第三十回 · 行者詰夷 The Stranger in the Ranks — Journey to the West

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行者詰夷 The Stranger in the Ranks

不bù知zhī孫sūn大dà聖shèng坐zuò得de高gāo，眼yǎn又yòu乖guāi滑huá，看kàn得de他tā明míng白bái，便biàn問wèn：「那nà班bān部bù中zhōng亂luàn拜bài的de是shì個gè夷yí人rén，是shì那nǎ裡lǐ來lái的de？拿ná上shàng來lái。」說shuō不bù了liǎo，那nà些xiē小xiǎo猴hóu一yì窩wō蜂fēng，把bǎ個gè八bā戒jiè推tuī將jiāng上shàng來lái，按àn倒dǎo在zài地dì。行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ是shì那nǎ裡lǐ來lái的de夷yí人rén？」八bā戒jiè低dī著zhe頭tóu道dào：「不bù敢gǎn，承chéng問wèn了le。不bú是shì夷yí人rén，是shì熟shú人rén，熟shú人rén。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ這zhè大dà聖shèng部bù下xià的de群qún猴hóu，都dōu是shì一yì般bān模mó樣yàng。你nǐ這zhè嘴zuǐ臉liǎn生shēng得de各gè樣yàng，相xiàng貌mào有yǒu些xiē雷léi堆duī，定dìng是shì別bié處chù來lái的de妖yāo魔mó。既jì是shì別bié處chù來lái的de，若ruò要yào投tóu我wǒ部bù下xià，先xiān來lái遞dì個gè腳jiǎo色sè手shǒu本běn，報bào了le名míng字zì，我wǒ好hǎo留liú你nǐ在zài這zhè隨suí班bān點diǎn扎zhā。若ruò不bù留liú你nǐ，你nǐ敢gǎn在zài這zhè裡lǐ亂luàn拜bài？」不bù知zhī孙sūn大dà圣shèng坐zuò得de高gāo，眼yǎn又yòu乖guāi滑huá，看kàn得de他tā明míng白bái，便biàn问wèn：「那nà班bān部bù中zhōng乱luàn拜bài的de是shì个gè夷yí人rén，是shì那nǎ里lǐ来lái的de？拿ná上shàng来lái。」说shuō不bù了liǎo，那nà些xiē小xiǎo猴hóu一yì窝wō蜂fēng，把bǎ个gè八bā戒jiè推tuī将jiāng上shàng来lái，按àn倒dǎo在zài地dì。行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ是shì那nǎ里lǐ来lái的de夷yí人rén？」八bā戒jiè低dī著zhe头tóu道dào：「不bù敢gǎn，承chéng问wèn了le。不bú是shì夷yí人rén，是shì熟shú人rén，熟shú人rén。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ这zhè大dà圣shèng部bù下xià的de群qún猴hóu，都dōu是shì一yì般bān模mó样yàng。你nǐ这zhè嘴zuǐ脸liǎn生shēng得de各gè样yàng，相xiàng貌mào有yǒu些xiē雷léi堆duī，定dìng是shì别bié处chù来lái的de妖yāo魔mó。既jì是shì别bié处chù来lái的de，若ruò要yào投tóu我wǒ部bù下xià，先xiān来lái递dì个gè脚jiǎo色sè手shǒu本běn，报bào了le名míng字zì，我wǒ好hǎo留liú你nǐ在zài这zhè随suí班bān点diǎn扎zhā。若ruò不bù留liú你nǐ，你nǐ敢gǎn在zài这zhè里lǐ乱luàn拜bài？」

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不bù知zhī孫sūn大dà聖shèng坐zuò得de高gāo，眼yǎn又yòu乖guāi滑huá，看kàn得de他tā明míng白bái，便biàn問wèn：「那nà班bān部bù中zhōng亂luàn拜bài的de是shì個gè夷yí人rén，是shì那nǎ裡lǐ來lái的de？拿ná上shàng來lái。」不bù知zhī孙sūn大dà圣shèng坐zuò得de高gāo，眼yǎn又yòu乖guāi滑huá，看kàn得de他tā明míng白bái，便biàn问wèn：「那nà班bān部bù中zhōng乱luàn拜bài的de是shì个gè夷yí人rén，是shì那nǎ里lǐ来lái的de？拿ná上shàng来lái。」

But little did he know that Sun the Great Sage, seated on high and sharp of eye, saw him plainly, and asked: "That stranger bowing out of turn there in the ranks — where is he from? Bring him up."

Both 坐得高 and 看得 take 得 as de; 班部中 takes 中 as zhōng. In 那班部 ("that rank") 那 is deictic nà, but in 那裡來的 ("from where") it is the interrogative nǎ. 夷人 is "an outlander, a stranger."

