第三十回 · 怒擒獃子 The Cursing and the Capture — Journey to the West

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怒擒獃子 The Cursing and the Capture

行xíng者zhě見jiàn他tā去qù了le，即jí差chāi兩liǎng個gè溜liū撒sā的de小xiǎo猴hóu跟gēn著zhe八bā戒jiè，聽tīng他tā說shuō些xiē甚shén麼me。真zhēn個gè那nà獃dāi子zi下xià了le山shān，不bú上shàng三sān四sì里lǐ路lù，回huí頭tóu指zhǐ著zhe行xíng者zhě，口kǒu裡lǐ罵mà道dào：「這zhè個gè猴hóu子zi，不bú做zuò和hé尚shàng，倒dào做zuò妖yāo怪guài。這zhè個gè猢hú猻sūn，我wǒ好hǎo意yì來lái請qǐng他tā，他tā卻què不bú去qù。你nǐ不bú去qù便biàn罷bà。」走zǒu幾jǐ步bù，又yòu罵mà幾jǐ聲shēng。那nà兩liǎng個gè小xiǎo猴hóu急jí跑pǎo回huí來lái報bào道dào：「大dà聖shèng爺yé爺yé，那nà豬zhū八bā戒jiè不bú大dà老lǎo實shí，他tā走zǒu走zǒu兒er，罵mà幾jǐ聲shēng。」行xíng者zhě大dà怒nù，叫jiào：「拿ná將jiāng來lái！」那nà眾zhòng猴hóu滿mǎn地dì飛fēi來lái趕gǎn上shàng，把bǎ個gè八bā戒jiè扛káng翻fān倒dǎo了le，抓zhuā鬃zōng扯chě耳ěr，拉lā尾wěi揪jiū毛máo，捉zhuō將jiāng回huí去qù。行xíng者zhě见jiàn他tā去qù了le，即jí差chāi两liǎng个gè溜liū撒sā的de小xiǎo猴hóu跟gēn著zhe八bā戒jiè，听tīng他tā说shuō些xiē甚shén么me。真zhēn个gè那nà呆dāi子zi下xià了le山shān，不bú上shàng三sān四sì里lǐ路lù，回huí头tóu指zhǐ著zhe行xíng者zhě，口kǒu里lǐ骂mà道dào：「这zhè个gè猴hóu子zi，不bú做zuò和hé尚shàng，倒dào做zuò妖yāo怪guài。这zhè个gè猢hú狲sūn，我wǒ好hǎo意yì来lái请qǐng他tā，他tā却què不bú去qù。你nǐ不bú去qù便biàn罢bà。」走zǒu几jǐ步bù，又yòu骂mà几jǐ声shēng。那nà两liǎng个gè小xiǎo猴hóu急jí跑pǎo回huí来lái报bào道dào：「大dà圣shèng爷yé爷yé，那nà猪zhū八bā戒jiè不bú大dà老lǎo实shí，他tā走zǒu走zǒu儿er，骂mà几jǐ声shēng。」行xíng者zhě大dà怒nù，叫jiào：「拿ná将jiāng来lái！」那nà众zhòng猴hóu满mǎn地dì飞fēi来lái赶gǎn上shàng，把bǎ个gè八bā戒jiè扛káng翻fān倒dǎo了le，抓zhuā鬃zōng扯chě耳ěr，拉lā尾wěi揪jiū毛máo，捉zhuō将jiāng回huí去qù。

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行xíng者zhě見jiàn他tā去qù了le，即jí差chāi兩liǎng個gè溜liū撒sā的de小xiǎo猴hóu跟gēn著zhe八bā戒jiè，聽tīng他tā說shuō些xiē甚shén麼me。行xíng者zhě见jiàn他tā去qù了le，即jí差chāi两liǎng个gè溜liū撒sā的de小xiǎo猴hóu跟gēn著zhe八bā戒jiè，听tīng他tā说shuō些xiē甚shén么me。

Seeing him gone, the Pilgrim at once dispatched two nimble little monkeys to follow Bajie and hear what he might say.

In 即差 ("at once dispatched") the graph 差 is read chāi ("to send, dispatch"), distinct from the chà of "amiss." In 跟著 the durative 著 is zhe; 甚麼 takes 甚 as shén; 溜撒 is "quick, nimble." Wukong’s spycraft betrays his lingering suspicion.

