第三十一回 · 妖精已絕 The Fiends All Gone — Journey to the West

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妖精已絕 The Fiends All Gone

那nà大dà聖shèng按àn落luò祥xiáng光guāng，徑jìng轉zhuǎn碗wǎn子zi山shān波bō月yuè洞dòng，尋xún出chū公gōng主zhǔ，將jiāng那nà思sī凡fán下xià界jiè收shōu妖yāo的de言yán語yǔ正zhèng然rán陳chén訴sù。只zhǐ聽tīng得de半bàn空kōng中zhōng八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng厲lì聲shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「師shī兄xiōng，有yǒu妖yāo精jīng，留liú幾jǐ個gè兒er我wǒ們men打dǎ耶yé。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「妖yāo精jīng已yǐ盡jìn絕jué矣yǐ。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「既jì把bǎ妖yāo精jīng打dǎ絕jué，無wú甚shèn罣guà礙ài，將jiāng公gōng主zhǔ引yǐn入rù朝cháo中zhōng去qù罷bà。不bú要yào睜zhēng眼yǎn，兄xiōng弟dì們men使shǐ個gè縮suō地dì法fǎ來lái。」那nà大dà圣shèng按àn落luò祥xiáng光guāng，径jìng转zhuǎn碗wǎn子zi山shān波bō月yuè洞dòng，寻xún出chū公gōng主zhǔ，将jiāng那nà思sī凡fán下xià界jiè收shōu妖yāo的de言yán语yǔ正zhèng然rán陈chén诉sù。只zhǐ听tīng得de半bàn空kōng中zhōng八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng厉lì声shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「师shī兄xiōng，有yǒu妖yāo精jīng，留liú几jǐ个gè儿er我wǒ们men打dǎ耶yé。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「妖yāo精jīng已yǐ尽jìn绝jué矣yǐ。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「既jì把bǎ妖yāo精jīng打dǎ绝jué，无wú甚shèn罣guà碍ài，将jiāng公gōng主zhǔ引yǐn入rù朝cháo中zhōng去qù罢bà。不bú要yào睁zhēng眼yǎn，兄xiōng弟dì们men使shǐ个gè缩suō地dì法fǎ来lái。」

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那nà大dà聖shèng按àn落luò祥xiáng光guāng，徑jìng轉zhuǎn碗wǎn子zi山shān波bō月yuè洞dòng，尋xún出chū公gōng主zhǔ，將jiāng那nà思sī凡fán下xià界jiè收shōu妖yāo的de言yán語yǔ正zhèng然rán陳chén訴sù。那nà大dà圣shèng按àn落luò祥xiáng光guāng，径jìng转zhuǎn碗wǎn子zi山shān波bō月yuè洞dòng，寻xún出chū公gōng主zhǔ，将jiāng那nà思sī凡fán下xià界jiè收shōu妖yāo的de言yán语yǔ正zhèng然rán陈chén诉sù。

The Great Sage brought down his auspicious cloud, went straight back to the Wave-Moon Cave on Bowl Mountain, sought out the princess, and was in the very act of setting forth the whole story — her yearning for the mortal world, her descent, and the subduing of the fiend—

碗子山波月洞 (Wǎnzǐ Shān Bōyuè Dòng), the Wave-Moon Cave on Bowl Mountain, the demon’s lair. 陳訴 (chénsù), to relate, to set forth. 將那 with 將 as jiāng; 那 in both places read nà.

只zhǐ聽tīng得de半bàn空kōng中zhōng八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng厲lì聲shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「師shī兄xiōng，有yǒu妖yāo精jīng，留liú幾jǐ個gè兒er我wǒ們men打dǎ耶yé。」只zhǐ听tīng得de半bàn空kōng中zhōng八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng厉lì声shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「师shī兄xiōng，有yǒu妖yāo精jīng，留liú几jǐ个gè儿er我wǒ们men打dǎ耶yé。」

— when he heard Bajie and Sha Seng calling out shrilly from mid-air, “Elder brother, if there are fiends, leave us a few to fight!”

半空中 (bàn kōng zhōng), in mid-air; 中 read zhōng. 留幾個兒 (liú jǐ ge’r), leave a few; 兒 the suffix, read er. 聽得 with 得 as de.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「妖yāo精jīng已yǐ盡jìn絕jué矣yǐ。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「妖yāo精jīng已yǐ尽jìn绝jué矣yǐ。」

Pilgrim said, “The fiends are all utterly done away with.”

盡絕 (jìn jué), wholly wiped out; 盡 read jìn. 矣 (yǐ), a classical final particle.

沙shā僧sēng道dào：「既jì把bǎ妖yāo精jīng打dǎ絕jué，無wú甚shèn罣guà礙ài，將jiāng公gōng主zhǔ引yǐn入rù朝cháo中zhōng去qù罷bà。沙shā僧sēng道dào：「既jì把bǎ妖yāo精jīng打dǎ绝jué，无wú甚shèn罣guà碍ài，将jiāng公gōng主zhǔ引yǐn入rù朝cháo中zhōng去qù罢bà。

Sha Seng said, “Since the fiends are all destroyed and there is no further hindrance, let us bring the princess into the court.

無甚罣礙 (wú shèn guà’ài), no hindrance to speak of; 甚 here “much,” read shèn. 朝中 with 中 as zhōng; 將 read jiāng.

不bú要yào睜zhēng眼yǎn，兄xiōng弟dì們men使shǐ個gè縮suō地dì法fǎ來lái。」不bú要yào睁zhēng眼yǎn，兄xiōng弟dì们men使shǐ个gè缩suō地dì法fǎ来lái。」

Do not open your eyes — brothers, let us work the earth-shrinking art.”

睜眼 (zhēng yǎn), to open the eyes. 縮地法 (suō dì fǎ), the “earth-shrinking” magic, by which great distances are crossed in an instant.

總評 Commentary

With the star recalled above, the action returns to earth for the winding-up: Wukong relates the whole celestial back-story to the princess, and the reappearance of Bajie and Sha Seng — clamouring, too late, for demons to fight — restores the comic ensemble after the solemnities of Heaven. The brothers’ eagerness for a fight already finished is a small, affectionate joke at their expense.

The turn to practical business — conveying the princess to court by the earth-shrinking art — begins the chapter’s homeward gathering of threads. The magic of instantaneous travel, invoked here in passing, is one of the pilgrims’ stock conveniences, and its use to spirit the princess back to Baoxiang sets up the reunion at court and the restoration of the tiger-transformed Tripitaka that the chapter’s close requires.