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The Evil Demon Assaults the True Dharma · The Horse of the Will Recalls the Monkey of the Heart

認得豬嘴
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認得豬嘴 You Surely Know the Snout

jièzhetóugǒngzhezuǐdào:「xiūjiùchūzhèzuǐliǎnláilexiōngzuòleniányòutuīrèndeshuōshìshénmerén。」xíngzhěxiàodào:「táitóuláikàn。」dāizizuǐwǎngshàngshēndào:「kànmerèndehǎodàorènzuǐ。」xíngzhěrěnzhùxiàodào:「zhūjiè。」tīngjiànshēngjiàojiùlutiàojiāngláidào:「zhèngshìzhèngshìshìzhūjiè。」yòuliángdào:「rènjiùhǎoshuōhuàle。」jièzhetóugǒngzhezuǐdào:「xiūjiùchūzhèzuǐliǎnláilexiōngzuòleniányòutuīrèndeshuōshìshénmerén。」xíngzhěxiàodào:「táitóuláikàn。」dāizizuǐwǎngshàngshēndào:「kànmerèndehǎodàorènzuǐ。」xíngzhěrěnzhùxiàodào:「zhūjiè。」tīngjiànshēngjiàojiùlutiàojiāngláidào:「zhèngshìzhèngshìshìzhūjiè。」yòuliángdào:「rènjiùhǎoshuōhuàle。」


逐句解 Line by line

jièzhetóugǒngzhezuǐdào:「xiūjiùchūzhèzuǐliǎnláilexiōngzuòleniányòutuīrèndeshuōshìshénmerén。」 jièzhetóugǒngzhezuǐdào:「xiūjiùchūzhèzuǐliǎnláilexiōngzuòleniányòutuīrèndeshuōshìshénmerén。」

Bajie, head lowered and snout thrust out, said: "Shameless — putting on this face at me! You and I have been brothers these several years, and now you make out not to know me, calling me some outlander."

In 低著頭 and 拱著嘴 the is zhe; 認不得, cannot recognise, takes as de; 甚麼 takes as shén. 推認不得 is to pretend not to know somebody — and the injured tone is perfect, because Bajie is genuinely offended by a joke he can see through.

xíngzhěxiàodào:「táitóuláikàn。」 xíngzhěxiàodào:「táitóuláikàn。」

The Pilgrim laughed: "Lift up your head and let me look."

Having had his sport, Wukong consents to look. The recognition is one line away.

dāizizuǐwǎngshàngshēndào:「kànmerèndehǎodàorènzuǐ。」 dāizizuǐwǎngshàngshēndào:「kànmerèndehǎodàorènzuǐ。」

The blockhead thrust his snout upward: "There, look! If you don't know me, surely you know the snout."

The whole scene resolves on a nose. is pointing ; both instances of 認得 and 認不得 take as de. If you do not know me, you know the snout: it is unanswerable, and there is not another face like it in the world.

xíngzhěrěnzhùxiàodào:「zhūjiè。」 xíngzhěrěnzhùxiàodào:「zhūjiè。」

The Pilgrim could not help laughing: "Zhu Bajie!"

The laugh gives him away. Saying the name ends the game.

tīngjiànshēngjiàojiùlutiàojiāngláidào:「zhèngshìzhèngshìshìzhūjiè。」 tīngjiànshēngjiàojiùlutiàojiāngláidào:「zhèngshìzhèngshìshìzhūjiè。」

Hearing his name called, he rolled straight up onto his feet: "The very one, the very one — I am Zhu Bajie!"

一轂轆 is with a roll, tumbling over — the sound and shape of a barrel going end over end; in 跳將起來 the carrying the motion is jiāng.

yòuliángdào:「rènjiùhǎoshuōhuàle。」 yòuliángdào:「rènjiùhǎoshuōhuàle。」

And he thought: "Now that he knows me, it'll be easier to talk."

認得 takes as de; 思量, to ponder, takes as liáng. And the calculation begins. He has an errand and a lie to tell, and the first hurdle is behind him.


總評 Commentary

The scene resolves on a purely physical joke — Bajie's snout as an identity card that no pretence can override. His indignant "if you don't know me, surely you know the snout" is the perfect retort of a buffoon whose entire character is written on his face, and Wukong's helpless laugh gives away the affection under the teasing.

The closing calculation turns the scene from comedy toward purpose. The reunion done, the reluctant errand can start in earnest — and the reader is reminded that Bajie is carrying the horse's stratagem, which he must now work on a Wukong who has no idea why he has come.