第三十二回 · 一堆妖怪 A Whole Heap of Fiends — Journey to the West

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一堆妖怪 A Whole Heap of Fiends

長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「可kě有yǒu妖yāo怪guài麼me？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「有yǒu妖yāo怪guài，有yǒu妖yāo怪guài，一yì堆duī妖yāo怪guài哩lī！」長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「怎zěn麼me打dǎ發fā你nǐ來lái？」八bā戒jiè說shuō：「他tā叫jiào我wǒ做zuò豬zhū祖zǔ宗zōng、豬zhū外wài公gōng，安ān排pái些xiē粉fěn湯tāng素sù食shí，教jiào我wǒ吃chī了le一yí頓dùn，說shuō道dào擺bǎi旗qí鼓gǔ送sòng我wǒ們men過guò山shān哩lī。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「想xiǎng是shì在zài草cǎo裡lǐ睡shuì著zháo了le，說shuō得de是shì夢mèng話huà。」獃dāi子zi聞wén言yán，就jiù嚇xià得de矮ǎi了le二èr寸cùn道dào：「爺yé爺yé呀ya！我wǒ睡shuì他tā怎zěn麼me曉xiǎo得de？」长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「可kě有yǒu妖yāo怪guài么me？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「有yǒu妖yāo怪guài，有yǒu妖yāo怪guài，一yì堆duī妖yāo怪guài哩lī！」长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「怎zěn么me打dǎ发fā你nǐ来lái？」八bā戒jiè说shuō：「他tā叫jiào我wǒ做zuò猪zhū祖zǔ宗zōng、猪zhū外wài公gōng，安ān排pái些xiē粉fěn汤tāng素sù食shí，教jiào我wǒ吃chī了le一yí顿dùn，说shuō道dào摆bǎi旗qí鼓gǔ送sòng我wǒ们men过guò山shān哩lī。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「想xiǎng是shì在zài草cǎo里lǐ睡shuì著zháo了le，说shuō得de是shì梦mèng话huà。」呆dāi子zi闻wén言yán，就jiù吓xià得de矮ǎi了le二èr寸cùn道dào：「爷yé爷yé呀ya！我wǒ睡shuì他tā怎zěn么me晓xiǎo得de？」

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長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「可kě有yǒu妖yāo怪guài麼me？」长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「可kě有yǒu妖yāo怪guài么me？」

Said the Elder: “Are there fiends, then?”

妖怪 (yāoguài), "fiends, monsters." 長 zhǎng.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「有yǒu妖yāo怪guài，有yǒu妖yāo怪guài，一yì堆duī妖yāo怪guài哩lī！」八bā戒jiè道dào：「有yǒu妖yāo怪guài，有yǒu妖yāo怪guài，一yì堆duī妖yāo怪guài哩lī！」

Said Eight Rules: “There are fiends, there are fiends — a whole heap of fiends!”

一堆 (yì duī), "a whole heap." (The lie already inflated.)

長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「怎zěn麼me打dǎ發fā你nǐ來lái？」长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「怎zěn么me打dǎ发fā你nǐ来lái？」

Said the Elder: “And how did they send you off?”

打發 (dǎ fā), "to send off, dispatch." 長 zhǎng.

八bā戒jiè說shuō：「他tā叫jiào我wǒ做zuò豬zhū祖zǔ宗zōng、豬zhū外wài公gōng，安ān排pái些xiē粉fěn湯tāng素sù食shí，教jiào我wǒ吃chī了le一yí頓dùn，說shuō道dào擺bǎi旗qí鼓gǔ送sòng我wǒ們men過guò山shān哩lī。」八bā戒jiè说shuō：「他tā叫jiào我wǒ做zuò猪zhū祖zǔ宗zōng、猪zhū外wài公gōng，安ān排pái些xiē粉fěn汤tāng素sù食shí，教jiào我wǒ吃chī了le一yí顿dùn，说shuō道dào摆bǎi旗qí鼓gǔ送sòng我wǒ们men过guò山shān哩lī。」

Said Eight Rules: “They called me Grandsire Hog and Great-Uncle Hog, laid out noodle-soup and vegetarian fare, gave me a good meal, and said they’d escort us over the mountain with flags and drums.”

豬祖宗 / 豬外公 (zhū zǔzōng / zhū wàigōng), "Grandsire Hog / Great-Uncle Hog." 粉湯素食, "noodle-soup and vegetarian fare."

行xíng者zhě道dào：「想xiǎng是shì在zài草cǎo裡lǐ睡shuì著zháo了le，說shuō得de是shì夢mèng話huà。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「想xiǎng是shì在zài草cǎo里lǐ睡shuì著zháo了le，说shuō得de是shì梦mèng话huà。」

Said Pilgrim: “He must have fallen asleep in the grass, and this is his sleep-talk.”

睡著了 (shuì zháo le), "fell asleep" — completive 著 zháo. 說得 — 得 de.

獃dāi子zi聞wén言yán，就jiù嚇xià得de矮ǎi了le二èr寸cùn道dào：「爺yé爺yé呀ya！我wǒ睡shuì他tā怎zěn麼me曉xiǎo得de？」呆dāi子zi闻wén言yán，就jiù吓xià得de矮ǎi了le二èr寸cùn道dào：「爷yé爷yé呀ya！我wǒ睡shuì他tā怎zěn么me晓xiǎo得de？」

At these words the blockhead shrank two inches in fright: “Good heavens! I was asleep — how does he know?”

矮了二寸 (ǎi le èr cùn), "shrank two inches." 嚇得/曉得 — 得 de (twice).

總評 Commentary

Eight Rules delivers his fabrication with theatrical excess — “a whole heap of fiends!” — and embellishes it absurdly, claiming the demons hailed him as “Grandsire Hog,” feasted him on noodle-soup, and promised to escort the pilgrims over the mountain with flags and drums. The lie is far grander than the flat, plausible version he had rehearsed, his vanity overrunning his own plan.

Pilgrim springs the first trap-door with mock detachment, remarking that the pig “must have fallen asleep and this is his sleep-talk.” The barb lands precisely, and Eight Rules’s panicked recoil — shrinking “two inches” and blurting “I was asleep — how does he know?” — betrays the whole truth in a single reflex, the self-incrimination that comic exposure always turns upon.