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老豬去巡山
Old Hog Goes to Patrol
八戒慌了道：「這個難，難，難。伺候扶持，通不打緊；就是不離身馱著，也還容易；假若教我去鄉下化齋，他這西方路上，不識我是取經的和尚，只道是那山裡走出來的一個半壯不壯的健豬，夥上許多人，叉鈀掃帚，把老豬圍倒，拿家去宰了，醃著過年，這個卻不就遭瘟了？」行者道：「巡山去罷。」八戒道：「巡山便怎麼樣兒？」行者道：「就入此山，打聽有多少妖怪，是甚麼山，是甚麼洞，我們好過去。」八戒道：「這個小可，老豬去巡山罷。」那獃子就撒起衣裙，挺著釘鈀，雄糾糾，徑入深山；氣昂昂，奔上大路。八戒慌了道：「这个难，难，难。伺候扶持，通不打紧；就是不离身驮著，也还容易；假若教我去乡下化斋，他这西方路上，不识我是取经的和尚，只道是那山里走出来的一个半壮不壮的健猪，伙上许多人，叉钯扫帚，把老猪围倒，拿家去宰了，腌著过年，这个却不就遭瘟了？」行者道：「巡山去罢。」八戒道：「巡山便怎么样儿？」行者道：「就入此山，打听有多少妖怪，是甚么山，是甚么洞，我们好过去。」八戒道：「这个小可，老猪去巡山罢。」那呆子就撒起衣裙，挺著钉钯，雄纠纠，径入深山；气昂昂，奔上大路。
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八戒慌了道：「這個難，難，難。伺候扶持，通不打緊；就是不離身馱著，也還容易；假若教我去鄉下化齋，他這西方路上，不識我是取經的和尚，只道是那山裡走出來的一個半壯不壯的健豬，夥上許多人，叉鈀掃帚，把老豬圍倒，拿家去宰了，醃著過年，這個卻不就遭瘟了？」
八戒慌了道：「这个难，难，难。伺候扶持，通不打紧；就是不离身驮著，也还容易；假若教我去乡下化斋，他这西方路上，不识我是取经的和尚，只道是那山里走出来的一个半壮不壮的健猪，伙上许多人，叉钯扫帚，把老猪围倒，拿家去宰了，腌著过年，这个却不就遭瘟了？」
Eight Rules took fright: “That’s hard, hard, hard! Attending and supporting are no trouble at all; even carrying him on my back without leaving his side would still be easy. But suppose you send me down to the villages to beg — on these western roads they will not know me for a scripture-seeking monk, but take me for some half-grown fat hog come out of the hills; a crowd of them will gang up with pitchforks and brooms, surround Old Hog and knock him down, haul him home to be slaughtered, and salt him away for the New Year. Would that not be the death of me?”
馱著 (tuó zhe), "carrying on the back." 圍倒 (wéi dǎo), "to surround and fell" — 倒 dǎo. 醃著過年, "to salt away for the New Year." 還 hái; 那 nà.
行者道：「巡山去罷。」
行者道：「巡山去罢。」
Said Pilgrim: “Then go patrol the mountain.”
巡山 (xún shān), "to patrol the mountain."
八戒道：「巡山便怎麼樣兒？」
八戒道：「巡山便怎么样儿？」
Said Eight Rules: “And what does patrolling the mountain amount to?”
怎麼樣兒 (zěnme yàng er), "what does it amount to." 兒 suffixal er.
行者道：「就入此山，打聽有多少妖怪，是甚麼山，是甚麼洞，我們好過去。」
行者道：「就入此山，打听有多少妖怪，是甚么山，是甚么洞，我们好过去。」
Said Pilgrim: “Just go into this mountain and find out how many fiends there are, what mountain it is, what cave it is, so that we may pass through.”
打聽 (dǎ tīng), "to inquire, find out." 甚麼 — 甚 read shén (twice).
八戒道：「這個小可，老豬去巡山罷。」
八戒道：「这个小可，老猪去巡山罢。」
Said Eight Rules: “That’s a small matter — Old Hog will go patrol the mountain.”
小可 (xiǎo kě), "a small matter, trifle."
那獃子就撒起衣裙，挺著釘鈀，雄糾糾，徑入深山；氣昂昂，奔上大路。
那呆子就撒起衣裙，挺著钉钯，雄纠纠，径入深山；气昂昂，奔上大路。
The blockhead then hitched up his robe, brandished his nine-tooth rake, and — valiant and bold — went straight into the deep mountains, striding high-spirited up the great road.
撒起衣裙 (sā qǐ yī qún), "to hitch up the robe." 釘鈀, "the nine-tooth rake" — 鈀 read pá. 那 nà; 挺著 — 著 zhe.
總評 Commentary
The steering works, but not through the attendance-duties Pilgrim expected — Eight Rules balks instead at the begging, spinning an elaborate comic nightmare in which the western villagers mistake him for a fat hog, mob him with farm tools, and salt him away for the New Year. The fantasy of his own slaughter is characteristic Eight Rules: vivid, self-pitying, and very funny.
Presented with the mountain-patrol as the lesser evil, Eight Rules pronounces it “a small matter” and sets off with a great show of valor — hitching his robe, brandishing his rake, striding boldly up the road. The bravado is transparent, as the next passage will make plain; Pilgrim has read him exactly.