第三十一回 · 抱孩赴城 The Children Borne to the City — Journey to the West

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抱孩赴城 The Children Borne to the City

行xíng者zhě道dào：「他tā若ruò扯chě你nǐ，你nǐ兩liǎng個gè就jiù與yǔ他tā打dǎ將jiāng這zhè裡lǐ來lái。這zhè裡lǐ有yǒu戰zhàn場chǎng寬kuān闊kuò，我wǒ在zài此cǐ等děng候hòu打dǎ他tā。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì，大dà哥gē說shuō得de有yǒu理lǐ，我wǒ們men去qù來lái。」他tā兩liǎng個gè才cái倚yǐ仗zhàng威wēi風fēng，將jiāng孩hái子zi拿ná去qù。行xíng者zhě道dào：「他tā若ruò扯chě你nǐ，你nǐ两liǎng个gè就jiù与yǔ他tā打dǎ将jiāng这zhè里lǐ来lái。这zhè里lǐ有yǒu战zhàn场chǎng宽kuān阔kuò，我wǒ在zài此cǐ等děng候hòu打dǎ他tā。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì，大dà哥gē说shuō得de有yǒu理lǐ，我wǒ们men去qù来lái。」他tā两liǎng个gè才cái倚yǐ仗zhàng威wēi风fēng，将jiāng孩hái子zi拿ná去qù。

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行xíng者zhě道dào：「他tā若ruò扯chě你nǐ，你nǐ兩liǎng個gè就jiù與yǔ他tā打dǎ將jiāng這zhè裡lǐ來lái。行xíng者zhě道dào：「他tā若ruò扯chě你nǐ，你nǐ两liǎng个gè就jiù与yǔ他tā打dǎ将jiāng这zhè里lǐ来lái。

Pilgrim said, “If he lays hold of you, the two of you have only to fight him and draw him back here.

扯 (chě), to seize, to lay hold of. 打將這裡來 (dǎ jiāng zhèlǐ lái), to fight your way back here; 將 read jiāng.

這zhè裡lǐ有yǒu戰zhàn場chǎng寬kuān闊kuò，我wǒ在zài此cǐ等děng候hòu打dǎ他tā。」这zhè里lǐ有yǒu战zhàn场chǎng宽kuān阔kuò，我wǒ在zài此cǐ等děng候hòu打dǎ他tā。」

Here the field of battle is broad, and I shall wait in this place to give him combat.”

戰場 (zhànchǎng), a field of battle. 寬闊 (kuānkuò), broad, spacious.

沙shā僧sēng道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì，大dà哥gē說shuō得de有yǒu理lǐ，我wǒ們men去qù來lái。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì，大dà哥gē说shuō得de有yǒu理lǐ，我wǒ们men去qù来lái。」

Sha Seng said, “Just so, just so; the eldest brother speaks with reason. Let us be off.”

說得有理 (shuō de yǒu lǐ), to speak reasonably, with good sense; 得 read de.

他tā兩liǎng個gè才cái倚yǐ仗zhàng威wēi風fēng，將jiāng孩hái子zi拿ná去qù。他tā两liǎng个gè才cái倚yǐ仗zhàng威wēi风fēng，将jiāng孩hái子zi拿ná去qù。

The two of them then, trusting to their own bravado, took the children off.

倚仗威風 (yǐzhàng wēifēng), to rely on one’s own bold bearing. 將孩子 (jiāng háizi), took the children; 將 read jiāng.

總評 Commentary

Wukong’s answer settles Bajie’s complaint with the tactician’s reassurance that the fight, if it comes to blows, will be drawn back to open ground where he himself waits — the risk shared after all, the plan held firm. Sha Seng’s ready agreement, and the two brothers’ departure “trusting to their own bravado,” restore the band’s forward motion.

The narrator’s dry phrase — that they went “trusting to their own bold bearing” — carries a faint irony, given how thoroughly both have just been bested by the very fiend they now go to bait. The passage closes the council on the crag and launches the provocation at the Baoxiang court, turning the chapter toward its central confrontation.