邀觀山景 Come See My Mountain
行者聞言,跳下崖來,用手攙住八戒道:「賢弟,累你遠來,且和我耍耍兒去。」八戒道:「哥啊,這個所在路遠,恐師父盼望去遲,我不耍子了。」行者道:「你也是到此一場,看看我的山景何如?」那獃子不敢苦辭,只得隨他走走。行者闻言,跳下崖来,用手搀住八戒道:「贤弟,累你远来,且和我耍耍儿去。」八戒道:「哥啊,这个所在路远,恐师父盼望去迟,我不耍子了。」行者道:「你也是到此一场,看看我的山景何如?」那呆子不敢苦辞,只得随他走走。
逐句解 Line by line
At these words the Pilgrim leapt down from the cliff, took Bajie by the hand, and said: "Worthy brother, you've come a long way for my sake — come, play a while with me first."
攙住 is to take somebody by the arm; in 耍耍兒 the colloquial 兒 is er. He jumps down off the cliff and takes Bajie's hand. The flattery has worked, and Wukong is not going to admit it.
Bajie said: "Brother, this place is far off — I fear the master will be watching for us and we'll be late; I'll not stop to play."
耍子, to play, to dally, takes 子 as the suffix zi; 盼望 is to watch and hope for. For once Bajie is the one trying to get on with the job.
The Pilgrim said: "Since you've come all this way, at least look at my mountain scenery — how do you find it?"
到此一場, "having come all this way" — where 場 is cháng, counting an occasion or an episode rather than naming a place. Wukong is in no hurry whatever, and the host sets the pace.
The blockhead dared not refuse outright, and could only go along with him.
那 is pointing nà; 苦辭 is to decline firmly; 只得, could only, takes 得 as dé. His master is in a cage and he is going on a scenic tour, because he does not dare say no.
The power has shifted back to Wukong. Softened by the flattery and in no hurry at all, he insists on showing Bajie the mountain first — and Bajie, for all his anxiety about the errand, "dares not refuse outright" and has to trail along. The small comedy of a tour imposed by the host on an impatient guest re-establishes who is in charge here, and teasingly delays the resolution the plot is driving toward.