真zhēn個gè那nà獃dāi子zi下xià了le山shān，不bú上shàng三sān四sì里lǐ路lù，回huí頭tóu指zhǐ著zhe行xíng者zhě，口kǒu裡lǐ罵mà道dào：「這zhè個gè猴hóu子zi，不bú做zuò和hé尚shàng，倒dào做zuò妖yāo怪guài。真zhēn个gè那nà呆dāi子zi下xià了le山shān，不bú上shàng三sān四sì里lǐ路lù，回huí头tóu指zhǐ著zhe行xíng者zhě，口kǒu里lǐ骂mà道dào：「这zhè个gè猴hóu子zi，不bú做zuò和hé尚shàng，倒dào做zuò妖yāo怪guài。

Sure enough, the blockhead had gone down the mountain not three or four li when he turned back, pointed at the Pilgrim, and cursed: "This monkey — instead of being a monk, he plays the demon!

In 指著 the durative 著 is zhe; 倒做妖怪 ("instead plays the demon") takes 倒 as dào (adversative). 那 is deictic nà; 猴子 takes 子 as zi.

這zhè個gè猢hú猻sūn，我wǒ好hǎo意yì來lái請qǐng他tā，他tā卻què不bú去qù。你nǐ不bú去qù便biàn罷bà。」这zhè个gè猢hú狲sūn，我wǒ好hǎo意yì来lái请qǐng他tā，他tā却què不bú去qù。你nǐ不bú去qù便biàn罢bà。」

This ape — I came in good faith to invite him, and he won’t go. Well, then, don’t go!"

猢猻 ("macaque, ape") is a disparaging word for a monkey; 好意, "good faith, kind intent." Bajie vents the resentment he dared not show to Wukong’s face.

走zǒu幾jǐ步bù，又yòu罵mà幾jǐ聲shēng。走zǒu几jǐ步bù，又yòu骂mà几jǐ声shēng。

He’d walk a few steps and curse a few more.

The comic rhythm — a few steps, a few curses — captures Bajie’s petulance exactly.

那nà兩liǎng個gè小xiǎo猴hóu急jí跑pǎo回huí來lái報bào道dào：「大dà聖shèng爺yé爺yé，那nà豬zhū八bā戒jiè不bú大dà老lǎo實shí，他tā走zǒu走zǒu兒er，罵mà幾jǐ聲shēng。」那nà两liǎng个gè小xiǎo猴hóu急jí跑pǎo回huí来lái报bào道dào：「大dà圣shèng爷yé爷yé，那nà猪zhū八bā戒jiè不bú大dà老lǎo实shí，他tā走zǒu走zǒu儿er，骂mà几jǐ声shēng。」

The two little monkeys ran hurrying back to report: "Great Sage, our Lord — that Zhu Bajie isn’t very honest; he walks a bit and curses a few times."

Both instances of 那 are deictic nà; in 走走兒 the colloquial 兒 is er; 不大老實, "not very honest, ill-behaved." The spies’ tattling is played for comedy.

行xíng者zhě大dà怒nù，叫jiào：「拿ná將jiāng來lái！」行xíng者zhě大dà怒nù，叫jiào：「拿ná将jiāng来lái！」

The Pilgrim, in a great rage, cried: "Bring him here!"

In 拿將來 ("bring him here") the directional 將 is jiāng. Wukong’s quick temper flares at the insult.

那nà眾zhòng猴hóu滿mǎn地dì飛fēi來lái趕gǎn上shàng，把bǎ個gè八bā戒jiè扛káng翻fān倒dǎo了le，抓zhuā鬃zōng扯chě耳ěr，拉lā尾wěi揪jiū毛máo，捉zhuō將jiāng回huí去qù。那nà众zhòng猴hóu满mǎn地dì飞fēi来lái赶gǎn上shàng，把bǎ个gè八bā戒jiè扛káng翻fān倒dǎo了le，抓zhuā鬃zōng扯chě耳ěr，拉lā尾wěi揪jiū毛máo，捉zhuō将jiāng回huí去qù。

The whole troop of monkeys came flying over the ground, overtook him, hoisted Bajie up and knocked him flat, and — seizing his mane, tugging his ears, hauling his tail, and yanking his bristles — carried him off back again.

那 is deictic nà; 扛翻倒了 ("hoisted and threw down") takes 倒 as dǎo; in 捉將回去 the directional 將 is jiāng. The tumble of verbs — grabbing, tugging, hauling, yanking — ends the chapter on a scene of comic mayhem.

總評 Commentary

The chapter’s close turns Wukong’s refusal into a cliffhanger through his own temper and spycraft. His dispatch of monkeys to eavesdrop reveals a mind still watchful and unforgiving; Bajie’s compulsive, comic cursing — a few steps, a few oaths — supplies the provocation; and the swarming capture, all grabbed mane and yanked bristles, leaves Bajie hauled back a prisoner just as the chapter ends.

The scene is pure comedy, but it also sustains the suspense the plot requires. With Wukong still refusing the quest and now seizing its messenger, the reconciliation the horse engineered seems to have failed outright — and the reader is left uncertain whether the Mind-Monkey will be recalled at all. The resolution is deliberately withheld for the next chapter.