第三十一回 · 非趕是遣 Not Driven Off, but Sent Home — Journey to the West

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非趕是遣 Not Driven Off, but Sent Home

我wǒ保bǎo唐táng僧sēng的de這zhè樁zhuāng事shì，天tiān上shàng地dì下xià，都dōu曉xiǎo得de孫sūn悟wù空kōng是shì唐táng僧sēng的de徒tú弟dì。他tā倒dào不bú是shì趕gǎn我wǒ回huí來lái，倒dào是shì教jiào我wǒ來lái家jiā看kàn看kàn，送sòng我wǒ來lái家jiā自zì在zài耍shuǎ子zi。如rú今jīn只zhǐ因yīn這zhè件jiàn事shì。你nǐ們men卻què都dōu要yào仔zǐ細xì看kān守shǒu家jiā業yè，依yī時shí插chā柳liǔ栽zāi松sōng，毋wú得dé廢fèi墜zhuì。待dài我wǒ還hái去qù保bǎo唐táng僧sēng，取qǔ經jīng回huí東dōng土tǔ，功gōng成chéng之zhī後hòu，仍réng回huí來lái與yǔ你nǐ們men共gòng樂lè天tiān真zhēn。」眾zhòng猴hóu各gè各gè領lǐng命mìng。我wǒ保bǎo唐táng僧sēng的de这zhè桩zhuāng事shì，天tiān上shàng地dì下xià，都dōu晓xiǎo得de孙sūn悟wù空kōng是shì唐táng僧sēng的de徒tú弟dì。他tā倒dào不bú是shì赶gǎn我wǒ回huí来lái，倒dào是shì教jiào我wǒ来lái家jiā看kàn看kàn，送sòng我wǒ来lái家jiā自zì在zài耍shuǎ子zi。如rú今jīn只zhǐ因yīn这zhè件jiàn事shì。你nǐ们men却què都dōu要yào仔zǐ细xì看kān守shǒu家jiā业yè，依yī时shí插chā柳liǔ栽zāi松sōng，毋wú得dé废fèi坠zhuì。待dài我wǒ还hái去qù保bǎo唐táng僧sēng，取qǔ经jīng回huí东dōng土tǔ，功gōng成chéng之zhī后hòu，仍réng回huí来lái与yǔ你nǐ们men共gòng乐lè天tiān真zhēn。」众zhòng猴hóu各gè各gè领lǐng命mìng。

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我wǒ保bǎo唐táng僧sēng的de這zhè樁zhuāng事shì，天tiān上shàng地dì下xià，都dōu曉xiǎo得de孫sūn悟wù空kōng是shì唐táng僧sēng的de徒tú弟dì。我wǒ保bǎo唐táng僧sēng的de这zhè桩zhuāng事shì，天tiān上shàng地dì下xià，都dōu晓xiǎo得de孙sūn悟wù空kōng是shì唐táng僧sēng的de徒tú弟dì。

This charge of mine, to guard the Tang Monk — in Heaven above and on earth below, all know that Sun Wukong is the Tang Monk's disciple.

這樁事, zhè zhuāng shì, "this matter" — 樁 is the counter used for undertakings and affairs, the way one says "a piece of business." (都 is dōu, "all"; 曉得 takes the light de.)

他tā倒dào不bú是shì趕gǎn我wǒ回huí來lái，倒dào是shì教jiào我wǒ來lái家jiā看kàn看kàn，送sòng我wǒ來lái家jiā自zì在zài耍shuǎ子zi。他tā倒dào不bú是shì赶gǎn我wǒ回huí来lái，倒dào是shì教jiào我wǒ来lái家jiā看kàn看kàn，送sòng我wǒ来lái家jiā自zì在zài耍shuǎ子zi。

It is not, after all, that he drove me back; rather he bade me come home to look in on things, and sent me home to sport at my ease.

Here is a monkey saving face in front of his own subjects. 倒, dào, twice over, means "on the contrary" — and the doubling is the giveaway. He was thrown out; he tells them he was granted leave to visit home. Every reader knows better, and so does he.

如rú今jīn只zhǐ因yīn這zhè件jiàn事shì。如rú今jīn只zhǐ因yīn这zhè件jiàn事shì。

But now, for this one matter's sake—

只因, zhǐ yīn: solely on account of.

你nǐ們men卻què都dōu要yào仔zǐ細xì看kān守shǒu家jiā業yè，依yī時shí插chā柳liǔ栽zāi松sōng，毋wú得dé廢fèi墜zhuì。你nǐ们men却què都dōu要yào仔zǐ细xì看kān守shǒu家jiā业yè，依yī时shí插chā柳liǔ栽zāi松sōng，毋wú得dé废fèi坠zhuì。

You must all, then, keep careful watch over the family estate, planting willow and pine in due season, and let nothing fall to ruin.

The instructions of a proprietor going away on business. 仔細, zǐ xì, careful, minute; 看守, kān shǒu, to keep watch over — 看 read kān, "guard," not kàn, "look." 毋得, wú dé, "you must not"; 廢墜, fèi zhuì, to let a thing fall into neglect and ruin.

待dài我wǒ還hái去qù保bǎo唐táng僧sēng，取qǔ經jīng回huí東dōng土tǔ，功gōng成chéng之zhī後hòu，仍réng回huí來lái與yǔ你nǐ們men共gòng樂lè天tiān真zhēn。」待dài我wǒ还hái去qù保bǎo唐táng僧sēng，取qǔ经jīng回huí东dōng土tǔ，功gōng成chéng之zhī后hòu，仍réng回huí来lái与yǔ你nǐ们men共gòng乐lè天tiān真zhēn。」

Wait until I go back to guard the Tang Monk, fetch the scriptures, and return them to the Eastern Land; the work accomplished, I shall come again and share with you the joys of our unspoiled nature."

還去, hái qù, to go back. 共樂天真, gòng lè tiān zhēn, to share the joys of the natural, uncontrived state — and the phrase does double duty, meaning both the untroubled life of the mountain and the original mind the whole pilgrimage is reaching for.

眾zhòng猴hóu各gè各gè領lǐng命mìng。众zhòng猴hóu各gè各gè领lǐng命mìng。

The monkeys, one and all, received his command.

領命, lǐng mìng: to receive and accept an order.

總評 Commentary

The speech is a small exercise in self-vindication. Unwilling to admit before his subjects that Tripitaka dismissed him, Wukong recasts the banishment as a granted furlough — leave to come home and look in on the estate. The doubled "on the contrary" betrays the effort of the reframing, and the reader, knowing the truth, hears the pride under the gloss.

Yet the charge he leaves behind — tend the estate, plant in season, let nothing fall to ruin — and the promise to return once the scriptures are won together affirm a commitment that pride cannot undo. "The joys of our unspoiled nature" (天真) carries the allegory's usual double sense: the carefree mountain life, and the recovered original mind toward which the journey tends.