第三十回 · 咬衣泣諫 The Horse Pleads — Journey to the West

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咬衣泣諫 The Horse Pleads

小xiǎo龍lóng聞wén說shuō，一yì口kǒu咬yǎo住zhù他tā直zhí裰duō子zi，那nǎ裡lǐ肯kěn放fàng，止zhǐ不bú住zhù眼yǎn中zhōng滴dī淚lèi道dào：「師shī兄xiōng啊a，你nǐ千qiān萬wàn休xiū生shēng懶lǎn惰duò。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù懶lǎn惰duò便biàn怎zěn麼me？沙shā兄xiōng弟dì已yǐ被bèi他tā拿ná住zhù，我wǒ是shì戰zhàn不bú過guò他tā，不bú趁chèn此cǐ散sàn火huǒ，還hái等děng甚shén麼me？」小xiǎo龙lóng闻wén说shuō，一yì口kǒu咬yǎo住zhù他tā直zhí裰duō子zi，那nǎ里lǐ肯kěn放fàng，止zhǐ不bú住zhù眼yǎn中zhōng滴dī泪lèi道dào：「师shī兄xiōng啊a，你nǐ千qiān万wàn休xiū生shēng懒lǎn惰duò。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù懒lǎn惰duò便biàn怎zěn么me？沙shā兄xiōng弟dì已yǐ被bèi他tā拿ná住zhù，我wǒ是shì战zhàn不bú过guò他tā，不bú趁chèn此cǐ散sàn火huǒ，还hái等děng甚shén么me？」

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小xiǎo龍lóng聞wén說shuō，一yì口kǒu咬yǎo住zhù他tā直zhí裰duō子zi，那nǎ裡lǐ肯kěn放fàng，止zhǐ不bú住zhù眼yǎn中zhōng滴dī淚lèi道dào：「師shī兄xiōng啊a，你nǐ千qiān萬wàn休xiū生shēng懶lǎn惰duò。」小xiǎo龙lóng闻wén说shuō，一yì口kǒu咬yǎo住zhù他tā直zhí裰duō子zi，那nǎ里lǐ肯kěn放fàng，止zhǐ不bú住zhù眼yǎn中zhōng滴dī泪lèi道dào：「师shī兄xiōng啊a，你nǐ千qiān万wàn休xiū生shēng懒lǎn惰duò。」

At this the little dragon caught his cassock in its teeth with one bite and would by no means let go, and, unable to hold back the tears in its eyes, said: "Brother, I beg you a thousand times — do not give way to sloth!"

Here 那裡肯放 means "would in no way let go," so 那 is the rhetorical nǎ; 眼中 takes 中 as zhōng. 直裰 is a monk's cassock; 休生懶惰 is "do not breed laziness in yourself." A wounded animal has a man by the coat in its teeth and is crying, and this is the most eloquent anyone in the chapter has been.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù懶lǎn惰duò便biàn怎zěn麼me？沙shā兄xiōng弟dì已yǐ被bèi他tā拿ná住zhù，我wǒ是shì戰zhàn不bú過guò他tā，不bú趁chèn此cǐ散sàn火huǒ，還hái等děng甚shén麼me？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù懒lǎn惰duò便biàn怎zěn么me？沙shā兄xiōng弟dì已yǐ被bèi他tā拿ná住zhù，我wǒ是shì战zhàn不bú过guò他tā，不bú趁chèn此cǐ散sàn火huǒ，还hái等děng甚shén么me？」

Bajie said: "And if I'm not slothful, what of it? Brother Sha is already taken; I'm no match for him in a fight; if we don't break up the band now, what are we waiting for?"

散火 — literally "scatter the fire," to break up the band — takes 散 as sàn; 還等甚麼 takes 還 as hái and 甚 as shén. Bajie answers tears with arithmetic: Sha is taken, the demon is stronger, therefore disband.

總評 Commentary

The pathos rests on a mute animal made suddenly articulate: the dragon-horse takes hold of his brother's robe in its teeth, weeps, and begs. Against that Bajie sets a flat, self-preserving calculation. The word 散火, "break up the band," names the real crisis of the passage — which is not the demon's strength but the pilgrims' willingness to stay together.