唱喏而退 The Rustic Bow
行者見玉帝如此發放，心中歡喜，朝上唱個大喏，又向眾神道：「列位，起動了。」天師笑道:「那個猴子還是這等村俗，替他收了怪神，也倒不謝天恩，卻就唱喏而退。」玉帝道:「只得他無事，落得天上清平是幸。」行者见玉帝如此发放，心中欢喜，朝上唱个大喏，又向众神道：「列位，起动了。」天师笑道:「那个猴子还是这等村俗，替他收了怪神，也倒不谢天恩，却就唱喏而退。」玉帝道:「只得他无事，落得天上清平是幸。」
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Pilgrim, seeing the Jade Emperor dispose of the matter thus, was glad at heart; he made a great bow toward the throne, and said to the assembled gods, “Gentlemen, I have troubled you.”
發放 (fāfàng), to dispose of, to settle a case. 唱個大喏 (chàng ge dà rě), to make a great bowing salute with a greeting; 喏 read rě. 起動 (qǐdòng), a courteous “I have put you to trouble.” 心中 with 中 as zhōng.
The Celestial Master said with a laugh, “That monkey is as boorish as ever — we have caught his fiend-spirit for him, and instead of so much as thanking Heaven’s grace, off he goes with a mere bow.”
村俗 (cūnsú), boorish, rustic, uncouth. 倒不謝 (dào bù xiè), does not even thank; 倒 read dào. 還 read hái; 那 read nà; 喏 read rě.
The Jade Emperor said, “So long as he makes no trouble, and Heaven is left in peace, we may count ourselves fortunate.”
只得 (zhǐdé), provided only that, so long as; 得 read dé. 落得 (luòde), to end up with, to be left with; 得 read de. 清平 (qīngpíng), peace and quiet.
The brief celestial coda strikes the novel’s characteristic comic note at the Great Sage’s expense: having got his way, Wukong makes only a perfunctory bow and departs, and the Celestial Master’s exasperated remark on his boorishness affectionately fixes the incorrigible rusticity that no elevation ever polishes out of him. The Monkey King remains, even in the throne-hall of Heaven, the mountain upstart.
The Jade Emperor’s indulgent reply — that peace bought at the price of a little rudeness is cheap — gently confirms the ambivalent standing Wukong holds in the celestial order: too powerful and too useful to discipline, tolerated for the tranquillity his interventions secure. The exchange closes the Heaven-scene on a wry, forgiving beat, and returns the narrative to earth and the unfinished business of the rescue.