第三十一回 · 現相驚妖 The Fiend Confounded — Journey to the West

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現相驚妖 The Fiend Confounded

那nà妖yāo怪guài見jiàn了le，大dà驚jīng道dào：「呀ya！渾hún家jiā，你nǐ怎zěn麼me拿ná出chū這zhè一yí副fù嘴zuǐ臉liǎn來lái耶yé？」行xíng者zhě罵mà道dào：「我wǒ把bǎ你nǐ這zhè個gè潑pō怪guài！誰shuí是shì你nǐ渾hún家jiā？連lián你nǐ祖zǔ宗zōng也yě還hái不bú認rèn得de哩lī。」那nà怪guài忽hū然rán省xǐng悟wù道dào：「我wǒ像xiàng有yǒu些xiē認rèn得de你nǐ哩lī。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ且qiě不bù打dǎ你nǐ，你nǐ再zài認rèn認rèn看kàn。」那nà妖yāo怪guài见jiàn了le，大dà惊jīng道dào：「呀ya！浑hún家jiā，你nǐ怎zěn么me拿ná出chū这zhè一yí副fù嘴zuǐ脸liǎn来lái耶yé？」行xíng者zhě骂mà道dào：「我wǒ把bǎ你nǐ这zhè个gè泼pō怪guài！谁shuí是shì你nǐ浑hún家jiā？连lián你nǐ祖zǔ宗zōng也yě还hái不bú认rèn得de哩lī。」那nà怪guài忽hū然rán省xǐng悟wù道dào：「我wǒ像xiàng有yǒu些xiē认rèn得de你nǐ哩lī。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ且qiě不bù打dǎ你nǐ，你nǐ再zài认rèn认rèn看kàn。」

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那nà妖yāo怪guài見jiàn了le，大dà驚jīng道dào：「呀ya！那nà妖yāo怪guài见jiàn了le，大dà惊jīng道dào：「呀ya！

The fiend, at the sight, cried out in great alarm, “Ah!

大驚 (dà jīng), greatly startled. 那 read nà.

渾hún家jiā，你nǐ怎zěn麼me拿ná出chū這zhè一yí副fù嘴zuǐ臉liǎn來lái耶yé？」浑hún家jiā，你nǐ怎zěn么me拿ná出chū这zhè一yí副fù嘴zuǐ脸liǎn来lái耶yé？」

Wife, how is it you have put forth this face?”

渾家 (húnjiā), one’s wife. 這一副嘴臉 (zhè yí fù zuǐliǎn), this countenance, this visage. 耶 (yé), a final particle of surprise.

行xíng者zhě罵mà道dào：「我wǒ把bǎ你nǐ這zhè個gè潑pō怪guài！行xíng者zhě骂mà道dào：「我wǒ把bǎ你nǐ这zhè个gè泼pō怪guài！

Pilgrim railed, “Why, you vile fiend!

潑怪 (pō guài), vile monster — a term of abuse.

誰shuí是shì你nǐ渾hún家jiā？谁shuí是shì你nǐ浑hún家jiā？

Who is your wife?

誰 (shéi), who.

連lián你nǐ祖zǔ宗zōng也yě還hái不bú認rèn得de哩lī。」连lián你nǐ祖zǔ宗zōng也yě还hái不bú认rèn得de哩lī。」

You do not even know your own ancestor.”

祖宗 (zǔzōng), ancestor, forebear — Wukong’s mock claim of seniority. 還 read hái; 認得 with 得 as de.

那nà怪guài忽hū然rán省xǐng悟wù道dào：「我wǒ像xiàng有yǒu些xiē認rèn得de你nǐ哩lī。」那nà怪guài忽hū然rán省xǐng悟wù道dào：「我wǒ像xiàng有yǒu些xiē认rèn得de你nǐ哩lī。」

The fiend, of a sudden coming to himself, said, “I seem indeed to know you a little.”

省悟 (xǐngwù), to wake to a realization, to come to oneself; 省 read xǐng. 認得 with 得 as de; 那 read nà.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ且qiě不bù打dǎ你nǐ，你nǐ再zài認rèn認rèn看kàn。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ且qiě不bù打dǎ你nǐ，你nǐ再zài认rèn认rèn看kàn。」

Pilgrim said, “I will not strike you yet — look again and see.”

認認看 (rèn rèn kàn), to have another look and try to recognize.

總評 Commentary

The revelation lands with comic force: the demon, who a moment before embraced his “wife,” recoils in horror at the face now before him, and Wukong presses the advantage with his standing conceit of being the fiend’s “ancestor.” The scene inverts the whole preceding deception, the deceiver unmasked in the very posture of intimacy.

The demon’s dawning half-recognition — “I seem indeed to know you a little” — sets up the extended recognition dialogue that fills the block, a favourite comic set-piece in which adversary and hero establish each other’s identity through banter before coming to blows. Wukong’s forbearance, declining to strike until the fiend has “looked again,” prolongs the game for the reader’s pleasure.