第二十八回 · 長老不安 The Uneasy Wait — Journey to the West

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長老不安 The Uneasy Wait

且qiě不bù言yán八bā戒jiè在zài此cǐ睡shuì覺jiào。卻què說shuō長zhǎng老lǎo在zài那nà林lín間jiān耳ěr熱rè眼yǎn跳tiào，身shēn心xīn不bù安ān。急jí回huí叫jiào沙shā僧sēng道dào：「悟wù能néng去qù化huà齋zhāi，怎zěn麼me這zhè早zǎo晚wǎn還hái不bù回huí？」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「師shī父fù，你nǐ還hái不bù曉xiǎo得de哩lī。他tā見jiàn這zhè西xī方fāng上shàng人rén家jiā齋zhāi僧sēng的de多duō，他tā肚dǔ子zi又yòu大dà，他tā管guǎn你nǐ？直zhí等děng他tā吃chī飽bǎo了le才cái來lái哩lī。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「正zhèng是shì呀ya，倘tǎng或huò他tā在zài那nǎ裡lǐ貪tān著zhe吃chī齋zhāi，我wǒ們men那nǎ裡lǐ會huì他tā？天tiān色sè晚wǎn了le，此cǐ間jiān不bú是shì個gè住zhù處chù，須xū要yào尋xún個gè下xià處chù方fāng好hǎo哩lī。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「不bù打dǎ緊jǐn，師shī父fù，你nǐ且qiě坐zuò在zài這zhè裡lǐ，等děng我wǒ去qù尋xún他tā來lái。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì。有yǒu齋zhāi沒méi齋zhāi罷bà了le，只zhǐ是shì尋xún下xià處chù要yào緊jǐn。」沙shā僧sēng綽chuò了le寶bǎo杖zhàng，徑jìng出chū松sōng林lín來lái找zhǎo八bā戒jiè。且qiě不bù言yán八bā戒jiè在zài此cǐ睡shuì觉jiào。却què说shuō长zhǎng老lǎo在zài那nà林lín间jiān耳ěr热rè眼yǎn跳tiào，身shēn心xīn不bù安ān。急jí回huí叫jiào沙shā僧sēng道dào：「悟wù能néng去qù化huà斋zhāi，怎zěn么me这zhè早zǎo晚wǎn还hái不bù回huí？」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「师shī父fù，你nǐ还hái不bù晓xiǎo得de哩lī。他tā见jiàn这zhè西xī方fāng上shàng人rén家jiā斋zhāi僧sēng的de多duō，他tā肚dǔ子zi又yòu大dà，他tā管guǎn你nǐ？直zhí等děng他tā吃chī饱bǎo了le才cái来lái哩lī。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「正zhèng是shì呀ya，倘tǎng或huò他tā在zài那nǎ里lǐ贪tān著zhe吃chī斋zhāi，我wǒ们men那nǎ里lǐ会huì他tā？天tiān色sè晚wǎn了le，此cǐ间jiān不bú是shì个gè住zhù处chù，须xū要yào寻xún个gè下xià处chù方fāng好hǎo哩lī。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「不bù打dǎ紧jǐn，师shī父fù，你nǐ且qiě坐zuò在zài这zhè里lǐ，等děng我wǒ去qù寻xún他tā来lái。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì。有yǒu斋zhāi没méi斋zhāi罢bà了le，只zhǐ是shì寻xún下xià处chù要yào紧jǐn。」沙shā僧sēng绰chuò了le宝bǎo杖zhàng，径jìng出chū松sōng林lín来lái找zhǎo八bā戒jiè。

逐句解 Line by line

且qiě不bù言yán八bā戒jiè在zài此cǐ睡shuì覺jiào。卻què說shuō長zhǎng老lǎo在zài那nà林lín間jiān耳ěr熱rè眼yǎn跳tiào，身shēn心xīn不bù安ān。且qiě不bù言yán八bā戒jiè在zài此cǐ睡shuì觉jiào。却què说shuō长zhǎng老lǎo在zài那nà林lín间jiān耳ěr热rè眼yǎn跳tiào，身shēn心xīn不bù安ān。

But let us say no more of Bajie sleeping here. The elder, meanwhile, sat in the woods with burning ears and twitching eyes, uneasy in body and mind.

睡覺 jiào (“sleep”), not jué. 長老 zhǎng; 那 nà. 耳熱眼跳 — the folk omens of impending trouble.

