第三十一回 · 解虎識人 The Tiger Unbound — Journey to the West

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解虎識人 The Tiger Unbound

他tā三sān人rén徑jìng下xià寶bǎo殿diàn，與yǔ眾zhòng官guān到dào朝cháo房fáng裡lǐ，擡tái出chū鐵tiě籠lóng，將jiāng假jiǎ虎hǔ解jiě了le鐵tiě索suǒ。別bié人rén看kàn他tā是shì虎hǔ，獨dú行xíng者zhě看kàn他tā是shì人rén。原yuán來lái那nà師shī父fù被bèi妖yāo術shù魘yǎn住zhù，不bù能néng行xíng走zǒu，心xīn上shàng明míng白bái，只zhǐ是shì口kǒu眼yǎn難nán開kāi。行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「師shī父fù啊a，你nǐ是shì個gè好hǎo和hé尚shàng，怎zěn麼me弄nòng出chū這zhè般bān個gè惡è模mó樣yàng來lái也yě？你nǐ怪guài我wǒ行xíng兇xiōng作zuò惡è，趕gǎn我wǒ回huí去qù，你nǐ要yào一yì心xīn向xiàng善shàn，怎zěn麼me一yí旦dàn弄nòng出chū個gè這zhè等děng嘴zuǐ臉liǎn？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，救jiù他tā救jiù兒ér罷bà，不bú要yào只zhǐ管guǎn揭jiē挑tiāo他tā了le。」他tā三sān人rén径jìng下xià宝bǎo殿diàn，与yǔ众zhòng官guān到dào朝cháo房fáng里lǐ，擡tái出chū铁tiě笼lóng，将jiāng假jiǎ虎hǔ解jiě了le铁tiě索suǒ。别bié人rén看kàn他tā是shì虎hǔ，独dú行xíng者zhě看kàn他tā是shì人rén。原yuán来lái那nà师shī父fù被bèi妖yāo术shù魇yǎn住zhù，不bù能néng行xíng走zǒu，心xīn上shàng明míng白bái，只zhǐ是shì口kǒu眼yǎn难nán开kāi。行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「师shī父fù啊a，你nǐ是shì个gè好hǎo和hé尚shàng，怎zěn么me弄nòng出chū这zhè般bān个gè恶è模mó样yàng来lái也yě？你nǐ怪guài我wǒ行xíng凶xiōng作zuò恶è，赶gǎn我wǒ回huí去qù，你nǐ要yào一yì心xīn向xiàng善shàn，怎zěn么me一yí旦dàn弄nòng出chū个gè这zhè等děng嘴zuǐ脸liǎn？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，救jiù他tā救jiù儿ér罢bà，不bú要yào只zhǐ管guǎn揭jiē挑tiāo他tā了le。」

逐句解 Line by line

他tā三sān人rén徑jìng下xià寶bǎo殿diàn，與yǔ眾zhòng官guān到dào朝cháo房fáng裡lǐ，擡tái出chū鐵tiě籠lóng，將jiāng假jiǎ虎hǔ解jiě了le鐵tiě索suǒ。他tā三sān人rén径jìng下xià宝bǎo殿diàn，与yǔ众zhòng官guān到dào朝cháo房fáng里lǐ，擡tái出chū铁tiě笼lóng，将jiāng假jiǎ虎hǔ解jiě了le铁tiě索suǒ。

The three of them went straight down from the throne-hall, and with the officers came to the court-chamber, carried out the iron cage, and loosed the false tiger from its iron chains.

朝房 (cháo fáng), the antechamber of the court. 鐵籠 (tiě lóng), an iron cage. 將 read jiāng.

別bié人rén看kàn他tā是shì虎hǔ，獨dú行xíng者zhě看kàn他tā是shì人rén。别bié人rén看kàn他tā是shì虎hǔ，独dú行xíng者zhě看kàn他tā是shì人rén。

To others he seemed a tiger; to Pilgrim alone he seemed a man.

獨 (dú), alone, only. The line marks Wukong’s discerning eye, which pierces the enchantment others cannot.

原yuán來lái那nà師shī父fù被bèi妖yāo術shù魘yǎn住zhù，不bù能néng行xíng走zǒu，心xīn上shàng明míng白bái，只zhǐ是shì口kǒu眼yǎn難nán開kāi。原yuán来lái那nà师shī父fù被bèi妖yāo术shù魇yǎn住zhù，不bù能néng行xíng走zǒu，心xīn上shàng明míng白bái，只zhǐ是shì口kǒu眼yǎn难nán开kāi。

For the master, held fast by the fiend’s spell, could not move; his mind was clear within, only his mouth and eyes would not open.

魘住 (yǎn zhù), held fast by an enchantment, bewitched. 口眼難開 (kǒu yǎn nán kāi), mouth and eyes unable to open. 那 read nà.

行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「師shī父fù啊a，你nǐ是shì個gè好hǎo和hé尚shàng，怎zěn麼me弄nòng出chū這zhè般bān個gè惡è模mó樣yàng來lái也yě？行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「师shī父fù啊a，你nǐ是shì个gè好hǎo和hé尚shàng，怎zěn么me弄nòng出chū这zhè般bān个gè恶è模mó样yàng来lái也yě？

Pilgrim said with a laugh, “Master — you are so good a monk, how have you got yourself into so hideous a shape?

惡模樣 (è múyàng), a hideous appearance; 惡 here “ugly, foul,” read è.

你nǐ怪guài我wǒ行xíng兇xiōng作zuò惡è，趕gǎn我wǒ回huí去qù，你nǐ要yào一yì心xīn向xiàng善shàn，怎zěn麼me一yí旦dàn弄nòng出chū個gè這zhè等děng嘴zuǐ臉liǎn？」你nǐ怪guài我wǒ行xíng凶xiōng作zuò恶è，赶gǎn我wǒ回huí去qù，你nǐ要yào一yì心xīn向xiàng善shàn，怎zěn么me一yí旦dàn弄nòng出chū个gè这zhè等děng嘴zuǐ脸liǎn？」

You blamed me for my violence and evil-doing, and drove me back; you would keep a heart wholly bent on goodness — how, then, have you at a stroke got yourself such a countenance?”

行兇作惡 (xíng xiōng zuò è), to do violence and evil. 一心向善 (yì xīn xiàng shàn), with a whole heart set on goodness. 一旦 (yí dàn), all at once, in a single day.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，救jiù他tā救jiù兒ér罷bà，不bú要yào只zhǐ管guǎn揭jiē挑tiāo他tā了le。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，救jiù他tā救jiù儿ér罢bà，不bú要yào只zhǐ管guǎn揭jiē挑tiāo他tā了le。」

Bajie said, “Brother, save him, do save the poor creature, and leave off picking at him so.”

救兒 (jiù ér), “save the poor creature” — a coaxing diminutive; 兒 read ér. 揭挑 (jiē tiāo), to pick at, to taunt and find fault.

總評 Commentary

The unbinding of the tiger allows the novel a moment of pointed comedy at Tripitaka’s expense, and of tacit vindication for Wukong. That the Great Sage alone sees the man beneath the beast quietly reasserts the discernment for which he had been unjustly banished, while the master lies helpless, clear in mind but unable to speak — an apt figure for the pilgrim whose good intentions availed nothing against the fiend.

Wukong cannot resist twisting the knife: he throws Tripitaka’s own reproaches back at him, the charge of violence, the demand for a heart set on goodness, now that the tender-hearted master has been reduced to a monster. The teasing is barbed with genuine grievance over the banishment, and Bajie’s soft-hearted plea to stop the taunting and get on with the rescue supplies the counter-voice that moves the scene toward its resolution.