第三十一回 · 藏主變形 The Princess Hidden, the Sage Transformed — Journey to the West

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藏主變形 The Princess Hidden, the Sage Transformed

那nà公gōng主zhǔ果guǒ然rán依yī行xíng者zhě之zhī言yán，往wǎng僻pì靜jìng處chù躲duǒ避bì。也yě是shì他tā姻yīn緣yuán該gāi盡jìn，故gù遇yù著zháo大dà聖shèng來lái臨lín。那nà猴hóu王wáng把bǎ公gōng主zhǔ藏cáng了le，他tā卻què搖yáo身shēn一yí變biàn，就jiù變biàn做zuò公gōng主zhǔ一yì般bān模mó樣yàng，回huí轉zhuǎn洞dòng中zhōng，專zhuān候hòu那nà怪guài。那nà公gōng主zhǔ果guǒ然rán依yī行xíng者zhě之zhī言yán，往wǎng僻pì静jìng处chù躲duǒ避bì。也yě是shì他tā姻yīn缘yuán该gāi尽jìn，故gù遇yù著zháo大dà圣shèng来lái临lín。那nà猴hóu王wáng把bǎ公gōng主zhǔ藏cáng了le，他tā却què摇yáo身shēn一yí变biàn，就jiù变biàn做zuò公gōng主zhǔ一yì般bān模mó样yàng，回huí转zhuǎn洞dòng中zhōng，专zhuān候hòu那nà怪guài。

逐句解 Line by line

那nà公gōng主zhǔ果guǒ然rán依yī行xíng者zhě之zhī言yán，往wǎng僻pì靜jìng處chù躲duǒ避bì。那nà公gōng主zhǔ果guǒ然rán依yī行xíng者zhě之zhī言yán，往wǎng僻pì静jìng处chù躲duǒ避bì。

The princess did indeed follow Pilgrim’s word, and withdrew to some secluded spot to hide.

僻靜處 (pìjìng chù), a quiet, out-of-the-way place. 躲避 (duǒbì), to hide, to keep out of the way. 那 read nà.

也yě是shì他tā姻yīn緣yuán該gāi盡jìn，故gù遇yù著zháo大dà聖shèng來lái臨lín。也yě是shì他tā姻yīn缘yuán该gāi尽jìn，故gù遇yù著zháo大dà圣shèng来lái临lín。

It was, besides, that her marriage-bond was fated to end, and so she met with the coming of the Great Sage.

姻緣 (yīnyuán), the bond of marriage, the karmic tie of a match. 該盡 (gāi jìn), ought to be exhausted, fated to end; 盡 read jìn. 遇著 (yù zháo), met with, encountered; 著 read zháo.

那nà猴hóu王wáng把bǎ公gōng主zhǔ藏cáng了le，他tā卻què搖yáo身shēn一yí變biàn，就jiù變biàn做zuò公gōng主zhǔ一yì般bān模mó樣yàng，回huí轉zhuǎn洞dòng中zhōng，專zhuān候hòu那nà怪guài。那nà猴hóu王wáng把bǎ公gōng主zhǔ藏cáng了le，他tā却què摇yáo身shēn一yí变biàn，就jiù变biàn做zuò公gōng主zhǔ一yì般bān模mó样yàng，回huí转zhuǎn洞dòng中zhōng，专zhuān候hòu那nà怪guài。

The Monkey King, having hidden the princess away, then gave his body a shake and changed himself into her very likeness, returned into the cave, and waited there expressly for the fiend.

搖身一變 (yáo shēn yí biàn), to transform oneself with a shake of the body. 一般模樣 (yìbān múyàng), the selfsame appearance. 藏 read cáng; 洞中 with 中 as zhōng; 那 read nà.

總評 Commentary

The passage sets the trap in two swift strokes: the princess concealed, the Great Sage assuming her form to await the demon within the cave. The narrator’s aside — that her marriage-bond was “fated to end” — supplies the karmic warrant for the deliverance to come, framing the impersonation not as mere trickery but as the working-out of a destiny already ripe.

Wukong’s shape-shifting into the princess’s likeness is the pivot on which the chapter’s central deception turns, and the novel dwells on it only long enough to establish the disguise before hurrying to the provocation at the Baoxiang court. The economy is deliberate: the reader is let in on the ruse in advance, so that the demon’s coming credulity, and the comedy of his being consoled by his own enemy, may be relished in full.