第三十一回 · 吞丹現相 The Pearl Swallowed, the Form Revealed — Journey to the West

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吞丹現相 The Pearl Swallowed, the Form Revealed

那nà猴hóu子zi拿ná將jiāng過guò來lái，那nǎ裡lǐ有yǒu甚shén麼me疼téng處chù，特tè故gù意yì摸mō了le一yì摸mō，一yì指zhǐ頭tóu彈tán將jiāng去qù。那nà妖yāo慌huāng了le，劈pī手shǒu來lái搶qiǎng。你nǐ思sī量liáng，那nà猴hóu子zi好hǎo不bù溜liū撒sā，把bǎ那nà寶bǎo貝bèi一yì口kǒu吸xī在zài肚dù裡lǐ。那nà妖yāo魔mó揝zuàn著zhe拳quán頭tóu就jiù打dǎ。被bèi行xíng者zhě一yì手shǒu隔gé住zhù，把bǎ臉liǎn抹mǒ了le一yì抹mǒ，現xiàn出chū本běn相xiàng，道dào聲shēng：「妖yāo怪guài，不bú要yào無wú禮lǐ。你nǐ且qiě認rèn認rèn看kàn我wǒ是shì誰shuí？」那nà猴hóu子zi拿ná将jiāng过guò来lái，那nǎ里lǐ有yǒu甚shén么me疼téng处chù，特tè故gù意yì摸mō了le一yì摸mō，一yì指zhǐ头tóu弹tán将jiāng去qù。那nà妖yāo慌huāng了le，劈pī手shǒu来lái抢qiǎng。你nǐ思sī量liáng，那nà猴hóu子zi好hǎo不bù溜liū撒sā，把bǎ那nà宝bǎo贝bèi一yì口kǒu吸xī在zài肚dù里lǐ。那nà妖yāo魔mó揝zuàn著zhe拳quán头tóu就jiù打dǎ。被bèi行xíng者zhě一yì手shǒu隔gé住zhù，把bǎ脸liǎn抹mǒ了le一yì抹mǒ，现xiàn出chū本běn相xiàng，道dào声shēng：「妖yāo怪guài，不bú要yào无wú礼lǐ。你nǐ且qiě认rèn认rèn看kàn我wǒ是shì谁shuí？」

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那nà猴hóu子zi拿ná將jiāng過guò來lái，那nǎ裡lǐ有yǒu甚shén麼me疼téng處chù，特tè故gù意yì摸mō了le一yì摸mō，一yì指zhǐ頭tóu彈tán將jiāng去qù。那nà猴hóu子zi拿ná将jiāng过guò来lái，那nǎ里lǐ有yǒu甚shén么me疼téng处chù，特tè故gù意yì摸mō了le一yì摸mō，一yì指zhǐ头tóu弹tán将jiāng去qù。

The monkey took it over — there was no sore place at all — and, of set purpose, gave it a rub, then flicked it away with a finger.

拿將過來 (ná jiāng guò lái), to take over; 將 read jiāng. 那裡有甚麼疼處, where was there any sore place; 那 here read nǎ, 甚 read shén. 彈將去 (tán jiāng qù), to flick away; 彈 read tán. The deictic 那猴子 reads nà.

那nà妖yāo慌huāng了le，劈pī手shǒu來lái搶qiǎng。那nà妖yāo慌huāng了le，劈pī手shǒu来lái抢qiǎng。

The fiend, in alarm, snatched at it with a sudden hand.

劈手 (pī shǒu), with a swift grab, snatching straight at. 那 read nà.

你nǐ思sī量liáng，那nà猴hóu子zi好hǎo不bù溜liū撒sā，把bǎ那nà寶bǎo貝bèi一yì口kǒu吸xī在zài肚dù裡lǐ。你nǐ思sī量liáng，那nà猴hóu子zi好hǎo不bù溜liū撒sā，把bǎ那nà宝bǎo贝bèi一yì口kǒu吸xī在zài肚dù里lǐ。

But think — how nimble that monkey is: he sucked the treasure down into his belly at a single gulp.

思量 (sī liáng), to consider, to reflect; 量 read liáng. 好不溜撒 (hǎo bù liūsā), how nimble, how quick. 那 in both places read nà.

那nà妖yāo魔mó揝zuàn著zhe拳quán頭tóu就jiù打dǎ。那nà妖yāo魔mó揝zuàn著zhe拳quán头tóu就jiù打dǎ。

The fiend clenched his fist and made to strike.

揝著拳頭 (zuàn zhe quántou), clenching the fist — durative; 揝 read zuàn, 著 read zhe. 那 read nà.

被bèi行xíng者zhě一yì手shǒu隔gé住zhù，把bǎ臉liǎn抹mǒ了le一yì抹mǒ，現xiàn出chū本běn相xiàng，道dào聲shēng：「妖yāo怪guài，不bú要yào無wú禮lǐ。被bèi行xíng者zhě一yì手shǒu隔gé住zhù，把bǎ脸liǎn抹mǒ了le一yì抹mǒ，现xiàn出chū本běn相xiàng，道dào声shēng：「妖yāo怪guài，不bú要yào无wú礼lǐ。

Pilgrim warded him off with one hand, and giving his own face a wipe, showed forth his true form, calling out, “Fiend, be not insolent.

隔住 (gé zhù), to fend off, to block. 抹了一抹 (mǒ le yì mǒ), gave a wipe. 現出本相 (xiàn chū běn xiàng), to reveal one’s true form; 相 read xiàng.

你nǐ且qiě認rèn認rèn看kàn我wǒ是shì誰shuí？」你nǐ且qiě认rèn认rèn看kàn我wǒ是shì谁shuí？」

Look now, and tell me who I am!”

認認看 (rèn rèn kàn), to have a good look and see, to try to recognize.

總評 Commentary

The theft is executed with the speed and impudence that are Wukong’s signature: pretending to rub a wound he does not have, he flicks the elixir loose and swallows it whole before the demon can recover it, then wards off the fist and, wiping his face, casts off the princess’s disguise. The narrator’s aside — “think how nimble that monkey is” — draws the reader into complicit admiration of the trick.

The swallowing of the inner elixir is more than a theft; it strips the demon of the concentrated source of his power at the very moment his true adversary stands revealed. The revelation — “Fiend, be not insolent … tell me who I am” — turns the whole long deception on its point, and hands the chapter over to the open confrontation of the twentieth block, where recognition, taunt, and challenge give way at last to battle.