第三十二回 · 睡覺 The Truant's Nap — Journey to the West

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睡覺 The Truant's Nap

我wǒ往wǎng那nǎ裡lǐ睡shuì覺jiào去qù，睡shuì一yí覺jiào回huí去qù，含hán含hán糊hū糊hū的de答dá應yìng他tā，只zhǐ說shuō是shì巡xún了le山shān，就jiù了liǎo其qí帳zhàng也yě。」那nà獃dāi子zi一yì時shí間jiān僥jiǎo幸xìng，搴qiān著zhe鈀pá，又yòu走zǒu，只zhǐ見jiàn山shān凹āo裡lǐ一yì彎wān紅hóng草cǎo坡pō。他tā一yì頭tóu鑽zuān得de進jìn去qù，使shǐ釘dīng鈀pá撲pū個gè地dì鋪pù，轂gū轆lù的de睡shuì下xià，把bǎ腰yāo伸shēn了le一yì伸shēn，道dào聲shēng：「快kuài活huó。就jiù是shì那nà弼bì馬mǎ溫wēn，也yě不bù得dé像xiàng我wǒ這zhè般bān自zì在zài。」我wǒ往wǎng那nǎ里lǐ睡shuì觉jiào去qù，睡shuì一yí觉jiào回huí去qù，含hán含hán糊hū糊hū的de答dá应yìng他tā，只zhǐ说shuō是shì巡xún了le山shān，就jiù了liǎo其qí帐zhàng也yě。」那nà呆dāi子zi一yì时shí间jiān侥jiǎo幸xìng，搴qiān著zhe钯pá，又yòu走zǒu，只zhǐ见jiàn山shān凹āo里lǐ一yì弯wān红hóng草cǎo坡pō。他tā一yì头tóu钻zuān得de进jìn去qù，使shǐ钉dīng钯pá扑pū个gè地dì铺pù，毂gū辘lù的de睡shuì下xià，把bǎ腰yāo伸shēn了le一yì伸shēn，道dào声shēng：「快kuài活huó。就jiù是shì那nà弼bì马mǎ温wēn，也yě不bù得dé像xiàng我wǒ这zhè般bān自zì在zài。」

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我wǒ往wǎng那nǎ裡lǐ睡shuì覺jiào去qù，睡shuì一yí覺jiào回huí去qù，含hán含hán糊hū糊hū的de答dá應yìng他tā，只zhǐ說shuō是shì巡xún了le山shān，就jiù了liǎo其qí帳zhàng也yě。」我wǒ往wǎng那nǎ里lǐ睡shuì觉jiào去qù，睡shuì一yí觉jiào回huí去qù，含hán含hán糊hū糊hū的de答dá应yìng他tā，只zhǐ说shuō是shì巡xún了le山shān，就jiù了liǎo其qí帐zhàng也yě。」

“I’ll go off somewhere and sleep — have a nap, then go back and fob him off with something vague, just say I’ve patrolled the mountain, and the whole business is settled.”

睡覺 (shuì jiào), "to sleep" — 覺 jiào; 一覺, "a nap" (一 yí). 了其帳 (liǎo qí zhàng), "settle the account" — 了 liǎo; 那 here nǎ; 答應 — 應 yìng.

那nà獃dāi子zi一yì時shí間jiān僥jiǎo幸xìng，搴qiān著zhe鈀pá，又yòu走zǒu，只zhǐ見jiàn山shān凹āo裡lǐ一yì彎wān紅hóng草cǎo坡pō。那nà呆dāi子zi一yì时shí间jiān侥jiǎo幸xìng，搴qiān著zhe钯pá，又yòu走zǒu，只zhǐ见jiàn山shān凹āo里lǐ一yì弯wān红hóng草cǎo坡pō。

For the moment the blockhead was well pleased with himself; shouldering his rake, he walked on, until he spied, in a hollow of the hills, a curving slope of red grass.

僥幸 (jiǎo xìng), "well pleased with one’s luck." 搴著 (qiān zhe), "shouldering" — 著 zhe; 那 nà.

他tā一yì頭tóu鑽zuān得de進jìn去qù，使shǐ釘dīng鈀pá撲pū個gè地dì鋪pù，轂gū轆lù的de睡shuì下xià，把bǎ腰yāo伸shēn了le一yì伸shēn，道dào聲shēng：「快kuài活huó。他tā一yì头tóu钻zuān得de进jìn去qù，使shǐ钉dīng钯pá扑pū个gè地dì铺pù，毂gū辘lù的de睡shuì下xià，把bǎ腰yāo伸shēn了le一yì伸shēn，道dào声shēng：「快kuài活huó。

He bored straight in, spread out a bed on the ground with his rake, rolled himself down, gave his back a good stretch, and said: “Bliss!

轂轆 (gū lù), "rolling [over]." 地鋪, "a bed on the ground." 鑽得 — 得 de; 轂 here gū.

就jiù是shì那nà弼bì馬mǎ溫wēn，也yě不bù得dé像xiàng我wǒ這zhè般bān自zì在zài。」就jiù是shì那nà弼bì马mǎ温wēn，也yě不bù得dé像xiàng我wǒ这zhè般bān自zì在zài。」

Not even that Bimawen could be as free and easy as I am.”

自在 (zì zai), "free and easy." 那 nà; 不得 — 得 dé.

總評 Commentary

Eight Rules resolves on exactly the truancy Pilgrim predicted: he will nap, then return with a vague, mumbled report that he has “patrolled the mountain,” and so “settle the whole business.” The candor of his scheming — spoken aloud to no one, as he supposes — is the comedy of a character wholly transparent in his laziness.

Finding a hollow of red grass, he burrows in, beds down with his rake, stretches, and pronounces himself in “bliss,” free as not even the hated Bimawen could be. The irony is exact, for the Bimawen is at that moment perched on his ear, having heard every word; Eight Rules’s boast of freedom is uttered directly into the ear of his surveillance.