急jí回huí叫jiào沙shā僧sēng道dào：「悟wù能néng去qù化huà齋zhāi，怎zěn麼me這zhè早zǎo晚wǎn還hái不bù回huí？」急jí回huí叫jiào沙shā僧sēng道dào：「悟wù能néng去qù化huà斋zhāi，怎zěn么me这zhè早zǎo晚wǎn还hái不bù回huí？」

Quickly he turned and called to Sha Monk, “Wuneng went to beg food — why is it so late and he still not back?”

悟能 Bajie's dharma-name. 還 hái (“still”).

沙shā僧sēng道dào：「師shī父fù，你nǐ還hái不bù曉xiǎo得de哩lī。他tā見jiàn這zhè西xī方fāng上shàng人rén家jiā齋zhāi僧sēng的de多duō，他tā肚dǔ子zi又yòu大dà，他tā管guǎn你nǐ？直zhí等děng他tā吃chī飽bǎo了le才cái來lái哩lī。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「师shī父fù，你nǐ还hái不bù晓xiǎo得de哩lī。他tā见jiàn这zhè西xī方fāng上shàng人rén家jiā斋zhāi僧sēng的de多duō，他tā肚dǔ子zi又yòu大dà，他tā管guǎn你nǐ？直zhí等děng他tā吃chī饱bǎo了le才cái来lái哩lī。」

Said Sha Monk, “Master, you still don't understand. He's seen how many households out here in the West feed monks, and with a belly that big, does he give a thought to you? He won't come back till he's eaten his fill.”

還 hái; 曉得 de; 肚子 zi. Sha Monk's dry read of Bajie's appetite — wrong in the particulars, right about the man.

三sān藏zàng道dào：「正zhèng是shì呀ya，倘tǎng或huò他tā在zài那nǎ裡lǐ貪tān著zhe吃chī齋zhāi，我wǒ們men那nǎ裡lǐ會huì他tā？天tiān色sè晚wǎn了le，此cǐ間jiān不bú是shì個gè住zhù處chù，須xū要yào尋xún個gè下xià處chù方fāng好hǎo哩lī。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「正zhèng是shì呀ya，倘tǎng或huò他tā在zài那nǎ里lǐ贪tān著zhe吃chī斋zhāi，我wǒ们men那nǎ里lǐ会huì他tā？天tiān色sè晚wǎn了le，此cǐ间jiān不bú是shì个gè住zhù处chù，须xū要yào寻xún个gè下xià处chù方fāng好hǎo哩lī。」

Said Tripitaka, “Just so. But if he is off somewhere gorging on alms-food, how are we to meet up with him? The day grows late, this is no place to stay, and we had best find lodging.”

三藏 zàng; 那裡 nǎ (“somewhere / how”, twice); 貪著 zhe.

沙shā僧sēng道dào：「不bù打dǎ緊jǐn，師shī父fù，你nǐ且qiě坐zuò在zài這zhè裡lǐ，等děng我wǒ去qù尋xún他tā來lái。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì。有yǒu齋zhāi沒méi齋zhāi罷bà了le，只zhǐ是shì尋xún下xià處chù要yào緊jǐn。」沙shā僧sēng綽chuò了le寶bǎo杖zhàng，徑jìng出chū松sōng林lín來lái找zhǎo八bā戒jiè。沙shā僧sēng道dào：「不bù打dǎ紧jǐn，师shī父fù，你nǐ且qiě坐zuò在zài这zhè里lǐ，等děng我wǒ去qù寻xún他tā来lái。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì。有yǒu斋zhāi没méi斋zhāi罢bà了le，只zhǐ是shì寻xún下xià处chù要yào紧jǐn。」沙shā僧sēng绰chuò了le宝bǎo杖zhàng，径jìng出chū松sōng林lín来lái找zhǎo八bā戒jiè。

Said Sha Monk, “No matter, Master — you sit here a while, and I'll go find him.” “Quite right, quite right,” said Tripitaka. “Food or no food, let it go; finding lodging is what matters.” Sha Monk gripped his precious staff and went straight out of the pines to look for Bajie.

三藏 zàng. And so the second disciple departs — the master is now to be left wholly alone.

總評 Commentary

The passage tightens the trap one turn further. Tripitaka's “burning ears and twitching eyes” are the traditional bodily omens of danger, and his instinct is sound; but the remedy he chooses — sending Sha Monk after Bajie — strips away his last protector. Each reasonable, ordinary decision (wait for food, then seek the missing disciple, then find lodging) removes another guardian, until the master sits alone in a forest he has himself warned holds demons.

Sha Monk's characterization of Bajie is the comic ballast beneath the mounting dread. His theory — that Bajie is simply off eating — is both affectionately exact and completely wrong, and the gap between the disciples' easy assumptions and the reader's foreknowledge is where the chapter's suspense now lives.