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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:「kànmerèndehǎodàorèndezuǐ。」xíngzhěrěnzhùxiàodào:「zhūjiè。」tīngjiànshēngjiàojiùtiàojiāngláidào:「zhèngshìzhèngshìshìzhūjiè。」yòuliángdào:「rèndejiùhǎoshuōhuàle。」jièzhetóugǒngzhezuǐdào:「xiūjiùchūzhèzuǐliǎnláilexiōngzuòleniányòutuīrèndeshuōshìshénmerén。」xíngzhěxiàodào:「táitóuláikàn。」dāizizuǐwǎngshàngshēndào:「kànmerèndehǎodàorèndezuǐ。」xíngzhěrěnzhùxiàodào:「zhūjiè。」tīngjiànshēngjiàojiùtiàojiāngláidào:「zhèngshìzhèngshìshìzhūjiè。」yòuliángdào:「rèndejiùhǎoshuōhuàle。」


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 durative is zhe; 認不得 ("cannot recognize") takes as de; 甚麼 takes as shén. 推認不得 is "to pretend not to know."

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

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

Wukong, having had his sport, relents enough to look — the recognition is at hand.

dāizizuǐwǎngshàngshēndào:「kànmerèndehǎodàorèndezuǐ。」 dāizizuǐwǎngshàngshēndào:「kànmerèndehǎodàorèndezuǐ。」

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

is deictic ; both instances of 認得/認不得 take as de. Bajie’s appeal to his own unmistakable snout is the comic hinge of the scene.

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

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

Wukong’s laugh breaks the pretense; naming Bajie ends the game.

tīngjiànshēngjiàojiùtiàojiāngláidào:「zhèngshìzhèngshìshìzhūjiè。」 tīngjiànshēngjiàojiùtiàojiāngláidào:「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 ("with a roll, tumbling over") pictures Bajie scrambling up; in 跳將起來 the directional is jiāng.

yòuliángdào:「rèndejiùhǎoshuōhuàle。」 yòuliángdào:「rèndejiùhǎoshuōhuàle。」

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. Bajie’s calculation looks ahead to the persuasion he must now attempt.


總評 Commentary

The scene resolves on a purely physical joke — Bajie’s snout as an identity-card that no disguise or pretense can override. His indignant "if you don’t know me, surely you know the snout" is the perfect retort of the buffoon whose whole character is written on his face, and Wukong’s helpless laugh signals the affection beneath the teasing.

Bajie’s closing calculation — that recognition will make the talking easier — marks the turn from comedy to purpose. The reunion accomplished, the reluctant errand can begin in earnest; and the reader is reminded that Bajie carries the horse’s stratagem, and must now put it to work on a Wukong who does not yet suspect why he has come.