第三十回 · 詐言相請 The Master Thinks of You — Journey to the West

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詐言相請 The Master Thinks of You

行xíng者zhě道dào：「既jì無wú貶biǎn書shū，又yòu不bù曾céng趕gǎn你nǐ，你nǐ來lái我wǒ這zhè裡lǐ怎zěn的de？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「師shī父fù想xiǎng你nǐ，著zhuó我wǒ來lái請qǐng你nǐ的de。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「他tā也yě不bù請qǐng我wǒ，他tā也yě不bù想xiǎng我wǒ。他tā那nà日rì對duì天tiān發fā誓shì，親qīn筆bǐ寫xiě了le貶biǎn書shū，怎zěn麼me又yòu肯kěn想xiǎng我wǒ，又yòu肯kěn著zhuó你nǐ遠yuǎn來lái請qǐng我wǒ？我wǒ斷duàn然rán也yě是shì不bù好hǎo去qù的de。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「既jì无wú贬biǎn书shū，又yòu不bù曾céng赶gǎn你nǐ，你nǐ来lái我wǒ这zhè里lǐ怎zěn的de？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「师shī父fù想xiǎng你nǐ，著zhuó我wǒ来lái请qǐng你nǐ的de。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「他tā也yě不bù请qǐng我wǒ，他tā也yě不bù想xiǎng我wǒ。他tā那nà日rì对duì天tiān发fā誓shì，亲qīn笔bǐ写xiě了le贬biǎn书shū，怎zěn么me又yòu肯kěn想xiǎng我wǒ，又yòu肯kěn著zhuó你nǐ远yuǎn来lái请qǐng我wǒ？我wǒ断duàn然rán也yě是shì不bù好hǎo去qù的de。」

逐句解 Line by line

行xíng者zhě道dào：「既jì無wú貶biǎn書shū，又yòu不bù曾céng趕gǎn你nǐ，你nǐ來lái我wǒ這zhè裡lǐ怎zěn的de？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「既jì无wú贬biǎn书shū，又yòu不bù曾céng赶gǎn你nǐ，你nǐ来lái我wǒ这zhè里lǐ怎zěn的de？」

The Pilgrim said: "If there’s no letter, and he didn’t drive you off, then what brings you to me?"

Wukong presses the point, closing off Bajie’s evasions.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「師shī父fù想xiǎng你nǐ，著zhuó我wǒ來lái請qǐng你nǐ的de。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「师shī父fù想xiǎng你nǐ，著zhuó我wǒ来lái请qǐng你nǐ的de。」

Bajie said: "The master is thinking of you, and sent me to invite you."

In 著我來請 the causative 著 is read zhuó ("had me come"). Bajie delivers, verbatim, the horse’s prepared line.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「他tā也yě不bù請qǐng我wǒ，他tā也yě不bù想xiǎng我wǒ。行xíng者zhě道dào：「他tā也yě不bù请qǐng我wǒ，他tā也yě不bù想xiǎng我wǒ。

The Pilgrim said: "He’s not inviting me, and he’s not thinking of me.

Wukong flatly disbelieves — and, beneath the disbelief, is hurt.

他tā那nà日rì對duì天tiān發fā誓shì，親qīn筆bǐ寫xiě了le貶biǎn書shū，怎zěn麼me又yòu肯kěn想xiǎng我wǒ，又yòu肯kěn著zhuó你nǐ遠yuǎn來lái請qǐng我wǒ？他tā那nà日rì对duì天tiān发fā誓shì，亲qīn笔bǐ写xiě了le贬biǎn书shū，怎zěn么me又yòu肯kěn想xiǎng我wǒ，又yòu肯kěn著zhuó你nǐ远yuǎn来lái请qǐng我wǒ？

That day he swore an oath to Heaven and wrote out the letter with his own hand — how should he now be willing to think of me, or to send you all this way to invite me?

那 is deictic nà; in 又肯著你 the causative 著 is again zhuó. 對天發誓 ("to swear an oath to Heaven") and 親筆 ("in his own hand") recall the finality of the break Bajie is trying to paper over.

我wǒ斷duàn然rán也yě是shì不bù好hǎo去qù的de。」我wǒ断duàn然rán也yě是shì不bù好hǎo去qù的de。」

I certainly can’t very well go."

斷然 ("decidedly, certainly"). Wukong’s refusal is firm on its face, but it is the refusal of injured pride, not indifference.

總評 Commentary

Wukong’s skepticism is grounded in the specific memory of his dismissal — the oath to Heaven, the letter written in Tripitaka’s own hand — and this precision is what makes his refusal credible. Yet the passage lets the reader hear the feeling beneath it: the monkey’s "how should he now be willing to think of me" is less an argument than a grievance, and his firm "I can’t very well go" is the guardedness of one who has been hurt and will not be made a fool of twice.