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逐回之辯
The Banished Disciple
那怪道：「沒有這話，沒有這話。我拿住唐僧時，止知他有兩個徒弟，叫做豬八戒、沙和尚，何曾見有人說個姓孫的？你不知是那裡來的個怪物，到此騙我。」行者道：「我不曾同他二人來，是我師父因老孫慣打妖怪，殺傷甚多，他是個慈悲好善之人，將我逐回，故不曾同他一路行走。你是不知你祖宗名姓。」那怪道：「你好不丈夫啊，既受了師父趕逐，卻有甚麼嘴臉又來見人？」那怪道：「没有这话，没有这话。我拿住唐僧时，止知他有两个徒弟，叫做猪八戒、沙和尚，何曾见有人说个姓孙的？你不知是那里来的个怪物，到此骗我。」行者道：「我不曾同他二人来，是我师父因老孙惯打妖怪，杀伤甚多，他是个慈悲好善之人，将我逐回，故不曾同他一路行走。你是不知你祖宗名姓。」那怪道：「你好不丈夫啊，既受了师父赶逐，却有甚么嘴脸又来见人？」
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那怪道：「沒有這話，沒有這話。
那怪道：「没有这话，没有这话。
The fiend said, “There is no such thing, no such thing.
沒有這話 (méiyǒu zhè huà), “there is nothing to that, no such matter.” 那 read nà.
我拿住唐僧時，止知他有兩個徒弟，叫做豬八戒、沙和尚，何曾見有人說個姓孫的？
我拿住唐僧时，止知他有两个徒弟，叫做猪八戒、沙和尚，何曾见有人说个姓孙的？
When I seized the Tang Monk, I knew only that he had two disciples, Zhu Bajie and Sha the Monk; when did anyone ever speak of one surnamed Sun?
止知 (zhǐ zhī), to know only. 何曾 (hé céng), when ever, at no time. 姓孫的 (xìng Sūn de), one surnamed Sun.
你不知是那裡來的個怪物，到此騙我。」
你不知是那里来的个怪物，到此骗我。」
You are some monster or other, come from who knows where to cozen me here.”
那裡來 (nǎlǐ lái), from where; 那 read nǎ. 騙 (piàn), to cheat, to cozen.
行者道：「我不曾同他二人來，是我師父因老孫慣打妖怪，殺傷甚多，他是個慈悲好善之人，將我逐回，故不曾同他一路行走。
行者道：「我不曾同他二人来，是我师父因老孙惯打妖怪，杀伤甚多，他是个慈悲好善之人，将我逐回，故不曾同他一路行走。
Pilgrim said, “I did not come with those two. My master, because old Sun is so given to slaying fiends and had killed and wounded a great many, being a merciful, goodness-loving man, sent me back; and so I did not journey along with them.
慣打妖怪 (guàn dǎ yāoguài), given to slaying fiends. 殺傷甚多 (shāshāng shèn duō), killed and wounded very many; 甚 here “very,” read shèn. 好善 (hào shàn), loving of goodness; 好 read hào. 逐回 (zhú huí), sent back; 將 read jiāng.
你是不知你祖宗名姓。」
你是不知你祖宗名姓。」
You simply do not know your ancestor’s name and surname.”
名姓 (míng xìng), given name and surname.
那怪道：「你好不丈夫啊，既受了師父趕逐，卻有甚麼嘴臉又來見人？」
那怪道：「你好不丈夫啊，既受了师父赶逐，却有甚么嘴脸又来见人？」
The fiend said, “What a poor sort of man you are! Having suffered your master’s dismissal, what face have you to come before people again?”
好不丈夫 (hǎo bù zhàngfu), no proper man at all, a poor sort of fellow. 趕逐 (gǎn zhú), to drive out, to expel. 甚麼嘴臉 (shénme zuǐliǎn), what face; 甚 read shén; 那 read nà.
總評 Commentary
The demon’s denial rests on a fair point — he had heard only of Bajie and Sha the Monk — and so Wukong is obliged to explain his absence, disclosing with unusual candour the reason for his banishment: his master, too merciful, had sent him away for slaying too many fiends. The admission, dropped into the midst of a taunting match, quietly recalls the quarrel of the preceding chapter that set the whole rescue in motion.
The demon seizes on the disclosure to turn the taunt back — a banished disciple, he sneers, has no face to show — and touches the very shame that Bajie’s earlier appeal had to overcome. The thrust lands on Wukong’s pride, and provokes the volley of filial maxims with which, in the next passage, he justifies his return and rebukes the fiend.