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兩件事
Two Conditions
那行者這一場扭捏，只逗出長老這幾句話來。他搵了淚道：「師父啊，若要過得此山，須是豬八戒依得我兩件事兒，才有三分去得；假若不依我言，替不得我手，半分兒也莫想過去。」八戒道：「師兄，不去就散火罷。不要攀我。」長老道：「徒弟，且問你師兄，看他教你做甚麼？」獃子真個對行者說道：「哥哥，你教我做甚事？」行者道：「第一件是看師父，第二件是去巡山。」那行者这一场扭捏，只逗出长老这几句话来。他揾了泪道：「师父啊，若要过得此山，须是猪八戒依得我两件事儿，才有三分去得；假若不依我言，替不得我手，半分儿也莫想过去。」八戒道：「师兄，不去就散火罢。不要攀我。」长老道：「徒弟，且问你师兄，看他教你做甚么？」呆子真个对行者说道：「哥哥，你教我做甚事？」行者道：「第一件是看师父，第二件是去巡山。」
逐句解 Line by line
那行者這一場扭捏，只逗出長老這幾句話來。
那行者这一场扭捏，只逗出长老这几句话来。
That Pilgrim, with this whole show of coyness, had drawn out just these few words from the Elder.
扭捏 (niǔ niē), "coyness, affectation." 那 nà; 長 zhǎng.
他搵了淚道：「師父啊，若要過得此山，須是豬八戒依得我兩件事兒，才有三分去得；假若不依我言，替不得我手，半分兒也莫想過去。」
他揾了泪道：「师父啊，若要过得此山，须是猪八戒依得我两件事儿，才有三分去得；假若不依我言，替不得我手，半分儿也莫想过去。」
He wiped away his tears and said: “Master, if we are to get past this mountain, then Zhu Eight Rules must comply with me in two matters — only then have we three parts’ chance of getting through; but if he will not heed my words, nor take my place at need, there is not half a chance of passing at all.”
搵淚 (wèn lèi), "to wipe away tears." Four potential 得 here (過得/依得/去得/替不得), all de; 事兒/分兒 — 兒 suffixal er.
八戒道：「師兄，不去就散火罷。不要攀我。」
八戒道：「师兄，不去就散火罢。不要攀我。」
Said Eight Rules: “Elder Brother, if we’re not going, then let’s break up the fire. Don’t drag me into it.”
攀 (pān), "to drag in, implicate." 散火, "to disband."
長老道：「徒弟，且問你師兄，看他教你做甚麼？」
长老道：「徒弟，且问你师兄，看他教你做甚么？」
Said the Elder: “Disciple, just ask your elder brother, and see what he would have you do.”
師兄 (shī xiōng), "elder [disciple-]brother." 長 zhǎng; 甚麼 — 甚 shén.
獃子真個對行者說道：「哥哥，你教我做甚事？」
呆子真个对行者说道：「哥哥，你教我做甚事？」
The blockhead did indeed say to Pilgrim: “Brother, what would you have me do?”
獃子 (dāi zi), "the blockhead," i.e. Eight Rules. 甚事 — 甚 read shén.
行者道：「第一件是看師父，第二件是去巡山。」
行者道：「第一件是看师父，第二件是去巡山。」
Said Pilgrim: “The first is to mind the Master; the second is to go patrol the mountain.”
巡山 (xún shān), "to patrol the mountain." 看師父, "to mind the Master."
總評 Commentary
Pilgrim now reveals that his entire performance of tears and discouragement was staged to extract exactly this concession — the master’s authority to set conditions on Eight Rules. He announces that Eight Rules must “comply in two matters” for the crossing to succeed, framing his manipulation as sober strategy. Eight Rules, sensing a trap, tries to bolt (“don’t drag me into it”), but the master, now fully invested, orders him to hear the terms.
The two “matters” — minding the master or patrolling the mountain — are offered as a choice, which is itself part of the trap: whichever Eight Rules picks, Pilgrim has maneuvered him into service. The scene showcases the novel’s recurrent comedy of the monkey’s cunning pitted against the pig’s reluctance, with the master as the unwitting instrument of Pilgrim’s design.