第三十一回 · 白玉階前 Before the White Jade Steps — Journey to the West

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白玉階前 Before the White Jade Steps

卻què說shuō八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng把bǎ兩liǎng個gè孩hái子zi拿ná到dào寶bǎo象xiàng國guó中zhōng，往wǎng那nà白bái玉yù階jiē前qián捽zuó下xià。可kě憐lián都dōu摜guàn做zuò個gè肉ròu餅bǐng相xiāng似sì，鮮xiān血xuè迸bèng流liú，骨gǔ骸hái粉fěn碎suì。慌huāng得de那nà滿mǎn朝cháo多duō官guān報bào道dào：「不bù好hǎo了le，不bù好hǎo了le，天tiān上shàng摜guàn下xià兩liǎng個gè人rén來lái了le。」八bā戒jiè厲lì聲shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「那nà孩hái子zi是shì黃huáng袍páo妖yāo精jīng的de兒ér子zi，被bèi老lǎo豬zhū與yǔ沙shā弟dì拿ná將jiāng來lái也yě！」却què说shuō八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng把bǎ两liǎng个gè孩hái子zi拿ná到dào宝bǎo象xiàng国guó中zhōng，往wǎng那nà白bái玉yù阶jiē前qián捽zuó下xià。可kě怜lián都dōu掼guàn做zuò个gè肉ròu饼bǐng相xiāng似sì，鲜xiān血xuè迸bèng流liú，骨gǔ骸hái粉fěn碎suì。慌huāng得de那nà满mǎn朝cháo多duō官guān报bào道dào：「不bù好hǎo了le，不bù好hǎo了le，天tiān上shàng掼guàn下xià两liǎng个gè人rén来lái了le。」八bā戒jiè厉lì声shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「那nà孩hái子zi是shì黄huáng袍páo妖yāo精jīng的de儿ér子zi，被bèi老lǎo猪zhū与yǔ沙shā弟dì拿ná将jiāng来lái也yě！」

逐句解 Line by line

卻què說shuō八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng把bǎ兩liǎng個gè孩hái子zi拿ná到dào寶bǎo象xiàng國guó中zhōng，往wǎng那nà白bái玉yù階jiē前qián捽zuó下xià。却què说shuō八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng把bǎ两liǎng个gè孩hái子zi拿ná到dào宝bǎo象xiàng国guó中zhōng，往wǎng那nà白bái玉yù阶jiē前qián捽zuó下xià。

Now Bajie and Sha Seng carried the two children into the kingdom of Baoxiang, and flung them down before the white jade steps.

捽下, zuó xià, to hurl down. The scene changes to the throne-hall, and the plan is carried out exactly as laid.

可kě憐lián都dōu摜guàn做zuò個gè肉ròu餅bǐng相xiāng似sì，鮮xiān血xuè迸bèng流liú，骨gǔ骸hái粉fěn碎suì。可kě怜lián都dōu掼guàn做zuò个gè肉ròu饼bǐng相xiāng似sì，鲜xiān血xuè迸bèng流liú，骨gǔ骸hái粉fěn碎suì。

Piteously they were both dashed to something like a meat-cake, the fresh blood spurting and the bones ground to powder.

The novel does not look away. 肉餅相似, ròu bǐng xiāng sì, resembling a flat meat-cake — the same grim kitchen imagery Bajie used on the crag, now realised. 鮮血迸流, xiān xuè bèng liú, the fresh blood bursting out; 骨骸粉碎, gǔ hái fěn suì, the bones smashed to powder. 可憐, "piteously," is the narrator's own word, and it is the only concession made.

慌huāng得de那nà滿mǎn朝cháo多duō官guān報bào道dào：「不bù好hǎo了le，不bù好hǎo了le，天tiān上shàng摜guàn下xià兩liǎng個gè人rén來lái了le。」慌huāng得de那nà满mǎn朝cháo多duō官guān报bào道dào：「不bù好hǎo了le，不bù好hǎo了le，天tiān上shàng掼guàn下xià两liǎng个gè人rén来lái了le。」

In alarm the officers thronging the court cried out, "This is ill, this is ill — two persons have been flung down out of the sky!"

滿朝多官, mǎn cháo duō guān, the officers filling the whole court; 不好了, bù hǎo le, "this is bad" — the cry of ordinary people who have just seen something drop out of the sky.

八bā戒jiè厲lì聲shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「那nà孩hái子zi是shì黃huáng袍páo妖yāo精jīng的de兒ér子zi，被bèi老lǎo豬zhū與yǔ沙shā弟dì拿ná將jiāng來lái也yě！」八bā戒jiè厉lì声shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「那nà孩hái子zi是shì黄huáng袍páo妖yāo精jīng的de儿ér子zi，被bèi老lǎo猪zhū与yǔ沙shā弟dì拿ná将jiāng来lái也yě！」

Bajie cried out in a loud voice, "Those children are the Yellow-Robe fiend's sons, seized and brought here by old Hog and Brother Sha!"

老豬, lǎo zhū, "old Hog," is Bajie's own name for himself, matching Wukong's "old Sun." He shouts the announcement because the whole point is to be heard by somebody two rooms away, sleeping off his wine.

總評 Commentary

The provocation is carried out with a brutality the novel refuses to soften. The demon's children, hostages since the cliff-top, are dashed to bloody ruin in front of the entire court. The grisly particulars — the meat-cake, the bursting blood, the powdered bone — make good Bajie's earlier misgiving word for word, and the horror is compounded by the public staging, which is calculated to reach the father's ears.

This is the point at which Wukong's stratagem exacts its full moral cost, and the dark comedy shades into something genuinely disturbing. Bajie's bellowed announcement, naming both the victims and their killers, completes the bait. The cruelty is instrumental, aimed at drawing the fiend home; and the text lets its ugliness stand unmitigated, as the price of the rescue now in motion.