第三十一回 · 三分轉意 A Third of His Heart Turns — Journey to the West

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三分轉意 A Third of His Heart Turns

行xíng者zhě見jiàn說shuō起qǐ菩pú薩sà，卻què有yǒu三sān分fēn兒er轉zhuǎn意yì道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，既jì這zhè等děng說shuō，我wǒ且qiě不bù打dǎ你nǐ。你nǐ卻què老lǎo實shí說shuō，不bú要yào瞞mán我wǒ。那nà唐táng僧sēng在zài那nǎ裡lǐ有yǒu難nàn，你nǐ卻què來lái此cǐ哄hǒng我wǒ？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē哥gē，沒méi甚shén難nán處chù，實shí是shì想xiǎng你nǐ。」行xíng者zhě罵mà道dào：「這zhè個gè好hǎo打dǎ的dī劣liè貨huò，你nǐ怎zěn麼me還hái要yào者zhě囂xiāo我wǒ？老lǎo孫sūn身shēn回huí水shuǐ簾lián洞dòng，心xīn逐zhú取qǔ經jīng僧sēng。那nà師shī父fù步bù步bù有yǒu難nàn，處chù處chù該gāi災zāi，你nǐ趁chèn早zǎo兒er告gào訢xīn我wǒ，免miǎn打dǎ。」行xíng者zhě见jiàn说shuō起qǐ菩pú萨sà，却què有yǒu三sān分fēn儿er转zhuǎn意yì道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，既jì这zhè等děng说shuō，我wǒ且qiě不bù打dǎ你nǐ。你nǐ却què老lǎo实shí说shuō，不bú要yào瞒mán我wǒ。那nà唐táng僧sēng在zài那nǎ里lǐ有yǒu难nàn，你nǐ却què来lái此cǐ哄hǒng我wǒ？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē哥gē，没méi甚shén难nán处chù，实shí是shì想xiǎng你nǐ。」行xíng者zhě骂mà道dào：「这zhè个gè好hǎo打dǎ的dī劣liè货huò，你nǐ怎zěn么me还hái要yào者zhě嚣xiāo我wǒ？老lǎo孙sūn身shēn回huí水shuǐ帘lián洞dòng，心xīn逐zhú取qǔ经jīng僧sēng。那nà师shī父fù步bù步bù有yǒu难nàn，处chù处chù该gāi灾zāi，你nǐ趁chèn早zǎo儿er告gào䜣xīn我wǒ，免miǎn打dǎ。」

逐句解 Line by line

行xíng者zhě見jiàn說shuō起qǐ菩pú薩sà，卻què有yǒu三sān分fēn兒er轉zhuǎn意yì道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，既jì這zhè等děng說shuō，我wǒ且qiě不bù打dǎ你nǐ。行xíng者zhě见jiàn说shuō起qǐ菩pú萨sà，却què有yǒu三sān分fēn儿er转zhuǎn意yì道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，既jì这zhè等děng说shuō，我wǒ且qiě不bù打dǎ你nǐ。

At the mention of the Bodhisattva, Pilgrim's heart turned some three parts, and he said: "Brother, since you put it so, I'll not beat you just yet.

三分兒轉意 (sān fēn'r zhuǎnyì), "a change of heart by some three-tenths"; 分 is read fēn as a fraction-measure, with the retroflex 兒 suffix.

你nǐ卻què老lǎo實shí說shuō，不bú要yào瞞mán我wǒ。你nǐ却què老lǎo实shí说shuō，不bú要yào瞒mán我wǒ。

But speak honestly now, and don't try to deceive me.

老實 (lǎoshí), "honest, plain-dealing."

那nà唐táng僧sēng在zài那nǎ裡lǐ有yǒu難nàn，你nǐ卻què來lái此cǐ哄hǒng我wǒ？」那nà唐táng僧sēng在zài那nǎ里lǐ有yǒu难nàn，你nǐ却què来lái此cǐ哄hǒng我wǒ？」

Where is the Tang Monk in some plight, that you come here to hoodwink me?"

The first 那 (in 那唐僧) is the deictic nà, "that"; the second (in 那裡) is interrogative nǎ, "where." 有難 (yǒu nàn), "to be in peril," with 難 as the noun nàn, "an ordeal."

八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē哥gē，沒méi甚shén難nán處chù，實shí是shì想xiǎng你nǐ。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē哥gē，没méi甚shén难nán处chù，实shí是shì想xiǎng你nǐ。」

Bajie said: "Brother, there's no great trouble at all — the truth is, I missed you."

沒甚 (méi shén), "nothing much"; 難處 (nánchù), "difficulty," where 難 is the adjective nán, "hard."

行xíng者zhě罵mà道dào：「這zhè個gè好hǎo打dǎ的dī劣liè貨huò，你nǐ怎zěn麼me還hái要yào者zhě囂xiāo我wǒ？行xíng者zhě骂mà道dào：「这zhè个gè好hǎo打dǎ的dī劣liè货huò，你nǐ怎zěn么me还hái要yào者zhě嚣xiāo我wǒ？

Pilgrim cursed: "You beating-worthy good-for-nothing — how dare you still bluster and wrangle with me?

劣貨 (lièhuò), "worthless creature." 者囂 (zhě xiāo) is a colloquialism for badgering or bandying words.

老lǎo孫sūn身shēn回huí水shuǐ簾lián洞dòng，心xīn逐zhú取qǔ經jīng僧sēng。老lǎo孙sūn身shēn回huí水shuǐ帘lián洞dòng，心xīn逐zhú取qǔ经jīng僧sēng。

This old Sun's body has returned to the Water-Curtain Cave, yet his heart still follows the scripture-seeking monk.

A neatly balanced line — 身回…心逐… — that names the whole tension of Wukong's exile. 水簾洞 (Shuǐlián Dòng) is the Water-Curtain Cave of Flower-Fruit Mountain.

那nà師shī父fù步bù步bù有yǒu難nàn，處chù處chù該gāi災zāi，你nǐ趁chèn早zǎo兒er告gào訢xīn我wǒ，免miǎn打dǎ。」那nà师shī父fù步bù步bù有yǒu难nàn，处chù处chù该gāi灾zāi，你nǐ趁chèn早zǎo儿er告gào䜣xīn我wǒ，免miǎn打dǎ。」

That master of ours meets peril at every step and disaster at every turn — tell me early, and spare yourself a beating."

A balanced parallel: 步步有難，處處該災, "step by step there is peril, place by place calamity is due." 趁早兒 (chèn zǎo'r), "the sooner the better." 告訢 (gào xīn), to tell, to inform; the graph 訢 (U+8A22) is read xīn as printed — here in the sense of 告訴, with 訴 a look-alike, not the graph on the page.

總評 Commentary

The Bodhisattva's name works on Wukong like a key. Where the master's "face" only slows him, Guanyin's turns his heart outright — "some three parts" — because it is she who bound him to the pilgrimage and she whose authority he will not defy. The novel measures his relenting with almost accountant-like precision, a thirty-percent thaw.

The heart of the passage is the couplet Wukong speaks of himself: his body has gone home to the Water-Curtain Cave, but his heart still follows the monk to the West. It is the most direct statement of the exile arc that has run since chapter 27 — the Mind-Monkey cannot in fact detach from the enterprise it belongs to — and it prepares the ground for his return. Having relented, he demands the one thing Bajie has been evading: the plain truth of the master's danger.