說shuō不bù了liǎo，那nà些xiē小xiǎo猴hóu一yì窩wō蜂fēng，把bǎ個gè八bā戒jiè推tuī將jiāng上shàng來lái，按àn倒dǎo在zài地dì。说shuō不bù了liǎo，那nà些xiē小xiǎo猴hóu一yì窝wō蜂fēng，把bǎ个gè八bā戒jiè推tuī将jiāng上shàng来lái，按àn倒dǎo在zài地dì。

Before the words were out, the little monkeys swarmed like a nest of bees, shoved Bajie forward, and pressed him down to the ground.

In 說不了 ("before the words were finished") the graph 了 is read liǎo ("to finish"), not the aspectual le. 一窩蜂 is "like a swarm of bees"; in 推將上來 the directional 將 is jiāng; 按倒 ("press down") takes 倒 as dǎo. 那 is deictic nà.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ是shì那nǎ裡lǐ來lái的de夷yí人rén？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ是shì那nǎ里lǐ来lái的de夷yí人rén？」

The Pilgrim said: "What outlander are you, and where from?"

Here 那裡來 ("from where") takes 那 as interrogative nǎ. Wukong keeps up the pretense of not knowing his old comrade.

八bā戒jiè低dī著zhe頭tóu道dào：「不bù敢gǎn，承chéng問wèn了le。不bú是shì夷yí人rén，是shì熟shú人rén，熟shú人rén。」八bā戒jiè低dī著zhe头tóu道dào：「不bù敢gǎn，承chéng问wèn了le。不bú是shì夷yí人rén，是shì熟shú人rén，熟shú人rén。」

Bajie, head lowered, said: "By your leave — much obliged for the asking. No outlander I, but an old acquaintance, an old acquaintance."

In 低著頭 the durative 著 is zhe; 承問了 ("obliged for your asking") is a polite formula; 熟人 is "an acquaintance, one already known."

行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ這zhè大dà聖shèng部bù下xià的de群qún猴hóu，都dōu是shì一yì般bān模mó樣yàng。行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ这zhè大dà圣shèng部bù下xià的de群qún猴hóu，都dōu是shì一yì般bān模mó样yàng。

The Pilgrim said: "The monkeys under this Great Sage are all of one likeness.

都 ("all") is dōu. Wukong presses the joke, contrasting his uniform monkeys with the odd figure before him.

你nǐ這zhè嘴zuǐ臉liǎn生shēng得de各gè樣yàng，相xiàng貌mào有yǒu些xiē雷léi堆duī，定dìng是shì別bié處chù來lái的de妖yāo魔mó。你nǐ这zhè嘴zuǐ脸liǎn生shēng得de各gè样yàng，相xiàng貌mào有yǒu些xiē雷léi堆duī，定dìng是shì别bié处chù来lái的de妖yāo魔mó。

But your snout and face are of quite another cut, your features somewhat lumpish — you must be some demon come from elsewhere.

生得 takes 得 as de; 相貌 ("features") takes 相 as xiàng. 雷堆 is "clumsy, lumpish, ungainly" — Wukong ribs Bajie’s ugliness.

既jì是shì別bié處chù來lái的de，若ruò要yào投tóu我wǒ部bù下xià，先xiān來lái遞dì個gè腳jiǎo色sè手shǒu本běn，報bào了le名míng字zì，我wǒ好hǎo留liú你nǐ在zài這zhè隨suí班bān點diǎn扎zhā。既jì是shì别bié处chù来lái的de，若ruò要yào投tóu我wǒ部bù下xià，先xiān来lái递dì个gè脚jiǎo色sè手shǒu本běn，报bào了le名míng字zì，我wǒ好hǎo留liú你nǐ在zài这zhè随suí班bān点diǎn扎zhā。

Since you come from elsewhere, if you’d join my ranks, first hand up a note of your particulars and give your name, that I may keep you here, mustered with the rest.

遞個腳色手本 ("submit a statement of one’s credentials"): 腳色 is one’s role or particulars, 手本 a written note. 隨班點扎 is "to be enrolled, mustered in the ranks." Wukong plays the officious commander to the hilt.

若ruò不bù留liú你nǐ，你nǐ敢gǎn在zài這zhè裡lǐ亂luàn拜bài？」若ruò不bù留liú你nǐ，你nǐ敢gǎn在zài这zhè里lǐ乱luàn拜bài？」

And if I don’t keep you — how dare you bow here out of turn?"

亂拜 ("bow out of place, out of turn"). The mock-reproach caps Wukong’s teasing.

總評 Commentary

The recognition scene is one of the novel’s classic comic set-pieces, and it turns on Wukong’s sharp eye and sharper mischief. He has seen through Bajie at once — 看得他明白 — but rather than greet him, he plays the officious sovereign, treating his old comrade as an unenrolled "outlander" who must submit credentials and give his name. The joke is at once affectionate and pointed: it makes Bajie, who came as a suppliant, grovel a little first.

The comedy also quietly re-establishes Wukong’s authority. Enthroned and in command, he controls the entire exchange — summoning, interrogating, mock-reproaching — while Bajie is shoved forward and pressed to the ground. The banter restores, in a comic key, the hierarchy the quest will need: the Mind-Monkey once more in charge.