第三十二回 · 日裡鬼 A Ghost in Broad Daylight — Journey to the West

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日裡鬼 A Ghost in Broad Daylight

好hǎo大dà聖shèng，全quán然rán無wú懼jù，一yì心xīn只zhǐ是shì要yào保bǎo唐táng僧sēng。捽zuó脫tuō樵qiáo夫fū，拽zhuài步bù而ér轉zhuǎn，徑jìng至zhì山shān坡pō馬mǎ頭tóu前qián道dào：「師shī父fù，沒méi甚shén大dà事shì。有yǒu便biàn有yǒu個gè把bǎ妖yāo精jīng兒er，只zhǐ是shì這zhè裡lǐ人rén膽dǎn小xiǎo，放fàng他tā在zài心xīn上shàng。有yǒu我wǒ哩lī，怕pà他tā怎zěn的de？走zǒu路lù，走zǒu路lù。」長zhǎng老lǎo見jiàn說shuō，只zhǐ得dé放fàng懷huái隨suí行xíng。正zhèng行xíng處chù，早zǎo不bú見jiàn了le那nà樵qiáo夫fū。長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「那nà報bào信xìn的de樵qiáo子zi如rú何hé就jiù不bú見jiàn了le？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ們men造zào化huà低dī，撞zhuàng見jiàn日rì裡lǐ鬼guǐ了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「想xiǎng是shì他tā鑽zuān進jìn林lín子zi裡lǐ尋xún柴chái去qù了le。等děng我wǒ看kàn看kàn來lái。」好hǎo大dà圣shèng，全quán然rán无wú惧jù，一yì心xīn只zhǐ是shì要yào保bǎo唐táng僧sēng。捽zuó脱tuō樵qiáo夫fū，拽zhuài步bù而ér转zhuǎn，径jìng至zhì山shān坡pō马mǎ头tóu前qián道dào：「师shī父fù，没méi甚shén大dà事shì。有yǒu便biàn有yǒu个gè把bǎ妖yāo精jīng儿er，只zhǐ是shì这zhè里lǐ人rén胆dǎn小xiǎo，放fàng他tā在zài心xīn上shàng。有yǒu我wǒ哩lī，怕pà他tā怎zěn的de？走zǒu路lù，走zǒu路lù。」长zhǎng老lǎo见jiàn说shuō，只zhǐ得dé放fàng怀huái随suí行xíng。正zhèng行xíng处chù，早zǎo不bú见jiàn了le那nà樵qiáo夫fū。长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「那nà报bào信xìn的de樵qiáo子zi如rú何hé就jiù不bú见jiàn了le？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ们men造zào化huà低dī，撞zhuàng见jiàn日rì里lǐ鬼guǐ了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「想xiǎng是shì他tā钻zuān进jìn林lín子zi里lǐ寻xún柴chái去qù了le。等děng我wǒ看kàn看kàn来lái。」

逐句解 Line by line

好hǎo大dà聖shèng，全quán然rán無wú懼jù，一yì心xīn只zhǐ是shì要yào保bǎo唐táng僧sēng。好hǎo大dà圣shèng，全quán然rán无wú惧jù，一yì心xīn只zhǐ是shì要yào保bǎo唐táng僧sēng。

The great Sage, wholly without fear, was single-mindedly bent on nothing but guarding the Tang Monk.

全然無懼 (quánrán wú jù), "wholly without fear." 一心 — 一 read yì.

