第三十回 · 獃子懷怨 Bajie's Grievance — Journey to the West

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獃子懷怨 Bajie's Grievance

八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，另lìng請qǐng一yí個gè兒er便biàn罷bà了le。那nà猴hóu子zi與yǔ我wǒ有yǒu些xiē不bú睦mù。前qián者zhě在zài白bái虎hǔ嶺lǐng上shàng，打dǎ殺shā了le那nà白bái骨gǔ夫fū人rén，他tā怪guài我wǒ攛cuān掇duō師shī父fù念niàn緊jǐn箍gū兒er咒zhòu。我wǒ也yě只zhǐ當dāng耍shuǎ子zi，不bù想xiǎng那nà老lǎo和hé尚shàng當dāng真zhēn的de念niàn起qǐ來lái，就jiù把bǎ他tā趕gǎn逐zhú回huí去qù。他tā不bù知zhī怎zěn麼me樣yàng的de惱nǎo我wǒ，他tā也yě決jué不bù肯kěn來lái。倘tǎng或huò言yán語yǔ上shàng略lüè不bù相xiāng對duì，他tā那nà哭kū喪sàng棒bàng又yòu重zhòng，假jiǎ若ruò不bù知zhī高gāo低dī，撈lāo上shàng幾jǐ下xià，我wǒ怎zěn的de活huó得dé成chéng麼me？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，另lìng请qǐng一yí个gè儿er便biàn罢bà了le。那nà猴hóu子zi与yǔ我wǒ有yǒu些xiē不bú睦mù。前qián者zhě在zài白bái虎hǔ岭lǐng上shàng，打dǎ杀shā了le那nà白bái骨gǔ夫fū人rén，他tā怪guài我wǒ撺cuān掇duō师shī父fù念niàn紧jǐn箍gū儿er咒zhòu。我wǒ也yě只zhǐ当dāng耍shuǎ子zi，不bù想xiǎng那nà老lǎo和hé尚shàng当dāng真zhēn的de念niàn起qǐ来lái，就jiù把bǎ他tā赶gǎn逐zhú回huí去qù。他tā不bù知zhī怎zěn么me样yàng的de恼nǎo我wǒ，他tā也yě决jué不bù肯kěn来lái。倘tǎng或huò言yán语yǔ上shàng略lüè不bù相xiāng对duì，他tā那nà哭kū丧sàng棒bàng又yòu重zhòng，假jiǎ若ruò不bù知zhī高gāo低dī，捞lāo上shàng几jǐ下xià，我wǒ怎zěn的de活huó得dé成chéng么me？」

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八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，另lìng請qǐng一yí個gè兒er便biàn罷bà了le。那nà猴hóu子zi與yǔ我wǒ有yǒu些xiē不bú睦mù。八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，另lìng请qǐng一yí个gè儿er便biàn罢bà了le。那nà猴hóu子zi与yǔ我wǒ有yǒu些xiē不bú睦mù。

Bajie said: "Little brother, better fetch some other one. That monkey and I are on poor terms.

In 一個兒 the nominal 兒 is er; 那猴子 takes 那 as deictic nà and 子 as suffixal zi. 不睦 is "not on good terms."

前qián者zhě在zài白bái虎hǔ嶺lǐng上shàng，打dǎ殺shā了le那nà白bái骨gǔ夫fū人rén，他tā怪guài我wǒ攛cuān掇duō師shī父fù念niàn緊jǐn箍gū兒er咒zhòu。前qián者zhě在zài白bái虎hǔ岭lǐng上shàng，打dǎ杀shā了le那nà白bái骨gǔ夫fū人rén，他tā怪guài我wǒ撺cuān掇duō师shī父fù念niàn紧jǐn箍gū儿er咒zhòu。

Before, on White-Tiger Ridge, when he beat the White-Bone Lady to death, he blamed me for egging the master on to recite the Tight-Fillet Spell.

白虎嶺 (White-Tiger Ridge) and the 白骨夫人 (the White-Bone Lady, the demon of the preceding chapters) recall the quarrel that led to Wukong’s banishment. 攛掇 is "to instigate, egg on"; in 緊箍兒咒 ("the Tight-Fillet Spell") the 兒 is suffixal er. 那 is deictic nà.

我wǒ也yě只zhǐ當dāng耍shuǎ子zi，不bù想xiǎng那nà老lǎo和hé尚shàng當dāng真zhēn的de念niàn起qǐ來lái，就jiù把bǎ他tā趕gǎn逐zhú回huí去qù。我wǒ也yě只zhǐ当dāng耍shuǎ子zi，不bù想xiǎng那nà老lǎo和hé尚shàng当dāng真zhēn的de念niàn起qǐ来lái，就jiù把bǎ他tā赶gǎn逐zhú回huí去qù。

I only meant it in jest, but that old monk took it in earnest and set to reciting, and so drove him away.

耍子 ("in play, a joke") takes 子 as suffixal zi; 那老和尚 takes 那 as deictic nà. Bajie admits his part while shifting the blame to Tripitaka’s literal-mindedness.

他tā不bù知zhī怎zěn麼me樣yàng的de惱nǎo我wǒ，他tā也yě決jué不bù肯kěn來lái。他tā不bù知zhī怎zěn么me样yàng的de恼nǎo我wǒ，他tā也yě决jué不bù肯kěn来lái。

There’s no telling how he resents me; he’ll surely never come.

Bajie is certain of Wukong’s grudge — a certainty the horse will turn against him with a clever stratagem.

倘tǎng或huò言yán語yǔ上shàng略lüè不bù相xiāng對duì，他tā那nà哭kū喪sàng棒bàng又yòu重zhòng，假jiǎ若ruò不bù知zhī高gāo低dī，撈lāo上shàng幾jǐ下xià，我wǒ怎zěn的de活huó得dé成chéng麼me？」倘tǎng或huò言yán语yǔ上shàng略lüè不bù相xiāng对duì，他tā那nà哭kū丧sàng棒bàng又yòu重zhòng，假jiǎ若ruò不bù知zhī高gāo低dī，捞lāo上shàng几jǐ下xià，我wǒ怎zěn的de活huó得dé成chéng么me？」

And if a word or two should fail to match, that mourning-staff of his is so heavy — should he lose all sense of measure and fetch me a few blows, how should I come off alive?"

略不相對 ("a word or two fails to match") takes 相 as xiāng; 他那哭喪棒又重 takes 那 as deictic nà and 重 as zhòng ("heavy"); 活得成 takes 得 as dé. 哭喪棒 ("mourning-staff") is Bajie’s jesting name for Wukong’s iron cudgel.

總評 Commentary

Bajie’s objection supplies the chapter’s connective tissue to what precedes it: the quarrel on White-Tiger Ridge, the killing of the White-Bone demon, and Bajie’s own mischief in urging the Tight-Fillet Spell, which had driven Wukong from the company. His reluctance to fetch the monkey is thus rooted in a real and recent grievance, and it explains, retroactively, why the pilgrims have faced this demon without their strongest member.

The passage is also pure comic characterization. Bajie’s fear is entirely for his own skin — the "mourning-staff" and the blows he might take — and his account tidily blames Tripitaka’s literal-mindedness for a spell he himself had provoked. The self-serving evasion is exactly what makes the horse’s coming stratagem necessary.