第三十二回 · 心無罣礙 No Obstruction in the Mind — Journey to the West

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心無罣礙 No Obstruction in the Mind

師shī徒tú們men正zhèng行xíng賞shǎng間jiān，又yòu見jiàn一yì山shān擋dǎng路lù。唐táng僧sēng道dào：「徒tú弟dì們men仔zǐ細xì，前qián遇yù山shān高gāo，恐kǒng有yǒu虎hǔ狼láng阻zǔ擋dǎng。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù，出chū家jiā人rén莫mò說shuō在zài家jiā話huà。你nǐ記jì得de那nà烏wū巢cháo和hé尚shàng的de《心xīn經jīng》云yún『心xīn無wú罣guà礙ài：無wú罣guà礙ài，方fāng無wú恐kǒng怖bù，遠yuǎn離lí顛diān倒dǎo夢mèng想xiǎng』之zhī言yán？但dàn只zhǐ是shì：『掃sǎo除chú心xīn上shàng垢gòu，洗xǐ淨jìng耳ěr邊biān塵chén。不bú受shòu苦kǔ中zhōng苦kǔ，難nán為wéi人rén上shàng人rén。』你nǐ莫mò生shēng憂yōu慮lǜ，但dàn有yǒu老lǎo孫sūn，就jiù是shì塌tā下xià天tiān來lái，可kě保bǎo無wú事shì，怕pà甚shén麼me虎hǔ狼láng？」师shī徒tú们men正zhèng行xíng赏shǎng间jiān，又yòu见jiàn一yì山shān挡dǎng路lù。唐táng僧sēng道dào：「徒tú弟dì们men仔zǐ细xì，前qián遇yù山shān高gāo，恐kǒng有yǒu虎hǔ狼láng阻zǔ挡dǎng。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù，出chū家jiā人rén莫mò说shuō在zài家jiā话huà。你nǐ记jì得de那nà乌wū巢cháo和hé尚shàng的de《心xīn经jīng》云yún『心xīn无wú罣guà碍ài：无wú罣guà碍ài，方fāng无wú恐kǒng怖bù，远yuǎn离lí颠diān倒dǎo梦mèng想xiǎng』之zhī言yán？但dàn只zhǐ是shì：『扫sǎo除chú心xīn上shàng垢gòu，洗xǐ净jìng耳ěr边biān尘chén。不bú受shòu苦kǔ中zhōng苦kǔ，难nán为wéi人rén上shàng人rén。』你nǐ莫mò生shēng忧yōu虑lǜ，但dàn有yǒu老lǎo孙sūn，就jiù是shì塌tā下xià天tiān来lái，可kě保bǎo无wú事shì，怕pà甚shén么me虎hǔ狼láng？」

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師shī徒tú們men正zhèng行xíng賞shǎng間jiān，又yòu見jiàn一yì山shān擋dǎng路lù。师shī徒tú们men正zhèng行xíng赏shǎng间jiān，又yòu见jiàn一yì山shān挡dǎng路lù。

As master and disciples went along savoring the view, once again a mountain rose to block their way.

賞間 (shǎng jiān), "in the midst of sightseeing." 擋路, "to bar the road."

唐táng僧sēng道dào：「徒tú弟dì們men仔zǐ細xì，前qián遇yù山shān高gāo，恐kǒng有yǒu虎hǔ狼láng阻zǔ擋dǎng。」唐táng僧sēng道dào：「徒tú弟dì们men仔zǐ细xì，前qián遇yù山shān高gāo，恐kǒng有yǒu虎hǔ狼láng阻zǔ挡dǎng。」

Said the Tang Monk: “Take care, disciples. A high mountain lies ahead, and I fear tigers and wolves may bar our passage.”

仔細 (zǐxì), "careful, watchful." 仔 read zǐ (pypinyin defaults zǎi).

行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù，出chū家jiā人rén莫mò說shuō在zài家jiā話huà。行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù，出chū家jiā人rén莫mò说shuō在zài家jiā话huà。

Said Pilgrim: “Master, one who has left the household life should not talk as householders do.

