第二十九回 · 斗來窟窿 The Cave Door Smashed — Journey to the West

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斗來窟窿 The Cave Door Smashed

他tā兩liǎng個gè不bù多duō時shí到dào了le洞dòng口kǒu，按àn落luò雲yún頭tóu。八bā戒jiè掣chè鈀pá，往wǎng那nà波bō月yuè洞dòng的de門mén上shàng盡jìn力lì氣qì一yí築zhù，把bǎ他tā那nà石shí門mén築zhù了le斗dǒu來lái大dà小xiǎo的de個gè窟kū窿lóng。嚇xià得de那nà把bǎ門mén的de小xiǎo妖yāo開kāi門mén，看kàn見jiàn是shì他tā兩liǎng個gè，急jí跑pǎo進jìn去qù報bào道dào：「大dà王wáng，不bù好hǎo了le，那nà長cháng嘴zuǐ大dà耳ěr的de和hé尚shàng，與yǔ那nà晦huì色sè氣qì臉liǎn的de和hé尚shàng，又yòu來lái把bǎ門mén都dōu打dǎ破pò了le。」那nà怪guài驚jīng道dào：「這zhè個gè還hái是shì豬zhū八bā戒jiè、沙shā和hé尚shàng二èr人rén。我wǒ饒ráo了le他tā師shī父fù，怎zěn麼me又yòu敢gǎn復fù來lái打dǎ我wǒ的de門mén？」小xiǎo妖yāo道dào：「想xiǎng是shì忘wàng了le甚shén麼me物wù件jiàn，來lái取qǔ的de。」老lǎo怪guài咄duō的de一yì聲shēng道dào：「胡hú纏chán，忘wàng了le物wù件jiàn，就jiù敢gǎn打dǎ上shàng門mén來lái？必bì有yǒu緣yuán故gù。」他tā两liǎng个gè不bù多duō时shí到dào了le洞dòng口kǒu，按àn落luò云yún头tóu。八bā戒jiè掣chè钯pá，往wǎng那nà波bō月yuè洞dòng的de门mén上shàng尽jìn力lì气qì一yí筑zhù，把bǎ他tā那nà石shí门mén筑zhù了le斗dǒu来lái大dà小xiǎo的de个gè窟kū窿lóng。吓xià得de那nà把bǎ门mén的de小xiǎo妖yāo开kāi门mén，看kàn见jiàn是shì他tā两liǎng个gè，急jí跑pǎo进jìn去qù报bào道dào：「大dà王wáng，不bù好hǎo了le，那nà长cháng嘴zuǐ大dà耳ěr的de和hé尚shàng，与yǔ那nà晦huì色sè气qì脸liǎn的de和hé尚shàng，又yòu来lái把bǎ门mén都dōu打dǎ破pò了le。」那nà怪guài惊jīng道dào：「这zhè个gè还hái是shì猪zhū八bā戒jiè、沙shā和hé尚shàng二èr人rén。我wǒ饶ráo了le他tā师shī父fù，怎zěn么me又yòu敢gǎn复fù来lái打dǎ我wǒ的de门mén？」小xiǎo妖yāo道dào：「想xiǎng是shì忘wàng了le甚shén么me物wù件jiàn，来lái取qǔ的de。」老lǎo怪guài咄duō的de一yì声shēng道dào：「胡hú缠chán，忘wàng了le物wù件jiàn，就jiù敢gǎn打dǎ上shàng门mén来lái？必bì有yǒu缘yuán故gù。」

逐句解 Line by line

他tā兩liǎng個gè不bù多duō時shí到dào了le洞dòng口kǒu，按àn落luò雲yún頭tóu。八bā戒jiè掣chè鈀pá，往wǎng那nà波bō月yuè洞dòng的de門mén上shàng盡jìn力lì氣qì一yí築zhù，把bǎ他tā那nà石shí門mén築zhù了le斗dǒu來lái大dà小xiǎo的de個gè窟kū窿lóng。他tā两liǎng个gè不bù多duō时shí到dào了le洞dòng口kǒu，按àn落luò云yún头tóu。八bā戒jiè掣chè钯pá，往wǎng那nà波bō月yuè洞dòng的de门mén上shàng尽jìn力lì气qì一yí筑zhù，把bǎ他tā那nà石shí门mén筑zhù了le斗dǒu来lái大dà小xiǎo的de个gè窟kū窿lóng。

In no long time the two of them reached the cave-mouth and set down their clouds. Eight Rules drew his rake and, with all his strength, dealt a blow against the door of the Wave-Moon Cave, driving in that stone door a hole the size of a peck-measure.

按落雲頭 = "to bring [their] cloud-heads down [to land]." 盡力氣一築 (盡 = jìn) = "with all [his] strength, one blow"; 斗來大小 (斗 = dǒu, a dry measure of some ten liters) = "about the size of a peck." Eight Rules announces their return by smashing the demon's very door.

