第三十一回 · 帶郎認公 Taking the Son to His Grandsire — Journey to the West

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帶郎認公 Taking the Son to His Grandsire

行xíng者zhě即jí跳tiào下xià石shí崖yá，到dào他tā塔tǎ門mén之zhī下xià。那nà公gōng主zhǔ道dào：「你nǐ這zhè和hé尚shàng，全quán無wú信xìn義yì：你nǐ說shuō放fàng了le你nǐ師shī弟dì，就jiù與yǔ我wǒ孩hái兒ér，怎zěn麼me你nǐ師shī弟dì放fàng去qù，把bǎ我wǒ孩hái兒ér又yòu留liú，反fǎn來lái我wǒ門mén首shǒu做zuò甚shén？」行xíng者zhě陪péi笑xiào道dào：「公gōng主zhǔ休xiū怪guài。你nǐ來lái的de日rì子zi已yǐ久jiǔ，帶dài你nǐ令lìng郎láng去qù認rèn他tā外wài公gōng去qù哩lī。」公gōng主zhǔ道dào：「和hé尚shàng莫mò無wú禮lǐ。我wǒ那nà黃huáng袍páo郎láng比bǐ眾zhòng不bù同tóng，你nǐ若ruò諕xià了le我wǒ的de孩hái兒ér，與yǔ他tā柳liǔ柳liǔ驚jīng是shì。」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「公gōng主zhǔ啊a，為wéi人rén生shēng在zài天tiān地dì之zhī間jiān，怎zěn麼me便biàn是shì得dé罪zuì？」行xíng者zhě即jí跳tiào下xià石shí崖yá，到dào他tā塔tǎ门mén之zhī下xià。那nà公gōng主zhǔ道dào：「你nǐ这zhè和hé尚shàng，全quán无wú信xìn义yì：你nǐ说shuō放fàng了le你nǐ师shī弟dì，就jiù与yǔ我wǒ孩hái儿ér，怎zěn么me你nǐ师shī弟dì放fàng去qù，把bǎ我wǒ孩hái儿ér又yòu留liú，反fǎn来lái我wǒ门mén首shǒu做zuò甚shén？」行xíng者zhě陪péi笑xiào道dào：「公gōng主zhǔ休xiū怪guài。你nǐ来lái的de日rì子zi已yǐ久jiǔ，带dài你nǐ令lìng郎láng去qù认rèn他tā外wài公gōng去qù哩lī。」公gōng主zhǔ道dào：「和hé尚shàng莫mò无wú礼lǐ。我wǒ那nà黄huáng袍páo郎láng比bǐ众zhòng不bù同tóng，你nǐ若ruò諕xià了le我wǒ的de孩hái儿ér，与yǔ他tā柳liǔ柳liǔ惊jīng是shì。」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「公gōng主zhǔ啊a，为wéi人rén生shēng在zài天tiān地dì之zhī间jiān，怎zěn么me便biàn是shì得dé罪zuì？」

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行xíng者zhě即jí跳tiào下xià石shí崖yá，到dào他tā塔tǎ門mén之zhī下xià。行xíng者zhě即jí跳tiào下xià石shí崖yá，到dào他tā塔tǎ门mén之zhī下xià。

Pilgrim at once leapt down from the stony crag and came beneath the door of the tower.

塔門 (tǎ mén), the door of the pagoda-tower that crowns the cave.

那nà公gōng主zhǔ道dào：「你nǐ這zhè和hé尚shàng，全quán無wú信xìn義yì：你nǐ說shuō放fàng了le你nǐ師shī弟dì，就jiù與yǔ我wǒ孩hái兒ér，怎zěn麼me你nǐ師shī弟dì放fàng去qù，把bǎ我wǒ孩hái兒ér又yòu留liú，反fǎn來lái我wǒ門mén首shǒu做zuò甚shén？」那nà公gōng主zhǔ道dào：「你nǐ这zhè和hé尚shàng，全quán无wú信xìn义yì：你nǐ说shuō放fàng了le你nǐ师shī弟dì，就jiù与yǔ我wǒ孩hái儿ér，怎zěn么me你nǐ师shī弟dì放fàng去qù，把bǎ我wǒ孩hái儿ér又yòu留liú，反fǎn来lái我wǒ门mén首shǒu做zuò甚shén？」

The princess said, “You monk, wholly without good faith! You said that once your brother was freed you would give me my children; yet your brother is loosed and gone, and my children you keep still — what do you mean, coming back to my very door?”