出家人 (chūjiā rén), "one gone forth from the household," a monk. 在家話, "householder’s talk."

你nǐ記jì得de那nà烏wū巢cháo和hé尚shàng的de《心xīn經jīng》云yún『心xīn無wú罣guà礙ài：無wú罣guà礙ài，方fāng無wú恐kǒng怖bù，遠yuǎn離lí顛diān倒dǎo夢mèng想xiǎng』之zhī言yán？你nǐ记jì得de那nà乌wū巢cháo和hé尚shàng的de《心xīn经jīng》云yún『心xīn无wú罣guà碍ài：无wú罣guà碍ài，方fāng无wú恐kǒng怖bù，远yuǎn离lí颠diān倒dǎo梦mèng想xiǎng』之zhī言yán？

Do you recall the words of that Crow’s-Nest monk’s Heart Sūtra? — ‘In the mind there is no obstruction; being without obstruction, one is then without dread, and leaves far behind all inverted, dreamlike thinking.’

烏巢 (Wūcháo), the Crow’s-Nest Zen Master (ch. 19), who taught the 《心經》 (Heart Sūtra). 罣礙 (guà’ài), "obstruction"; 顛倒, "inverted" — 倒 read dǎo. 記得 — 得 read de; 那 read nà.

但dàn只zhǐ是shì：『掃sǎo除chú心xīn上shàng垢gòu，洗xǐ淨jìng耳ěr邊biān塵chén。不bú受shòu苦kǔ中zhōng苦kǔ，難nán為wéi人rén上shàng人rén。』但dàn只zhǐ是shì：『扫sǎo除chú心xīn上shàng垢gòu，洗xǐ净jìng耳ěr边biān尘chén。不bú受shòu苦kǔ中zhōng苦kǔ，难nán为wéi人rén上shàng人rén。』

It is only this: ‘Sweep away the grime upon the mind; wash clean the dust beside the ear. He who will not bear the bitterest of bitters can never be a man above other men.’

苦中苦 (kǔ zhōng kǔ), "the bitterest of bitters." 難為 (nán wéi), "hard to become" — 為 read wéi; 中 read zhōng.

你nǐ莫mò生shēng憂yōu慮lǜ，但dàn有yǒu老lǎo孫sūn，就jiù是shì塌tā下xià天tiān來lái，可kě保bǎo無wú事shì，怕pà甚shén麼me虎hǔ狼láng？」你nǐ莫mò生shēng忧yōu虑lǜ，但dàn有yǒu老lǎo孙sūn，就jiù是shì塌tā下xià天tiān来lái，可kě保bǎo无wú事shì，怕pà甚shén么me虎hǔ狼láng？」

Breed no anxieties. So long as Old Sun is here, even were the sky to come crashing down I can keep you from harm — what are a few tigers and wolves to fear?”

塌下天來 (tā xià tiān lái), "even should the sky fall." 怕甚麼 (pà shénme), "what is there to fear?" — 甚 read shén.

總評 Commentary

Confronted by yet another mountain and his own habitual dread of “tigers and wolves,” the Tang Monk is answered by Pilgrim in the voice of a Chan adept. Pilgrim recalls the Heart Sūtra transmitted by the Crow’s-Nest Zen Master in chapter 19 — 心無罣礙 (“no obstruction in the mind”), and its promise that only the unobstructed mind is free of dread and of “inverted, dreamlike thinking” (顛倒夢想). That the trickster-monkey should be the one to preach the sūtra to his nominal master is among the novel’s recurring reversals.

He caps the citation with a folk maxim — 不受苦中苦，難為人上人, “he who will not bear the bitterest of bitters can never be a man above others” — grafting popular wisdom onto scripture, then collapses the whole into bravado: with Old Sun at hand, even a falling sky is nothing. The reader’s edition keeps the quoted sūtra and maxim as prose within Pilgrim’s speech rather than setting them as verse, since the text itself does not mark them off as a formal poem.