第三十回 · 獃子東行 Bajie Flies East — Journey to the West

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獃子東行 Bajie Flies East

真zhēn個gè獃dāi子zi收shōu拾shí了le釘dīng鈀pá，整zhěng束shù了le直zhí裰duō，跳tiào將jiāng起qǐ去qù，踏tà著zhe雲yún，徑jìng往wǎng東dōng來lái。這zhè一yì回huí，也yě是shì唐táng僧sēng有yǒu命mìng。那nà獃dāi子zi正zhèng遇yù順shùn風fēng，撐chēng起qǐ兩liǎng個gè耳ěr朵duǒ，好hǎo便biàn似sì風fēng篷péng一yì般bān，早zǎo過guò了le東dōng洋yáng大dà海hǎi，按àn落luò雲yún頭tóu。不bù覺jué的de太tài陽yáng星xīng上shàng，他tā卻què入rù山shān尋xún路lù。真zhēn个gè呆dāi子zi收shōu拾shí了le钉dīng钯pá，整zhěng束shù了le直zhí裰duō，跳tiào将jiāng起qǐ去qù，踏tà著zhe云yún，径jìng往wǎng东dōng来lái。这zhè一yì回huí，也yě是shì唐táng僧sēng有yǒu命mìng。那nà呆dāi子zi正zhèng遇yù顺shùn风fēng，撑chēng起qǐ两liǎng个gè耳ěr朵duǒ，好hǎo便biàn似sì风fēng篷péng一yì般bān，早zǎo过guò了le东dōng洋yáng大dà海hǎi，按àn落luò云yún头tóu。不bù觉jué的de太tài阳yáng星xīng上shàng，他tā却què入rù山shān寻xún路lù。

逐句解 Line by line

真zhēn個gè獃dāi子zi收shōu拾shí了le釘dīng鈀pá，整zhěng束shù了le直zhí裰duō，跳tiào將jiāng起qǐ去qù，踏tà著zhe雲yún，徑jìng往wǎng東dōng來lái。真zhēn个gè呆dāi子zi收shōu拾shí了le钉dīng钯pá，整zhěng束shù了le直zhí裰duō，跳tiào将jiāng起qǐ去qù，踏tà著zhe云yún，径jìng往wǎng东dōng来lái。

The blockhead duly gathered up his nine-tooth rake, cinched his cassock, sprang aloft, trod a cloud, and headed straight east.

釘鈀 is Bajie’s nine-tooth rake; 直裰 his monk’s cassock. In 跳將起去 the directional 將 is jiāng; in 踏著雲 the durative 著 is zhe.

這zhè一yì回huí，也yě是shì唐táng僧sēng有yǒu命mìng。这zhè一yì回huí，也yě是shì唐táng僧sēng有yǒu命mìng。

This time too, Tripitaka was fated to live.

The narrator’s aside again invokes the providence that governs the pilgrim’s survival.

那nà獃dāi子zi正zhèng遇yù順shùn風fēng，撐chēng起qǐ兩liǎng個gè耳ěr朵duǒ，好hǎo便biàn似sì風fēng篷péng一yì般bān，早zǎo過guò了le東dōng洋yáng大dà海hǎi，按àn落luò雲yún頭tóu。那nà呆dāi子zi正zhèng遇yù顺shùn风fēng，撑chēng起qǐ两liǎng个gè耳ěr朵duǒ，好hǎo便biàn似sì风fēng篷péng一yì般bān，早zǎo过guò了le东dōng洋yáng大dà海hǎi，按àn落luò云yún头tóu。

The blockhead met a following wind, spread his two ears like a pair of sails, and was soon across the Eastern Ocean, where he set his cloud down.

撐起兩個耳朵，好便似風篷 ("spread his two ears like wind-sails") is a comic touch — Bajie’s great pig-ears become sails; 似 is read sì. 那 is deictic nà.

不bù覺jué的de太tài陽yáng星xīng上shàng，他tā卻què入rù山shān尋xún路lù。不bù觉jué的de太tài阳yáng星xīng上shàng，他tā却què入rù山shān寻xún路lù。

Before he knew it the sun had risen, and he made his way into the mountains to seek the road.

In 不覺 ("unwittingly, before he knew it") the graph 覺 is read jué (to perceive), not the jiào of "sleep". 太陽星 is "the sun."

總評 Commentary

The passage carries Bajie eastward with comic economy — his enormous ears spread as sails, a following wind, the sea crossed in a stroke. The vernacular novel routinely leavens its transitions with such touches, and here the buffoon’s absurd physiognomy becomes, for a moment, the very engine of his flight. The narrator’s reminder that Tripitaka is "fated to live" quietly assures the reader that this reluctant errand will succeed.