第三十一回 · 詐誘寶貝 Whence Come You? — Journey to the West

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詐誘寶貝 Whence Come You?

那nà怪guài道dào：「我wǒ雖suī見jiàn你nǐ眼yǎn熟shú，一yì時shí間jiān卻què想xiǎng不bù起qǐ姓xìng名míng，你nǐ果guǒ是shì誰shuí？從cóng那nǎ裡lǐ來lái的de？你nǐ把bǎ我wǒ渾hún家jiā估gū倒dǎo在zài何hé處chù，卻què來lái我wǒ家jiā詐zhà誘yòu我wǒ的de寶bǎo貝bèi？著zhuó實shí無wú禮lǐ，可kě惡wù！」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ是shì也yě不bú認rèn得de我wǒ。我wǒ是shì唐táng僧sēng的de大dà徒tú弟dì，叫jiào做zuò孫sūn悟wù空kōng行xíng者zhě。我wǒ是shì你nǐ五wǔ百bǎi年nián前qián的de舊jiù祖zǔ宗zōng哩lī。」那nà怪guài道dào：「我wǒ虽suī见jiàn你nǐ眼yǎn熟shú，一yì时shí间jiān却què想xiǎng不bù起qǐ姓xìng名míng，你nǐ果guǒ是shì谁shuí？从cóng那nǎ里lǐ来lái的de？你nǐ把bǎ我wǒ浑hún家jiā估gū倒dǎo在zài何hé处chù，却què来lái我wǒ家jiā诈zhà诱yòu我wǒ的de宝bǎo贝bèi？著zhuó实shí无wú礼lǐ，可kě恶wù！」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ是shì也yě不bú认rèn得de我wǒ。我wǒ是shì唐táng僧sēng的de大dà徒tú弟dì，叫jiào做zuò孙sūn悟wù空kōng行xíng者zhě。我wǒ是shì你nǐ五wǔ百bǎi年nián前qián的de旧jiù祖zǔ宗zōng哩lī。」

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那nà怪guài道dào：「我wǒ雖suī見jiàn你nǐ眼yǎn熟shú，一yì時shí間jiān卻què想xiǎng不bù起qǐ姓xìng名míng，你nǐ果guǒ是shì誰shuí？那nà怪guài道dào：「我wǒ虽suī见jiàn你nǐ眼yǎn熟shú，一yì时shí间jiān却què想xiǎng不bù起qǐ姓xìng名míng，你nǐ果guǒ是shì谁shuí？

The fiend said, “Though your face is familiar, for the moment I cannot call your name to mind. Who are you in truth?

眼熟 (yǎn shú), familiar to the eye. 一時間 (yìshí jiān), for the moment. 那 read nà.

從cóng那nǎ裡lǐ來lái的de？从cóng那nǎ里lǐ来lái的de？

And whence do you come?

那裡 (nǎlǐ), whence, from where; 那 read nǎ.

你nǐ把bǎ我wǒ渾hún家jiā估gū倒dǎo在zài何hé處chù，卻què來lái我wǒ家jiā詐zhà誘yòu我wǒ的de寶bǎo貝bèi？你nǐ把bǎ我wǒ浑hún家jiā估gū倒dǎo在zài何hé处chù，却què来lái我wǒ家jiā诈zhà诱yòu我wǒ的de宝bǎo贝bèi？

Where have you laid my wife low, that you come thus to my house to wheedle away my treasure by fraud?

估倒 (gū dǎo), to knock down, to make away with; 倒 read dǎo. 詐誘 (zhà yòu), to obtain by trickery, to wheedle by fraud.

著zhuó實shí無wú禮lǐ，可kě惡wù！」著zhuó实shí无wú礼lǐ，可kě恶wù！」

It is downright insolence — detestable!”

著實 (zhuóshí), really, downright; 著 read zhuó. 可惡 (kěwù), detestable, hateful; 惡 read wù.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ是shì也yě不bú認rèn得de我wǒ。行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ是shì也yě不bú认rèn得de我wǒ。

Pilgrim said, “So you do not know me after all.

認得 (rèn de), to recognize; 得 read de.

我wǒ是shì唐táng僧sēng的de大dà徒tú弟dì，叫jiào做zuò孫sūn悟wù空kōng行xíng者zhě。我wǒ是shì唐táng僧sēng的de大dà徒tú弟dì，叫jiào做zuò孙sūn悟wù空kōng行xíng者zhě。

I am the Tang Monk’s chief disciple, called Sun Wukong the Pilgrim.

大徒弟 (dà túdì), eldest disciple. 孫悟空行者, Sun Wukong the Pilgrim.

我wǒ是shì你nǐ五wǔ百bǎi年nián前qián的de舊jiù祖zǔ宗zōng哩lī。」我wǒ是shì你nǐ五wǔ百bǎi年nián前qián的de旧jiù祖zǔ宗zōng哩lī。」

I am that old ancestor of yours from five hundred years ago.”

五百年前 (wǔ bǎi nián qián), five hundred years past — the era of Wukong’s uproar in Heaven. 舊祖宗 (jiù zǔzōng), “old ancestor,” his mocking claim of precedence.

總評 Commentary

The demon’s questions — who Wukong is, whence he comes, what has become of the princess — register a genuine bewilderment, and his accusation of fraud is, comically, entirely just: Wukong has indeed hidden the wife and wheedled away the treasure by deceit. The exchange lets the adversary voice the truth of the trick even as he fails to grasp its author.

Wukong’s self-identification, capped with the mock-claim of being the demon’s “ancestor from five hundred years ago,” ties the confrontation to the novel’s grand backstory of the uproar in Heaven, asserting a cosmic seniority over all lesser fiends. The boast is at once comic bravado and a real assertion of rank, and it provokes the demon’s incredulous denial that opens the next passage.