第三十一回 · 三頭六臂 Three Heads and Six Arms — Journey to the West

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三頭六臂 Three Heads and Six Arms

那nà怪guài聞wén言yán，急jí傳chuán號hào令lìng，把bǎ那nà山shān前qián山shān後hòu群qún妖yāo，洞dòng裡lǐ洞dòng外wài諸zhū怪guài，一yì齊qí點diǎn起qǐ，各gè執zhí器qì械xiè，把bǎ那nà三sān四sì層céng門mén，密mì密mì攔lán阻zǔ不bú放fàng。行xíng者zhě見jiàn了le，滿mǎn心xīn歡huān喜xǐ，雙shuāng手shǒu理lǐ棍gùn，喝hè聲shēng叫jiào：「變biàn！」變biàn的de三sān頭tóu六liù臂bì。把bǎ金jīn箍gū棒bàng幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，變biàn做zuò三sān根gēn金jīn箍gū棒bàng。你nǐ看kàn他tā六liù隻zhī手shǒu使shǐ著zhe三sān根gēn棒bàng，一yí路lù打dǎ將jiāng去qù，好hǎo便biàn似sì虎hǔ入rù羊yáng群qún，鷹yīng來lái雞jī柵zhà。可kě憐lián那nà小xiǎo怪guài，湯tāng著zháo的de，頭tóu如rú粉fěn碎suì；刮guā著zháo的de，血xuè似sì水shuǐ流liú。那nà怪guài闻wén言yán，急jí传chuán号hào令lìng，把bǎ那nà山shān前qián山shān后hòu群qún妖yāo，洞dòng里lǐ洞dòng外wài诸zhū怪guài，一yì齐qí点diǎn起qǐ，各gè执zhí器qì械xiè，把bǎ那nà三sān四sì层céng门mén，密mì密mì拦lán阻zǔ不bú放fàng。行xíng者zhě见jiàn了le，满mǎn心xīn欢huān喜xǐ，双shuāng手shǒu理lǐ棍gùn，喝hè声shēng叫jiào：「变biàn！」变biàn的de三sān头tóu六liù臂bì。把bǎ金jīn箍gū棒bàng幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，变biàn做zuò三sān根gēn金jīn箍gū棒bàng。你nǐ看kàn他tā六liù只zhī手shǒu使shǐ著zhe三sān根gēn棒bàng，一yí路lù打dǎ将jiāng去qù，好hǎo便biàn似sì虎hǔ入rù羊yáng群qún，鹰yīng来lái鸡jī栅zhà。可kě怜lián那nà小xiǎo怪guài，汤tāng著zháo的de，头tóu如rú粉fěn碎suì；刮guā著zháo的de，血xuè似sì水shuǐ流liú。

逐句解 Line by line

那nà怪guài聞wén言yán，急jí傳chuán號hào令lìng，把bǎ那nà山shān前qián山shān後hòu群qún妖yāo，洞dòng裡lǐ洞dòng外wài諸zhū怪guài，一yì齊qí點diǎn起qǐ，各gè執zhí器qì械xiè，把bǎ那nà三sān四sì層céng門mén，密mì密mì攔lán阻zǔ不bú放fàng。那nà怪guài闻wén言yán，急jí传chuán号hào令lìng，把bǎ那nà山shān前qián山shān后hòu群qún妖yāo，洞dòng里lǐ洞dòng外wài诸zhū怪guài，一yì齐qí点diǎn起qǐ，各gè执zhí器qì械xiè，把bǎ那nà三sān四sì层céng门mén，密mì密mì拦lán阻zǔ不bú放fàng。

The fiend, hearing this, hastily passed the word of command, mustering all at once the host of demons before and behind the mountain and the fiends within and without the cave; each took up his weapon, and they barred the three or four gates thick and fast, letting none pass.

傳號令 (chuán hàolìng), to pass down a command. 各執器械 (gè zhí qìxiè), each taking up his weapon. 攔阻 (lánzǔ), to bar, to block. 那 in both places read nà.

行xíng者zhě見jiàn了le，滿mǎn心xīn歡huān喜xǐ，雙shuāng手shǒu理lǐ棍gùn，喝hè聲shēng叫jiào：「變biàn！」行xíng者zhě见jiàn了le，满mǎn心xīn欢huān喜xǐ，双shuāng手shǒu理lǐ棍gùn，喝hè声shēng叫jiào：「变biàn！」

Pilgrim, seeing this, was glad at heart; taking the staff in both hands, he gave a shout: “Change!”

理棍 (lǐ gùn), to grip and ready the staff. 喝聲叫 (hè shēng jiào), to give a loud shout; 喝 read hè.

變biàn的de三sān頭tóu六liù臂bì。变biàn的de三sān头tóu六liù臂bì。

— and turned into a thing of three heads and six arms.

三頭六臂 (sān tóu liù bì), three heads and six arms, a form of martial multiplication Wukong assumes in battle.

把bǎ金jīn箍gū棒bàng幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，變biàn做zuò三sān根gēn金jīn箍gū棒bàng。把bǎ金jīn箍gū棒bàng幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，变biàn做zuò三sān根gēn金jīn箍gū棒bàng。

Giving the gold-banded staff a shake, he made of it three gold-banded staves.

金箍棒 (jīn gū bàng), the gold-banded cudgel, Wukong’s weapon. 幌一幌 (huǎng yì huǎng), to give a shake.

你nǐ看kàn他tā六liù隻zhī手shǒu使shǐ著zhe三sān根gēn棒bàng，一yí路lù打dǎ將jiāng去qù，好hǎo便biàn似sì虎hǔ入rù羊yáng群qún，鷹yīng來lái雞jī柵zhà。你nǐ看kàn他tā六liù只zhī手shǒu使shǐ著zhe三sān根gēn棒bàng，一yí路lù打dǎ将jiāng去qù，好hǎo便biàn似sì虎hǔ入rù羊yáng群qún，鹰yīng来lái鸡jī栅zhà。

See him now, six hands plying three staves, laying about him all along the way — for all the world like a tiger loosed among sheep, a hawk stooping on a hen-coop.

使著 (shǐ zhe), plying, wielding — durative; 著 read zhe. 打將去 (dǎ jiāng qù), laying about him; 將 read jiāng. 雞柵 (jī zhà), a hen-coop; 柵 read zhà.

可kě憐lián那nà小xiǎo怪guài，湯tāng著zháo的de，頭tóu如rú粉fěn碎suì；刮guā著zháo的de，血xuè似sì水shuǐ流liú。可kě怜lián那nà小xiǎo怪guài，汤tāng著zháo的de，头tóu如rú粉fěn碎suì；刮guā著zháo的de，血xuè似sì水shuǐ流liú。

Piteous were the lesser fiends: those his staff grazed had their heads dashed to powder; those it raked, their blood ran like water.

湯著 (tāng zháo), struck a glancing blow, grazed; 著 read zháo. 刮著 (guā zháo), scraped, raked; 著 read zháo. 那 read nà.

總評 Commentary

The battle opens with a display of Wukong’s martial magic: mustering his host and barring the gates, the demon prepares a stand, only for the Great Sage to assume his three-headed, six-armed form and multiply his single staff into three. The transformation is a set motif of his combats, and the paired similes — tiger among sheep, hawk on a hen-coop — measure at once the disproportion of the forces and the relish of the slaughter.

The novel does not stint the carnage among the lesser fiends, the powdered heads and streaming blood rendered in brisk parallel clauses, yet the register remains that of martial spectacle rather than horror. The scene clears the field of the demon’s minions and isolates the “old fiend” for the single combat that the verse will celebrate, moving the chapter from rout to duel.