lín叢cóng簇cù，樹shù木mù森sēn羅luó，切qiè須xū仔zǐ細xì，恐kǒng有yǒu妖yāo邪xié妖yāo獸shòu。」三sān藏zàng叫jiào道dào：「徒tú弟dì呀ya，山shān路lù崎qí岖qū，甚shén是shì难nán走zǒu，却què又yòu松sōng林lín丛cóng簇cù，树shù木mù森sēn罗luó，切qiè须xū仔zǐ细xì，恐kǒng有yǒu妖yāo邪xié妖yāo兽shòu。」

Tripitaka called out, “Disciples, the mountain road is rough and terribly hard going, and the pine woods grow thick and the trees stand ranked all round. Take the greatest care — there may be demons and wild beasts here.”

三藏 zàng; 甚是 shén; 難走 nán; 仔細 zǐ. The master's foreboding — justified, and unheeded.

你nǐ看kàn那nà獃dāi子zi抖dǒu擻sǒu精jīng神shén，叫jiào沙shā僧sēng帶dài著zhe馬mǎ，他tā使shǐ釘dīng鈀pá開kāi路lù，領lǐng唐táng僧sēng徑jìng入rù松sōng林lín之zhī內nèi。你nǐ看kàn那nà呆dāi子zi抖dǒu擞sǒu精jīng神shén，叫jiào沙shā僧sēng带dài著zhe马mǎ，他tā使shǐ钉dīng钯pá开kāi路lù，领lǐng唐táng僧sēng径jìng入rù松sōng林lín之zhī内nèi。

Watch, now: that blockhead braced up his spirits, told Sha Monk to lead the horse, and himself broke the trail with his nine-tooth rake, guiding the Tang Monk straight into the pines.

獃子 the “blockhead,” Bajie. 那 nà; 帶著 zhe; 釘鈀 pá (the nine-tooth muckrake).

正zhèng行xíng處chù，那nà長zhǎng老lǎo兜dōu住zhù馬mǎ道dào：「八bā戒jiè，我wǒ這zhè一yí日rì其qí實shí饑jī了le，那nǎ裡lǐ尋xún些xiē齋zhāi飯fàn我wǒ吃chī？」正zhèng行xíng处chù，那nà长zhǎng老lǎo兜dōu住zhù马mǎ道dào：「八bā戒jiè，我wǒ这zhè一yí日rì其qí实shí饥jī了le，那nǎ里lǐ寻xún些xiē斋zhāi饭fàn我wǒ吃chī？」

Just as they went along, the elder reined in his horse and said, “Bajie, I am really famished today. Where might we find some vegetarian food for me to eat?”

那長老 nà (deictic); 長 zhǎng (“elder”). 那裡 nǎ (“where”).

八bā戒jiè道dào：「師shī父fù請qǐng下xià馬mǎ，在zài此cǐ等děng老lǎo豬zhū去qù尋xún。」長zhǎng老lǎo下xià了le馬mǎ，沙shā僧sēng歇xiē了le擔dàn，取qǔ出chū缽bō盂yú，遞dì與yǔ八bā戒jiè。八bā戒jiè道dào：「师shī父fù请qǐng下xià马mǎ，在zài此cǐ等děng老lǎo猪zhū去qù寻xún。」长zhǎng老lǎo下xià了le马mǎ，沙shā僧sēng歇xiē了le担dàn，取qǔ出chū钵bō盂yú，递dì与yǔ八bā戒jiè。

Said Bajie, “Master, please dismount, and wait here while this old Hog goes to look.” The elder got down from his horse, Sha Monk set down his load, took out the alms-bowl, and handed it to Bajie.

長老 zhǎng. 歇了擔 dàn (the carrying-load, noun), not dān.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ去qù也yě。」長zhǎng老lǎo問wèn：「那nǎ裡lǐ去qù？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「莫mò管guǎn，我wǒ這zhè一yí去qù，鑽zuān冰bīng取qǔ火huǒ尋xún齋zhāi至zhì，壓yā雪xuě求qiú油yóu化huà飯fàn來lái。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ去qù也yě。」长zhǎng老lǎo问wèn：「那nǎ里lǐ去qù？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「莫mò管guǎn，我wǒ这zhè一yí去qù，钻zuān冰bīng取qǔ火huǒ寻xún斋zhāi至zhì，压yā雪xuě求qiú油yóu化huà饭fàn来lái。」

“I'm off, then,” said Bajie. “Where are you going?” asked the elder. “Never mind,” said Bajie. “On this errand of mine, I'll bore through ice to strike fire and fetch the meal, press oil from snow and beg the rice back home.”

長老 zhǎng; 那裡 nǎ. 鑽冰取火 / 壓雪求油 — Bajie's boast of doing the impossible, comically undercut by the shirking that follows.

總評 Commentary

The narrator's framing is unusually pointed. Tripitaka “listened to his own willful temper and let the Mind-Monkey go” — the banishment of chapter 27 is named not as justice but as a lapse of the master's own discipline, the “Mind-Monkey” being the allegorical name for the very faculty a pilgrim must not release. The party that enters the forest is thus already diminished, and the master's foreboding about “demons and wild beasts” lands with dramatic irony: he is right, and he is defenseless.

The scene also re-establishes the ordinary comedy of the pilgrimage after the high tragedy of the wind-slaughter. Bajie's grandiose promise to “bore through ice to strike fire” is pure bluster, and the reader already suspects it. The chapter is setting its trap on two levels at once — the demon ahead, and the disciple whose laziness will leave the master alone to meet it.