第三十一回 · 解放沙僧 Sha Seng Set Free — Journey to the West

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解放沙僧 Sha Seng Set Free

那nà公gōng主zhǔ聞wén言yán，急jí往wǎng裡lǐ面miàn，喝hè退tuì那nà幾jǐ個gè把bǎ門mén的de小xiǎo妖yāo，親qīn動dòng手shǒu，把bǎ沙shā僧sēng解jiě了le。沙shā僧sēng道dào：「公gōng主zhǔ，你nǐ莫mò解jiě我wǒ，恐kǒng你nǐ那nà怪guài來lái家jiā，問wèn你nǐ要yào人rén，帶dài累lèi你nǐ受shòu氣qì。」公gōng主zhǔ道dào：「長zhǎng老lǎo啊a，你nǐ是shì我wǒ的de恩ēn人rén，你nǐ替tì我wǒ折zhé辯biàn了le家jiā書shū，救jiù了le我wǒ一yí命mìng，我wǒ也yě留liú心xīn放fàng你nǐ。不bù期qī洞dòng門mén之zhī外wài，你nǐ有yǒu個gè大dà師shī兄xiōng孫sūn悟wù空kōng來lái了le，叫jiào我wǒ放fàng你nǐ哩lī。」那nà公gōng主zhǔ闻wén言yán，急jí往wǎng里lǐ面miàn，喝hè退tuì那nà几jǐ个gè把bǎ门mén的de小xiǎo妖yāo，亲qīn动dòng手shǒu，把bǎ沙shā僧sēng解jiě了le。沙shā僧sēng道dào：「公gōng主zhǔ，你nǐ莫mò解jiě我wǒ，恐kǒng你nǐ那nà怪guài来lái家jiā，问wèn你nǐ要yào人rén，带dài累lèi你nǐ受shòu气qì。」公gōng主zhǔ道dào：「长zhǎng老lǎo啊a，你nǐ是shì我wǒ的de恩ēn人rén，你nǐ替tì我wǒ折zhé辩biàn了le家jiā书shū，救jiù了le我wǒ一yí命mìng，我wǒ也yě留liú心xīn放fàng你nǐ。不bù期qī洞dòng门mén之zhī外wài，你nǐ有yǒu个gè大dà师shī兄xiōng孙sūn悟wù空kōng来lái了le，叫jiào我wǒ放fàng你nǐ哩lī。」

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那nà公gōng主zhǔ聞wén言yán，急jí往wǎng裡lǐ面miàn，喝hè退tuì那nà幾jǐ個gè把bǎ門mén的de小xiǎo妖yāo，親qīn動dòng手shǒu，把bǎ沙shā僧sēng解jiě了le。那nà公gōng主zhǔ闻wén言yán，急jí往wǎng里lǐ面miàn，喝hè退tuì那nà几jǐ个gè把bǎ门mén的de小xiǎo妖yāo，亲qīn动dòng手shǒu，把bǎ沙shā僧sēng解jiě了le。

The princess, hearing this, hurried within, drove off with a shout the several imps that guarded the door, and with her own hands loosed Sha Seng’s bonds.

喝退 (hè tuì), to shout down, to drive back with a cry; 喝 read hè. 把門 (bǎ mén), to guard the door. 那 in both places read nà.

沙shā僧sēng道dào：「公gōng主zhǔ，你nǐ莫mò解jiě我wǒ，恐kǒng你nǐ那nà怪guài來lái家jiā，問wèn你nǐ要yào人rén，帶dài累lèi你nǐ受shòu氣qì。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「公gōng主zhǔ，你nǐ莫mò解jiě我wǒ，恐kǒng你nǐ那nà怪guài来lái家jiā，问wèn你nǐ要yào人rén，带dài累lèi你nǐ受shòu气qì。」

Sha Seng said, “Princess, do not loose me; I fear that when your fiend comes home and demands the man of you, you will be implicated and made to suffer for it.”

帶累 (dàilèi), to implicate, to bring trouble upon. 受氣 (shòu qì), to be put upon, to bear ill-usage. 那 read nà.

公gōng主zhǔ道dào：「長zhǎng老lǎo啊a，你nǐ是shì我wǒ的de恩ēn人rén，你nǐ替tì我wǒ折zhé辯biàn了le家jiā書shū，救jiù了le我wǒ一yí命mìng，我wǒ也yě留liú心xīn放fàng你nǐ。公gōng主zhǔ道dào：「长zhǎng老lǎo啊a，你nǐ是shì我wǒ的de恩ēn人rén，你nǐ替tì我wǒ折zhé辩biàn了le家jiā书shū，救jiù了le我wǒ一yí命mìng，我wǒ也yě留liú心xīn放fàng你nǐ。

The princess said, “Reverend one, you are my benefactor; you argued my letter through for me and saved my life, and I have been minded to set you free.

長老 (zhǎnglǎo), an elder, a reverend; 長 read zhǎng. 折辯 (zhé biàn), to plead a case, to argue through. 留心 (liú xīn), to bear in mind, to be minded to.

不bù期qī洞dòng門mén之zhī外wài，你nǐ有yǒu個gè大dà師shī兄xiōng孫sūn悟wù空kōng來lái了le，叫jiào我wǒ放fàng你nǐ哩lī。」不bù期qī洞dòng门mén之zhī外wài，你nǐ有yǒu个gè大dà师shī兄xiōng孙sūn悟wù空kōng来lái了le，叫jiào我wǒ放fàng你nǐ哩lī。」

Little did I look for it that outside the cave door your elder brother Sun Wukong should come, bidding me set you free.”

不期 (bù qī), unexpectedly, little did one think. 大師兄 (dà shīxiōng), eldest disciple-brother.

總評 Commentary

The princess’s deliverance of Sha Seng repays an earlier debt — his part, with Tripitaka, in carrying her letter home — and so binds the rescue to the chapter’s chain of reciprocal obligations. Sha Seng’s scruple, that she may suffer for freeing him, is a small stroke of characteristic decency, the more telling for coming from the captive rather than the captor.

The passage quietly redistributes the reader’s sympathies. Set against Wukong’s hard bargaining above, the princess and Sha Seng here trade courtesies and cautions, gratitude answered by concern; the mother who feared for her children a moment ago now acts as benefactress, and the web of favour and counter-favour that governs the episode is drawn the tighter.