第三十回 · 請猴王來 Fetch the Monkey King — Journey to the West

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請猴王來 Fetch the Monkey King

小xiǎo龍lóng沉chén吟yín半bàn晌shǎng，又yòu滴dī淚lèi道dào：「師shī兄xiōng啊a，莫mò說shuō散sàn火huǒ的de話huà。若ruò要yào救jiù得dé師shī父fù，你nǐ只zhǐ去qù請qǐng個gè人rén來lái。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「教jiào我wǒ請qǐng誰shuí麼me？」小xiǎo龍lóng道dào：「你nǐ趁chèn早zǎo兒er駕jià雲yún回huí上shàng花huā果guǒ山shān，請qǐng大dà師shī兄xiōng孫sūn行xíng者zhě來lái。他tā還hái有yǒu降xiáng妖yāo的de大dà法fǎ力lì，管guǎn教jiào救jiù了le師shī父fù，也yě與yǔ你nǐ我wǒ報bào得dé這zhè敗bài陣zhèn之zhī仇chóu。」小xiǎo龙lóng沉chén吟yín半bàn晌shǎng，又yòu滴dī泪lèi道dào：「师shī兄xiōng啊a，莫mò说shuō散sàn火huǒ的de话huà。若ruò要yào救jiù得dé师shī父fù，你nǐ只zhǐ去qù请qǐng个gè人rén来lái。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「教jiào我wǒ请qǐng谁shuí么me？」小xiǎo龙lóng道dào：「你nǐ趁chèn早zǎo儿er驾jià云yún回huí上shàng花huā果guǒ山shān，请qǐng大dà师shī兄xiōng孙sūn行xíng者zhě来lái。他tā还hái有yǒu降xiáng妖yāo的de大dà法fǎ力lì，管guǎn教jiào救jiù了le师shī父fù，也yě与yǔ你nǐ我wǒ报bào得dé这zhè败bài阵zhèn之zhī仇chóu。」

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小xiǎo龍lóng沉chén吟yín半bàn晌shǎng，又yòu滴dī淚lèi道dào：「師shī兄xiōng啊a，莫mò說shuō散sàn火huǒ的de話huà。若ruò要yào救jiù得dé師shī父fù，你nǐ只zhǐ去qù請qǐng個gè人rén來lái。」小xiǎo龙lóng沉chén吟yín半bàn晌shǎng，又yòu滴dī泪lèi道dào：「师shī兄xiōng啊a，莫mò说shuō散sàn火huǒ的de话huà。若ruò要yào救jiù得dé师shī父fù，你nǐ只zhǐ去qù请qǐng个gè人rén来lái。」

The little dragon brooded a while, then wept again and said: "Brother, speak no talk of breaking up. If the master is to be saved, you have only to go and fetch a certain one."

沉吟半晌 is to brood, to hesitate a good while before speaking; 救得師父 takes 得 as dé; 散火 takes 散 as sàn. The pause matters — he stops pleading and starts planning.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「教jiào我wǒ請qǐng誰shuí麼me？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「教jiào我wǒ请qǐng谁shuí么me？」

Bajie said: "And whom would you have me fetch?"

教, "bid, have," is jiào. Curiosity is the opening the horse needed.

小xiǎo龍lóng道dào：「你nǐ趁chèn早zǎo兒er駕jià雲yún回huí上shàng花huā果guǒ山shān，請qǐng大dà師shī兄xiōng孫sūn行xíng者zhě來lái。小xiǎo龙lóng道dào：「你nǐ趁chèn早zǎo儿er驾jià云yún回huí上shàng花huā果guǒ山shān，请qǐng大dà师shī兄xiōng孙sūn行xíng者zhě来lái。

The little dragon said: "Get you back, good and early, upon a cloud to the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, and fetch the Eldest Brother, Sun the Pilgrim.

In 趁早兒, good and early, the colloquial 兒 is er. 花果山 is the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, Wukong's home and kingdom; 孫行者, "Sun the Pilgrim," is his religious style, with 行 read xíng.

他tā還hái有yǒu降xiáng妖yāo的de大dà法fǎ力lì，管guǎn教jiào救jiù了le師shī父fù，也yě與yǔ你nǐ我wǒ報bào得dé這zhè敗bài陣zhèn之zhī仇chóu。」他tā还hái有yǒu降xiáng妖yāo的de大dà法fǎ力lì，管guǎn教jiào救jiù了le师shī父fù，也yě与yǔ你nǐ我wǒ报bào得dé这zhè败bài阵zhèn之zhī仇chóu。」

He has yet the great powers to subdue demons, and will surely save the master, and avenge for you and me this defeat besides."

還有 takes 還 as hái; 降妖, to subdue demons, takes 降 as xiáng — not the jiàng of descending; 管教, "will bring it about that…", takes 教 as jiào; 報得這敗陣之仇 takes 得 as dé. Two offers in one sentence: rescue for the master, and revenge for Bajie.

總評 Commentary

The horse's counsel is the hinge of the second half. The crisis cannot be met by the disciples who are present, only by recalling the one who was sent away. It is the practical corollary of the 意馬心猿 couplet — the scattered phases cannot cohere without the Mind-Monkey, so the Mind-Monkey has to be brought back.

Notice that the pitch is aimed at Bajie's appetite for vindication quite as much as at his duty. Wukong will not only save the master but avenge 這敗陣之仇, the humiliation of their defeat. Rescue and revenge are offered together — one to move the master's cause, one to move Bajie.