第三十二回 · 遞解 To Escort Him Off Under Guard — Journey to the West

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遞解 To Escort Him Off Under Guard

好hǎo行xíng者zhě，拽zhuài開kāi步bù，徑jìng上shàng山shān來lái，對duì樵qiáo子zi叫jiào聲shēng「大dà哥gē」，道dào個gè問wèn訊xùn。樵qiáo夫fū答dá禮lǐ道dào：「長zhǎng老lǎo啊a，你nǐ們men有yǒu甚shén緣yuán故gù來lái此cǐ？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bù瞞mán大dà哥gē說shuō，我wǒ們men是shì東dōng土tǔ差chāi來lái西xī天tiān取qǔ經jīng的de。那nà馬mǎ上shàng是shì我wǒ的de師shī父fù，他tā有yǒu些xiē膽dǎn小xiǎo。適shì蒙méng見jiàn教jiào，說shuō有yǒu甚shén麼me毒dú魔mó狠hěn怪guài，故gù此cǐ我wǒ來lái奉fèng問wèn一yì聲shēng：那nà魔mó是shì幾jǐ年nián之zhī魔mó，怪guài是shì幾jǐ年nián之zhī怪guài？還hái是shì個gè把bǎ勢shì，還hái是shì個gè雛chú兒er？煩fán大dà哥gē老lǎo實shí說shuō說shuō，我wǒ好hǎo著zhuó山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì遞dì解jiè他tā起qǐ身shēn。」好hǎo行xíng者zhě，拽zhuài开kāi步bù，径jìng上shàng山shān来lái，对duì樵qiáo子zi叫jiào声shēng「大dà哥gē」，道dào个gè问wèn讯xùn。樵qiáo夫fū答dá礼lǐ道dào：「长zhǎng老lǎo啊a，你nǐ们men有yǒu甚shén缘yuán故gù来lái此cǐ？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bù瞒mán大dà哥gē说shuō，我wǒ们men是shì东dōng土tǔ差chāi来lái西xī天tiān取qǔ经jīng的de。那nà马mǎ上shàng是shì我wǒ的de师shī父fù，他tā有yǒu些xiē胆dǎn小xiǎo。适shì蒙méng见jiàn教jiào，说shuō有yǒu甚shén么me毒dú魔mó狠hěn怪guài，故gù此cǐ我wǒ来lái奉fèng问wèn一yì声shēng：那nà魔mó是shì几jǐ年nián之zhī魔mó，怪guài是shì几jǐ年nián之zhī怪guài？还hái是shì个gè把bǎ势shì，还hái是shì个gè雏chú儿er？烦fán大dà哥gē老lǎo实shí说shuō说shuō，我wǒ好hǎo著zhuó山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì递dì解jiè他tā起qǐ身shēn。」

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好hǎo行xíng者zhě，拽zhuài開kāi步bù，徑jìng上shàng山shān來lái，對duì樵qiáo子zi叫jiào聲shēng「大dà哥gē」，道dào個gè問wèn訊xùn。好hǎo行xíng者zhě，拽zhuài开kāi步bù，径jìng上shàng山shān来lái，对duì樵qiáo子zi叫jiào声shēng「大dà哥gē」，道dào个gè问wèn讯xùn。

Good Pilgrim! He strode out and went straight up the mountain, hailed the woodcutter with an “Elder Brother,” and made him a greeting.

拽開步 (zhuài kāi bù), "to lengthen the stride." 問訊, a monk’s salutation. 拽 read zhuài.

樵qiáo夫fū答dá禮lǐ道dào：「長zhǎng老lǎo啊a，你nǐ們men有yǒu甚shén緣yuán故gù來lái此cǐ？」樵qiáo夫fū答dá礼lǐ道dào：「长zhǎng老lǎo啊a，你nǐ们men有yǒu甚shén缘yuán故gù来lái此cǐ？」

The woodcutter returned the courtesy and said: “Reverend, what business brings your party here?”