嚇xià得de那nà把bǎ門mén的de小xiǎo妖yāo開kāi門mén，看kàn見jiàn是shì他tā兩liǎng個gè，急jí跑pǎo進jìn去qù報bào道dào：「大dà王wáng，不bù好hǎo了le，那nà長cháng嘴zuǐ大dà耳ěr的de和hé尚shàng，與yǔ那nà晦huì色sè氣qì臉liǎn的de和hé尚shàng，又yòu來lái把bǎ門mén都dōu打dǎ破pò了le。」吓xià得de那nà把bǎ门mén的de小xiǎo妖yāo开kāi门mén，看kàn见jiàn是shì他tā两liǎng个gè，急jí跑pǎo进jìn去qù报bào道dào：「大dà王wáng，不bù好hǎo了le，那nà长cháng嘴zuǐ大dà耳ěr的de和hé尚shàng，与yǔ那nà晦huì色sè气qì脸liǎn的de和hé尚shàng，又yòu来lái把bǎ门mén都dōu打dǎ破pò了le。」

So startled was the little imp on gate-duty that he opened the door, saw it was the two of them, and ran hastily in to report: 'Great King, this is bad! That long-snouted, big-eared monk, and that dusky, sour-faced monk, have come again and smashed the door right through!'

嚇得 (得 = de) = "frightened to the point that"; 把門的小妖 = "the door-keeping imp." 那長嘴大耳 (長 = cháng) = "the long-snouted, big-eared [one]" (Eight Rules); 晦色氣臉 = "murky-hued, sullen-faced" (Sha Monk); 都 (dōu) 打破 = "smashed [it] right through."

那nà怪guài驚jīng道dào：「這zhè個gè還hái是shì豬zhū八bā戒jiè、沙shā和hé尚shàng二èr人rén。我wǒ饒ráo了le他tā師shī父fù，怎zěn麼me又yòu敢gǎn復fù來lái打dǎ我wǒ的de門mén？」那nà怪guài惊jīng道dào：「这zhè个gè还hái是shì猪zhū八bā戒jiè、沙shā和hé尚shàng二èr人rén。我wǒ饶ráo了le他tā师shī父fù，怎zěn么me又yòu敢gǎn复fù来lái打dǎ我wǒ的de门mén？」

The demon said in alarm, 'These are still those two, Zhu Bajie and Monk Sha. I spared their master — how do they dare come again and beat upon my door?'

這個還是 (還 = hái) = "these are still/again"; 復來 = "to come again." The demon's puzzlement — that the two he let go should return — sets up the confrontation over the letter he does not yet know about.

小xiǎo妖yāo道dào：「想xiǎng是shì忘wàng了le甚shén麼me物wù件jiàn，來lái取qǔ的de。」小xiǎo妖yāo道dào：「想xiǎng是shì忘wàng了le甚shén么me物wù件jiàn，来lái取qǔ的de。」

The little imp said, 'Perhaps they forgot some thing and have come to fetch it.'

忘了 (了 = le) = "forgot"; 甚麼 (甚 = shén) 物件 = "what object, some thing." The imp's naïve guess is the comic foil to the demon's suspicion.

老lǎo怪guài咄duō的de一yì聲shēng道dào：「胡hú纏chán，忘wàng了le物wù件jiàn，就jiù敢gǎn打dǎ上shàng門mén來lái？必bì有yǒu緣yuán故gù。」老lǎo怪guài咄duō的de一yì声shēng道dào：「胡hú缠chán，忘wàng了le物wù件jiàn，就jiù敢gǎn打dǎ上shàng门mén来lái？必bì有yǒu缘yuán故gù。」

The old demon gave a snort: 'Nonsense! Would they dare come beating at my door for a forgotten thing? There must be a reason.'

咄的一聲 (咄 = duō, a snort of contempt) = "with a snort"; 胡纏 = "nonsense, absurd tangle." 必有緣故 = "there must be a cause." The demon's shrewd guess — that so bold a return must have a reason — is proved right by what follows.

總評 Commentary

The pilgrims announce their return in Eight Rules' characteristic idiom: not by parley but by smashing the demon's stone door with a single blow of the rake, driving a hole in it "the size of a peck." The little imp's frightened report — of the "long-snouted, big-eared" monk and his "dusky, sour-faced" companion — restores the low, comic register after the earnest departure-verse, and the exchange that follows plays the imp's naïve guess (perhaps they forgot something) against the old demon's shrewder instinct.

That instinct is worth marking, for the Yellow-Robe Ogre is no mere brute. He at once dismisses the imp's easy explanation — would monks he had already spared dare beat down his door for a forgotten trifle? — and concludes, rightly, that "there must be a reason." The demon's intelligence has been a feature of the whole episode (it was he who saw through the disciples earlier, and he who let their master go), and it lends the coming fight the weight of a contest between worthy antagonists rather than a rout of the stupid by the strong.