Canonical Classics ← 第三十一回
第三十一回
豬zhū八bā戒jiè義yì激jī猴hóu王wáng
孫sūn行xíng者zhě智zhì降xiáng妖yāo怪guài

Zhu Bajie, Roused by Duty, Provokes the Monkey King · Sun the Pilgrim, by Wit, Subdues the Fiend

半霧酣戰
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拼音 Pinyin Off
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原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition 含詞賦 With rhapsody

半霧酣戰 The Battle-Verse (I)

大dà聖shèng神shén通tōng大dà，妖yāo魔mó本běn事shì高gāo。大dà圣shèng神shén通tōng大dà，妖yāo魔mó本běn事shì高gāo。
這zhè個gè橫héng理lǐ生shēng鐵tiě棒bàng，那nà個gè斜xié舉jǔ蘸zhàn鋼gāng刀dāo。这zhè个gè横héng理lǐ生shēng铁tiě棒bàng，那nà个gè斜xié举jǔ蘸zhàn钢gāng刀dāo。
悠yōu悠yōu刀dāo起qǐ明míng霞xiá亮liàng，輕qīng輕qīng棒bàng架jià彩cǎi雲yún飄piāo。悠yōu悠yōu刀dāo起qǐ明míng霞xiá亮liàng，轻qīng轻qīng棒bàng架jià彩cǎi云yún飘piāo。
往wǎng來lái護hù頂dǐng翻fān多duō次cì，反fǎn覆fù渾hún身shēn轉zhuǎn數shù遭zāo。往wǎng来lái护hù顶dǐng翻fān多duō次cì，反fǎn覆fù浑hún身shēn转zhuǎn数shù遭zāo。
一yí個gè隨suí風fēng更gēng面miàn目mù，一yí個gè立lì地dì把bǎ身shēn搖yáo。一yí个gè随suí风fēng更gēng面miàn目mù，一yí个gè立lì地dì把bǎ身shēn摇yáo。
那nà個gè大dà睜zhēng火huǒ眼yǎn伸shēn猿yuán臂bì，這zhè個gè明míng幌huǎng金jīn睛jīng折zhé虎hǔ腰yāo。那nà个gè大dà睁zhēng火huǒ眼yǎn伸shēn猿yuán臂bì，这zhè个gè明míng幌huǎng金jīn睛jīng折zhé虎hǔ腰yāo。

逐句解 Line by line

大dà聖shèng神shén通tōng大dà，妖yāo魔mó本běn事shì高gāo。 大dà圣shèng神shén通tōng大dà，妖yāo魔mó本běn事shì高gāo。

Great the Sage’s magic power, / high the fiend’s own art and craft.

神通 (shéntōng), magic power. 本事 (běnshì), skill, capability. The opening antithesis matches hero to adversary.

這zhè個gè橫héng理lǐ生shēng鐵tiě棒bàng，那nà個gè斜xié舉jǔ蘸zhàn鋼gāng刀dāo。 这zhè个gè横héng理lǐ生shēng铁tiě棒bàng，那nà个gè斜xié举jǔ蘸zhàn钢gāng刀dāo。

This one levels crosswise his rod of raw iron; / that one lifts aslant his tempered blade of steel.

生鐵棒 (shēng tiě bàng), a rod of raw iron. 蘸鋼刀 (zhàn gāng dāo), a quench-tempered steel blade; 蘸, to dip, to temper. 那 read nà.

悠yōu悠yōu刀dāo起qǐ明míng霞xiá亮liàng，輕qīng輕qīng棒bàng架jià彩cǎi雲yún飄piāo。 悠yōu悠yōu刀dāo起qǐ明míng霞xiá亮liàng，轻qīng轻qīng棒bàng架jià彩cǎi云yún飘piāo。

Slow rises the blade, and bright the sunset-haze gleams; / lightly the staff parries, and coloured clouds drift by.

明霞 (míng xiá), bright rosy haze. 彩雲 (cǎi yún), many-coloured clouds. The weapons’ motion is figured in the play of light and vapour.

往wǎng來lái護hù頂dǐng翻fān多duō次cì，反fǎn覆fù渾hún身shēn轉zhuǎn數shù遭zāo。 往wǎng来lái护hù顶dǐng翻fān多duō次cì，反fǎn覆fù浑hún身shēn转zhuǎn数shù遭zāo。

To and fro, guarding the crown, they turn many a time; / over and over, whole bodies wheeling round and round.

護頂 (hù dǐng), guarding the head. 轉數遭 (zhuǎn shù zāo), wheeling several rounds; 數 read shù, 轉 read zhuǎn.

一yí個gè隨suí風fēng更gēng面miàn目mù，一yí個gè立lì地dì把bǎ身shēn搖yáo。 一yí个gè随suí风fēng更gēng面miàn目mù，一yí个gè立lì地dì把bǎ身shēn摇yáo。

The one, with the wind, alters his very features; / the other, planted firm, gives his frame a shake.

隨風更面目 (suí fēng gēng miànmù), to change one’s features with the wind; 更 here “to alter,” read gēng. 立地 (lì dì), standing firm on the ground.

那nà個gè大dà睜zhēng火huǒ眼yǎn伸shēn猿yuán臂bì，這zhè個gè明míng幌huǎng金jīn睛jīng折zhé虎hǔ腰yāo。 那nà个gè大dà睁zhēng火huǒ眼yǎn伸shēn猿yuán臂bì，这zhè个gè明míng幌huǎng金jīn睛jīng折zhé虎hǔ腰yāo。

That one, wide-glaring his fiery eyes, stretches an ape’s long arm; / this one, bright-flashing his golden pupils, bends a tiger’s supple waist.

火眼 (huǒ yǎn) and 金睛 (jīn jīng), the “fiery eyes and golden pupils” that are Wukong’s hallmark. 猿臂 (yuán bì), an ape’s arm. 那 read nà.

總評 Commentary

The battle-rhapsody renders the duel in a sequence of matched couplets, each pairing the combatants clause against clause in the parallel antithesis that is the form’s signature. Blade answers staff, one motion the other, so that the verse itself enacts the give-and-take of the fight; the imagery draws the weapons’ arcs in sunset-haze and drifting cloud, lifting the mountain-top combat into a cosmic register.

The details particular to Wukong — the fiery eyes and golden pupils, the ape’s reaching arm — anchor the stylized verse to the familiar figure of the Monkey King, while the shape-shifting “with the wind” recalls his boundless transformations. The rhapsody is a deliberate ornament, a heightening of the narrative into formal song at the chapter’s martial climax, and the reader is meant to relish its craft as much as its sense.