緣故 (yuángù), "reason, cause." 長老 — 長 zhǎng; 甚 read shén ("what").

行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bù瞞mán大dà哥gē說shuō，我wǒ們men是shì東dōng土tǔ差chāi來lái西xī天tiān取qǔ經jīng的de。行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bù瞒mán大dà哥gē说shuō，我wǒ们men是shì东dōng土tǔ差chāi来lái西xī天tiān取qǔ经jīng的de。

Said Pilgrim: “I’ll not deceive you, Elder Brother — we are those sent from the Eastern Land to fetch scriptures in the West.

差來 (chāi lái), "dispatched hither." 差 read chāi (to send on a mission).

那nà馬mǎ上shàng是shì我wǒ的de師shī父fù，他tā有yǒu些xiē膽dǎn小xiǎo。那nà马mǎ上shàng是shì我wǒ的de师shī父fù，他tā有yǒu些xiē胆dǎn小xiǎo。

The one on the horse there is my master, and he is a little timid.

膽小 (dǎn xiǎo), "timorous." 那 read nà (deictic).

適shì蒙méng見jiàn教jiào，說shuō有yǒu甚shén麼me毒dú魔mó狠hěn怪guài，故gù此cǐ我wǒ來lái奉fèng問wèn一yì聲shēng：适shì蒙méng见jiàn教jiào，说shuō有yǒu甚shén么me毒dú魔mó狠hěn怪guài，故gù此cǐ我wǒ来lái奉fèng问wèn一yì声shēng：

Just now I had the benefit of your warning, that there are venomous fiends and savage monsters hereabouts; and so I come to put a question:

適蒙見教 (shì méng jiàn jiào), "just now favored with your instruction." 甚麼 — 甚 read shén.

那nà魔mó是shì幾jǐ年nián之zhī魔mó，怪guài是shì幾jǐ年nián之zhī怪guài？那nà魔mó是shì几jǐ年nián之zhī魔mó，怪guài是shì几jǐ年nián之zhī怪guài？

That fiend — how many years a fiend? and the monster — how many years a monster?

幾年之魔 (jǐ nián zhī mó), "a fiend of how many years." 那 read nà (deictic).

還hái是shì個gè把bǎ勢shì，還hái是shì個gè雛chú兒er？还hái是shì个gè把bǎ势shì，还hái是shì个gè雏chú儿er？

Is he an old hand, or a mere fledgling?

把勢 (bǎ shì), "an old hand, an adept"; 雛兒 (chú er), "a fledgling, a greenhorn." 還 hái; 兒 here suffixal er.

煩fán大dà哥gē老lǎo實shí說shuō說shuō，我wǒ好hǎo著zhuó山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì遞dì解jiè他tā起qǐ身shēn。」烦fán大dà哥gē老lǎo实shí说shuō说shuō，我wǒ好hǎo著zhuó山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì递dì解jiè他tā起qǐ身shēn。」

Be so good, Elder Brother, as to tell me plainly, that I may have the mountain-gods and the local earth-gods escort him off under guard.”

遞解 (dì jiè), "to convey [a captive] under escort from post to post." 解 read jiè. 好著 (hǎo zhuó), "so as to set [them] to" — causative 著 read zhuó.

總評 Commentary

Pilgrim’s interrogation is pure comic bravado. Hailing the woodcutter as “Elder Brother,” he treats the demons as a bureaucratic nuisance to be processed — asking their seniority (“how many years a fiend?”) and their rank (“an old hand or a fledgling?”) as though opening a case-file. The register is that of a yamen-runner, not a pilgrim.

The boast that he will have the mountain-gods and earth-gods “escort him off under guard” (遞解) introduces the passage’s governing conceit: Pilgrim as a celestial process-server, empowered to requisition the local spirits and deport demons through the otherworld’s jurisdictions. The joke depends on the reader’s recognition that this is, in fact, roughly how Pilgrim’s authority does work.