捽zuó脫tuō樵qiáo夫fū，拽zhuài步bù而ér轉zhuǎn，徑jìng至zhì山shān坡pō馬mǎ頭tóu前qián道dào：「師shī父fù，沒méi甚shén大dà事shì。有yǒu便biàn有yǒu個gè把bǎ妖yāo精jīng兒er，只zhǐ是shì這zhè裡lǐ人rén膽dǎn小xiǎo，放fàng他tā在zài心xīn上shàng。有yǒu我wǒ哩lī，怕pà他tā怎zěn的de？走zǒu路lù，走zǒu路lù。」捽zuó脱tuō樵qiáo夫fū，拽zhuài步bù而ér转zhuǎn，径jìng至zhì山shān坡pō马mǎ头tóu前qián道dào：「师shī父fù，没méi甚shén大dà事shì。有yǒu便biàn有yǒu个gè把bǎ妖yāo精jīng儿er，只zhǐ是shì这zhè里lǐ人rén胆dǎn小xiǎo，放fàng他tā在zài心xīn上shàng。有yǒu我wǒ哩lī，怕pà他tā怎zěn的de？走zǒu路lù，走zǒu路lù。」

Shaking off the woodcutter, he strode back and came straight to the horse’s head at the foot of the slope, and said: “Master, there is nothing much to it. There may be a sprite or two, that is all; it is only that the folk hereabouts are timid and take it to heart. With me here, what is there to fear? On with the road, on with the road.”

捽脫 (zuó tuō), "to shake off." 拽步 (zhuài bù), "to stride" — 拽 zhuài. 沒甚 (méi shén), "nothing much" — 甚 shén; 妖精兒 — 兒 suffixal er.

長zhǎng老lǎo見jiàn說shuō，只zhǐ得dé放fàng懷huái隨suí行xíng。长zhǎng老lǎo见jiàn说shuō，只zhǐ得dé放fàng怀huái随suí行xíng。

Hearing this, the Elder could only set his mind at ease and ride on with him.

放懷 (fàng huái), "to set the mind at ease." 只得 — 得 dé; 長 zhǎng.

正zhèng行xíng處chù，早zǎo不bú見jiàn了le那nà樵qiáo夫fū。正zhèng行xíng处chù，早zǎo不bú见jiàn了le那nà樵qiáo夫fū。

As they went along, the woodcutter had already vanished from sight.

正行處 (zhèng xíng chù), "just as they went along." 那 read nà.

長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「那nà報bào信xìn的de樵qiáo子zi如rú何hé就jiù不bú見jiàn了le？」长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「那nà报bào信xìn的de樵qiáo子zi如rú何hé就jiù不bú见jiàn了le？」

Said the Elder: “How is it that woodcutter who brought the warning is gone so suddenly?”

報信 (bào xìn), "to bring word, warn." 長 zhǎng; 那 nà.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ們men造zào化huà低dī，撞zhuàng見jiàn日rì裡lǐ鬼guǐ了le。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ们men造zào化huà低dī，撞zhuàng见jiàn日rì里lǐ鬼guǐ了le。」

Said Eight Rules: “Our luck is low — we have met a ghost in broad daylight.”

日裡鬼 (rì lǐ guǐ), "a ghost [seen] in daylight." 造化低, "luck is low."

行xíng者zhě道dào：「想xiǎng是shì他tā鑽zuān進jìn林lín子zi裡lǐ尋xún柴chái去qù了le。等děng我wǒ看kàn看kàn來lái。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「想xiǎng是shì他tā钻zuān进jìn林lín子zi里lǐ寻xún柴chái去qù了le。等děng我wǒ看kàn看kàn来lái。」

Said Pilgrim: “He has likely slipped into the wood to gather firewood. Let me go and take a look.”

鑽進 (zuān jìn), "to bore into, slip into." 尋柴, "to gather firewood."

總評 Commentary

Pilgrim shakes off the officer and returns to reassure the Elder in the register of breezy understatement — “a sprite or two,” nothing to it, the local folk are merely timid — a deliberate withholding that keeps the master’s nerve from failing. The Elder, as ever, can only take him at his word and ride on.

The woodcutter’s abrupt disappearance is registered by the disciples in their characteristic voices: the Elder puzzled, Eight Rules superstitiously certain they have met “a ghost in broad daylight,” Pilgrim already suspecting the truth and going aloft to investigate. The small beat both confirms the officer’s supernatural nature and sets up the recognition that follows.