信義 (xìnyì), good faith, trustworthiness. 孩兒 (hái’ér), children; 兒 read ér. 做甚 (zuò shén), to what purpose; 甚 read shén. 那 read nà.

行xíng者zhě陪péi笑xiào道dào：「公gōng主zhǔ休xiū怪guài。行xíng者zhě陪péi笑xiào道dào：「公gōng主zhǔ休xiū怪guài。

Pilgrim said with an ingratiating laugh, “Let the princess not take it amiss.

陪笑 (péi xiào), to smile ingratiatingly, to laugh placatingly. 休怪 (xiū guài), do not blame, take no offence.

你nǐ來lái的de日rì子zi已yǐ久jiǔ，帶dài你nǐ令lìng郎láng去qù認rèn他tā外wài公gōng去qù哩lī。」你nǐ来lái的de日rì子zi已yǐ久jiǔ，带dài你nǐ令lìng郎láng去qù认rèn他tā外wài公gōng去qù哩lī。」

You have been here now a long while; I am taking your young masters to acknowledge their grandsire.”

令郎 (lìng láng), a courteous “your son.” 認外公 (rèn wàigōng), to acknowledge the maternal grandfather — i.e. to be presented to the King of Baoxiang.

公gōng主zhǔ道dào：「和hé尚shàng莫mò無wú禮lǐ。公gōng主zhǔ道dào：「和hé尚shàng莫mò无wú礼lǐ。

The princess said, “Monk, be not insolent.

莫無禮 (mò wúlǐ), do not be rude, offer no insult.

我wǒ那nà黃huáng袍páo郎láng比bǐ眾zhòng不bù同tóng，你nǐ若ruò諕xià了le我wǒ的de孩hái兒ér，與yǔ他tā柳liǔ柳liǔ驚jīng是shì。」我wǒ那nà黄huáng袍páo郎láng比bǐ众zhòng不bù同tóng，你nǐ若ruò諕xià了le我wǒ的de孩hái儿ér，与yǔ他tā柳liǔ柳liǔ惊jīng是shì。」

My lord Yellow Robe is unlike common folk; if you have frightened my children, then soothe away their fright for them.”

黃袍郎 (Huángpáo láng), “my lord Yellow Robe,” the princess’s husband. 柳柳驚 (liǔliǔ jīng), a folk charm or soothing to calm a startled child. 諕 read xià; 兒 read ér; 那 read nà.

行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「公gōng主zhǔ啊a，為wéi人rén生shēng在zài天tiān地dì之zhī間jiān，怎zěn麼me便biàn是shì得dé罪zuì？」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「公gōng主zhǔ啊a，为wéi人rén生shēng在zài天tiān地dì之zhī间jiān，怎zěn么me便biàn是shì得dé罪zuì？」

Pilgrim said with a laugh, “Princess — for one born a human being into this world between heaven and earth, how should this be an offence?”

為人 (wéi rén), to be a human being; 為 read wéi. 得罪 (dézuì), to give offence, to commit a fault; 得 read dé. 間 read jiān.

總評 Commentary

The exchange at the tower door mingles comedy and menace. The princess’s reproach for broken faith is just — Wukong has indeed kept the children after Sha Seng’s release — and his placating laugh and the fiction of “taking the young masters to meet their grandsire” thinly veil the true design of using them to bait the demon. Her warning about her formidable husband keeps the danger present beneath the banter.

Wukong’s closing sally — that to be born human is no offence — turns the conversation, with deceptive lightness, toward the ground on which he means to fight her: not force, but the moral reproach of unfiliality. The pilgrim who deals in iron here shows himself equally ready to deal in the language of the Classics, baiting a snare of Confucian argument that the next passage springs.