第三十回 · 行者聚眾 The Monkey King Enthroned — Journey to the West

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行者聚眾 The Monkey King Enthroned

正zhèng行xíng之zhī際jì，忽hū聞wén得de有yǒu人rén言yán語yǔ。八bā戒jiè仔zǐ細xì看kàn時shí，看kàn來lái是shì行xíng者zhě在zài山shān凹āo裡lǐ，聚jù集jí群qún妖yāo。他tā坐zuò在zài一yí塊kuài石shí頭tóu崖yá上shàng，面miàn前qián有yǒu一yì千qiān二èr百bǎi多duō猴hóu子zi，分fēn序xù排pái班bān，口kǒu稱chēng：「萬wàn歲suì，大dà聖shèng爺yé爺yé。」正zhèng行xíng之zhī际jì，忽hū闻wén得de有yǒu人rén言yán语yǔ。八bā戒jiè仔zǐ细xì看kàn时shí，看kàn来lái是shì行xíng者zhě在zài山shān凹āo里lǐ，聚jù集jí群qún妖yāo。他tā坐zuò在zài一yí块kuài石shí头tóu崖yá上shàng，面miàn前qián有yǒu一yì千qiān二èr百bǎi多duō猴hóu子zi，分fēn序xù排pái班bān，口kǒu称chēng：「万wàn岁suì，大dà圣shèng爷yé爷yé。」

逐句解 Line by line

正zhèng行xíng之zhī際jì，忽hū聞wén得de有yǒu人rén言yán語yǔ。正zhèng行xíng之zhī际jì，忽hū闻wén得de有yǒu人rén言yán语yǔ。

As he went along, he suddenly heard people talking.

聞得 takes the structural 得 as de; 行 here is xíng ("going along").

八bā戒jiè仔zǐ細xì看kàn時shí，看kàn來lái是shì行xíng者zhě在zài山shān凹āo裡lǐ，聚jù集jí群qún妖yāo。八bā戒jiè仔zǐ细xì看kàn时shí，看kàn来lái是shì行xíng者zhě在zài山shān凹āo里lǐ，聚jù集jí群qún妖yāo。

Looking closely, Bajie saw that it was the Pilgrim, in a mountain hollow, gathering his host of goblins.

仔細 ("carefully") takes 仔 as zǐ; 行者 ("the Pilgrim," Wukong) takes 行 as xíng. 山凹 is a "mountain hollow"; 群妖, "the host of goblins."

他tā坐zuò在zài一yí塊kuài石shí頭tóu崖yá上shàng，面miàn前qián有yǒu一yì千qiān二èr百bǎi多duō猴hóu子zi，分fēn序xù排pái班bān，口kǒu稱chēng：「萬wàn歲suì，大dà聖shèng爺yé爺yé。」他tā坐zuò在zài一yí块kuài石shí头tóu崖yá上shàng，面miàn前qián有yǒu一yì千qiān二èr百bǎi多duō猴hóu子zi，分fēn序xù排pái班bān，口kǒu称chēng：「万wàn岁suì，大dà圣shèng爷yé爷yé。」

He sat upon a slab of stone-cliff, and before him were some twelve hundred monkeys, drawn up in rank and file, crying out: "Ten thousand years, Great Sage, our Lord!"

分序排班 ("arranged in ranks and files") takes 分 as fēn; 口稱 ("crying out, proclaiming") takes 稱 as chēng. 大聖爺爺 ("Great Sage, our Lord") is the monkeys’ acclamation of Wukong, the 齊天大聖.

總評 Commentary

Bajie comes upon Wukong in the full restored majesty of his kingship on Flower-Fruit Mountain — enthroned on a stone cliff, twelve hundred monkeys ranked before him in courtly order, hailing him as their sovereign. The tableau is a deliberate contrast to the humbled pilgrim of the recent chapters: banished from the quest, Wukong has resumed the royal state of his origins, and the scene’s formality (ranks, files, the cry of "Ten thousand years") mirrors the human court the demon has usurped, setting monkey-king against monster.